A man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife decades ago is set to be executed in Florida
Rebound in tech shares pushes Asian shares higher, while oil prices fall
Shares are mostly higher in Asia, led by tech-driven gains in Japan and South Korea
Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds
As the impacts of climate change continue to escalate, a growing number of climate scientists and policymakers cite Indigenous lands as a model for their rich biodiversity and effective carbon storage. But that recognition has not always translated into space for Indigenous leaders in climate negotiations, access to climate resilience...
IOC scraps 130 years of tradition by paying athletes $10,000 at Olympics
IOC sets up £106m fund for all athletes at Games Milano-Cortina competitors will be first to be paid The International Olympic Committee has broken with 130 years of tradition by deciding to pay athletes to compete at the Olympic Games. Starting with the recent Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, all competitors will...
Maseko strike sends South Africa into first World Cup knockouts with win over South Korea
South Africa celebrated a first World Cup knockout berth with jubilant scenes on Wednesday after Thapelo Maseko’s second-half strike secured a 1-0 victory over South Korea, who still have a chance of advancing as one of the eight best third-placed teams. Maseko fired into the bottom corner in the 63rd...
Fidalgo caps Mexico rout as co-hosts maintain 100% record and send Czechia out
There are ways of leaving a tournament. You can go out with a sheen of glory, having gone to-to-toe with a great opponent. You can be unlucky and go home raging at referees and the fates. You can self-immolate in a blaze of red cards or own goals or spectacular...
World Cup 2026: Scotland on brink after Brazil defeat, South Africa advance, and more – live
⚽ All the latest news from day 15 of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Taha Amid all the best third-placed teams confusion … Bosnia and Herzegovina have made it through to the last 32. Ben Fisher watched them beat Qatar: Curaçao v Côte d’Ivoire...
Scotland’s World Cup dream hanging by a thread after Vinícius sparks Brazil victory
Scotland will now play the waiting game. The trouble is, as they hang around to discover whether a place in the last 32 can be secured as among the leading eight third-placed teams, it is legitimate to question the point of it all. Scotland’s on-field contribution to this tournament has...
Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre
The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery The dazzling sight of more than 60m stars at the heart of Earth’s galaxy has been captured by a space telescope designed to reveal the mysterious dark forces that shape the universe....
Nature or nurture: can genes shape our behaviour? – podcast
How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even violence? Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies how genetic factors shape human behaviour....