Not all physical activity is equal when it comes to protecting the brain from dementia. Where and why we move may matter more than most people realise. A large new review of studies published in The Lancet Public Health found that leisure-time physical activity – such as sport, dancing or going to the gym – was linked to a 24% lower risk of…
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0 claims checkedEvery time Britain has a still, grey week in winter, something invisible happens behind our plug sockets: gas power stations fire up to keep the lights on.
French tourist dies in Death Valley after car gets stuck in mud A French tourist has died in California's Death Valley after becoming stranded on the side of the road during 46.6C (116F) heat.
A powerful tornado hit several towns in Aude on Monday, causing major damage, particularly in Pomas. A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday (24 August), injuring 41 people…
Karen Attiah wrote on social media after the right-wing influencer's assassination that she would not display sadness and shared the activist's past racist comments about Black women. The Washington…
The Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing’s 2026 report highlights how profoundly the global HIV epidemic is changing. In 2025, an estimated 11.5 million (29%) people living with HIV were aged 50 years and…
The prevalence of fraud in both the public and private sectors in Nigeria has been widely acknowledged.
East Africa, a region that has been working to deepen economic integration for more than 25 years, has a history of disagreements about the location of energy infrastructure.
Canada's Mark Carney has shown the EU what walking away from Trump could look like. But would Brussels dare call out the US president and reject his demands that allies play by his rules?