Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved AfricansThe Bank of Eng...
Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
Rotherham has 46 online vacancies for every 1,000 young people but there are 288 in Cotswold district council areaYoung ...
Fresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debate
Register of British Slave Traders shows clergymen financed company that trafficked enslaved Africans on hundreds of voya...
People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder
Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin AmericaNatur...
NBC helicopter crash in LA kills at least three people with others injured
Accident occurred as news crews in Los Angeles were covering a bus crash that had killed at least two people hours earli...
Gaza residential building collapses, six families reportedly trapped
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoYoung Palestinians amid the rubble of buildings destroyed duri...
Can an Island Nation’s Rugby Dreams Change Its Fortunes?
In Papua New Guinea, love for rugby league football borders on religion. The country’s leaders and its neighbor, Austral...
UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean...
In the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the Trouble
A math teacher’s viral post prompted a debate over the language, which some see as an optional skill — and a symbol of W...
Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers
Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emiss...
Students in Gaza ‘devastated’ after plan for them to study in Belgium fails
Belgian government unable to agree on evacuation of 13 students to take up scholarships at universitiesStudents who are ...
Expect even more potholes on UK roads after summer heatwaves, says RAC
A driver navigates past a deep pothole on a lane near Knutsford, Cheshire, earlier this year. Photograph: Christopher F...