300 year-old Polish beech wins Tree of the Year contest

Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Marcin_Kopij The 300-year-old winner is a beloved symbol of its local community The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won…

New anti-transgender bathroom bill is headed to Tennessee governor’s desk

A proposal in Tennessee that would require all public and private educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex” is headed to Republican Gov. Bill…

Chinese youth footballer dies after head injury in Spain

The image shows Guo Jiaxuan. — X@iMiaSanMia/File BEIJING: A promising Chinese youth footballer has died after suffering a serious head injury during training in Spain, local media said Thursday. Guo…

France to launch €450m defence fund amid growing security concerns

French Minister for Economy and Finance Eric Lombard speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 4, 2025. — Reuters French…

Yeovil engineers building ‘helicopter that flies itself’

Dave Harvey Business Correspondent, BBC West BBC The Proteus is a research aircraft designed by Leonardo in Yeovil for the Royal Navy Engineers in Somerset are building a helicopter that…

Karlie Kloss stuns in first public appearance post third pregnancy announcement

Karlie Kloss stuns in first public appearance post third pregnancy announcement Karlie Kloss made a striking return to the public eye after revealing she’s expecting her third child with billionaire…

WHO says 80% of Afghanistan operations risk shutdown by June

An Afghan girl receives a loaf of bread in front of a bakery among the crowd in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 5, 2022. — Reuters KABUL: The World Health Organisation said…

Sri Lanka counts monkeys, peacocks and squirrels to tackle crop damage

A peacock spreads its feathers at the forest a day ahead of a wildlife census to count monkeys, peacocks and giant squirrels, aiming to manage their populations as farmers complain…

What the latest interest rates mean for your mortgage, savings and bills

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Dark Energy experiment shakes Einstein’s theory of Universe

ESA The force that is pushing galaxies away from each other is not behaving the way it should The mysterious force called Dark Energy, which drives the expansion of the…