New research suggests the number of redheads is growing due to natural selection. The study of nearly 16,000 people by Harvard University also found that coeliac disease and lighter skin tones were becoming more common. Other human traits flagged as increasing were: Immunity to HIV; Resistance to leprosy; Lower risk of arthritis; Lower risk of […]
Continue ReadingSouth Koreans are celebrating after a two-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo was captured safely after a nine-day search that kept the nation on edge. The male wolf, named Neukgu, burrowed out of his enclosure at the O-World zoo in Daejeon on April 8, prompting a search that gripped the nation and raised fears […]
Continue ReadingPresident Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was being awarded the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award at a ceremony on Thursday for his and his nation’s courage and resilience in resisting the full-scale invasion launched more than four years ago by Russia. The award, bestowed by the Roosevelt Foundation, is to honour the Four Freedoms outlined by […]
Continue ReadingThe super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean that hammered the Northern Mariana Islands flipped over cars, toppled utility poles and ripped away tin roofs. Authorities are beginning to assess the damage left behind by Super Typhoon Sinlaku, which first hit the islands on Tuesday night local time and continued with a barrage of fierce winds […]
Continue ReadingFatou, the world’s oldest gorilla living in captivity, celebrated her 69th birthday with a feast on Monday – munching on cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce at the Berlin Zoo. But no birthday cake, because sugar is not healthy for the ageing primate. Fatou, a western lowland gorilla, arrived in what was then West Berlin […]
Continue ReadingWhen a statue of baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki was unveiled at the Seattle Mariners’ T-Mobile Park, there was just one problem at the ceremony – a broken bat. As the curtain was pulled off the statue depicting Suzuki in his famed batting stance, the bat in bronze snapped and flopped down as confetti […]
Continue ReadingA 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police have said. Eghosa Ogbebor was shot dead in Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, with police called to the scene at about 3:40pm on April 2nd. A teenage boy, of Romford, was arrested two days after […]
Continue ReadingSplashdown for the astronauts on the Artemis II mission marks the completion of humanity’s first voyage to the Moon in more than half a century. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen will hit the atmosphere travelling at Mach 32 — or 32 times the speed of sound — in […]
Continue ReadingFormer US vice president Kamala Harris has said she is actively considering another presidential bid. She made the comments during the National Action Network’s annual convention, where more than a half a dozen Democratic 2028 presidential prospects appeared hoping to make inroads among black voters. “I might. I am thinking about it,” Ms Harris told […]
Continue ReadingUK TV presenter Amol Rajan has questioned whether England is the best place for his children to grow up because of the “big problems” in the country. The BBC University Challenge presenter, who was born in Calcutta and grew up in London, said he is “very worried” about the country as it is no longer […]
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