In the early hours of the morning, a powerful cry echoes through the rainforest in Farino, in southern New Caledonia. What sounds like a dog barking is actually the song of the cagou. The shy bird, with grey plumage and a distinctive crest, is difficult to see through the trees. The striking bird is an … Read more
Caracas: The U.S. government on Thursday announced that it is recognizing opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of Venezuelan’s presidential election, despite the country’s electoral authority giving the victory to President Nicolás Maduro. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González … Read more
David de Gea The Spanish goalkeeper spent the entirety of last season without a club after leaving Manchester United at the end of his 12th year at Old Trafford. Offers were not in short supply but De Gea wanted to play at the highest level possible, meaning Saudi Arabia and Nottingham Forest did not float … Read more
Apple said revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter would grow at a level similar to the 4.9 per cent increase it posted in the April-June period. (Representative image) 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 02 2024 | 7:38 AM IST Apple said its third-quarter iPhone sales were better than expected and forecast more … Read more
The largest prisoner swap between Russia and the US since the cold war has taken place, as 16 people were freed from Russian custody including the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Several other foreign citizens held in Russia and numerous Russian political prisoners were also freed. The exchange took place at Ankara airport on … Read more
Paris saw the best of Olympic sport as Andy Murray ended his career with one last night under the floodlights and US superstar gymnast Simone Biles made history but a decision to allow a female boxer to fight a rival who had previously failed a gender test left organisers under fire. Murray, Great Britain’s most … Read more
The US government has recognised Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election, discrediting the results announced by government-controlled electoral authorities who declared Nicolás Maduro the victor. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo González Urrutia won the most votes … Read more
Gemma Laister/BBC Cara Carey left teaching after finding it incompatible with raising a family Women in their 30s are, numerically, the biggest single group leaving teaching, according to new analysis seen exclusively by the BBC. More than 9,000 of them left teaching in England 2022-23, compared with just over 3,400 men of a similar age. … Read more
About five minutes into the eight-minute cross-country course, the oldest horse ever to compete at the Olympics, the 21-year-old Forever Young Wundermaske, popped his rider out of the saddle going into the second water obstacle and loped off. Watching at home from my house in Australia, I laughed when a soggy Ronald Zabala-Goetschel, the Ecuadorian … Read more
BBC It had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute – responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments. And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government. It sounded almost too good … Read more