WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A large ancient wetlands region spanning northern Botswana – once teeming with life but now dominated by desert and salt flats – may represent the ancestral homeland of all of the 7.7 billion people on Earth today, researchers said on Mo... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will delay heading off for their honeymoon, instead attending a birthday party for his father Prince Charles just days after marrying in a ground-breaking ceremony that blended the modern with the traditional. ... More »
MAPULA LODGE, Botswana (Reuters) – In an exclusive Botswana safari camp where Prince Harry took Meghan Markle on a romantic getaway last year, guests wake to the sound of doves cooing in the trees and hippos splashing in the serene waters of the Okavango Delta... More »
Wayde van Niekerk duly qualified for the World Championship 400 meters final on Sunday but the defending champion and world record holder looks to have a real battle on his hands after some searing semi-final performances. More »
South Africa’s agricultural department confirmed on Wednesday two more outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu have been detected on commercial layer farms in the provinces of Gauteng and Mpumalanga. More »
Apr 23, 2017- Nassau, Bahamas- Aaron Brown celebrates after running the anchor leg on the Canada 4 x 200 relay that won in 1:19.42 during the IAAF World Relays at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Canada survived a scary ... More »
A model poses with a 59.60-carat mixed cut diamond known as ‘The Pink Star’, the largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink diamond ever graded by the Geological Institute of America (GIA), ahead of being auctioned in Hong Kong next month by Sotheby’s which ... More »
An undated picture released March 16, 2017 of a 706-carat diamond discovered by pastor Emmanuel Momoh in eastern Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone State House/Handout via Reuters A Christian pastor has found one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds – weighing 706 ca... More »
FILE PHOTO – A male elephant grazes during an exercise to fit them with advanced satellite radio tracking collar to monitor their movement and control human-wildlife conflict near Mt. Kilimanjaro at the Amboseli National Park, in Kenya on November 2, 2016. REU... More »
Actor David Oyelowo arrives at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo A new film about the true story of an African king and white British woman whose marriage triggered a political crisis i... More »
Actor Nate Parker poses at the premiere of his new film ‘Non-Stop’ in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo Roy and Alastair Sharp More »
By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk ran the fastest single lap in history to win the Olympic 400 meters gold medal in 43.03 seconds and break Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record on Sunday. Running an extrao... More »
By Nick Mulvenney | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Win or lose, Usain Bolt was always going to dominate the Olympic headlines on Sunday but Wayde van Niekerk offered his embattled sport some hope for the future beyond the Jamaican’s retirement with a stunning w... More »
