INTERVIEW. Born in Zimbabwe, James Manyika heads research at Google. He sees the constraints of the world’s youngest continent not as obstacles, but as powerful catalysts for innovation.

UCT engineering student Phemelo Maile and his team won at the TCS Sustainathon South Africa 2025 for a tool that helps small-scale farmers monitor their crops.

Located on the outskirts of Corsham, you will find Octavian, "the world's number one fine wine storage". (Image: Getty Images/Google Maps) Buried around 100ft (30 metres) under the Wiltshire ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

Louellen Berger is the queen of Halloween on St. Charles Avenue. As the haunted holiday approaches, crowds gather at the corner of State Street to inspect the collection of 80-plus plastic human ...

In September 2025, an X post viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video an ...

The stakes are high. Eliminating lead is arguably one of the highest-return moves in global health. The World Bank estimated in 2023 that lead exposure drains nearly $6 trillion a year from the global ...

One can choose a strength setting from zero to three, which is maximum intensity when you’re really stressed on the road. That’s the one you’re going to go for, with that cat paw digging into your ...

I t’s no good trying to sugarcoat the troubled history of the United Nations. This paradoxical organization emerged from the ruined cities and gas chambers of World War II with ...

The runners came from across Kenya, lured by the top prize in the 3 000 meters: the chance to move to the United States and compete for a leading American college. Organisers advertised the race as ...

There’s no getting around the airfare that comes with very long-haul flights. On the flip side, Canada’s exchange rate with the Australian dollar stacks up very well in Canada’s favour. Currently ...