Vatican City - Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church’s first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.

Some hope his successor, to be chosen in a conclave of cardinals in the coming days or weeks, could come from Africa or Asia. The late Argentine pontiff championed far-flung regions long ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. ... First Confirmed Footage ...

The new Social Science textbook for Class 7 published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has shrunk what were earlier three separate books for History, Geography ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet ...

He says if someone visits the nearby Red Rocks, millipedes could be taken into ecologically protected areas like Zealandia. "If it's impossible to eradicate then it needs to be contained." ...

A handful of Premier League stars showed off their pitiful geography skills in a challenge to locate the nation of various players on a world map. While the pressure of playing in front of ...

A major construction milestone has been celebrated on a project delivering three new buildings for leading science and technology companies. The Oxford Science Park marked the topping out of the first ...

Leila Jeffrey's portrait of the kākāpō Sirocco will feature at the Aotearoa Art Fair. Eccentric native birds are “a window to our own wild ways” says the renowned Australian artist.

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed they had a firm grasp on how these waves revealed the rocky mantle’s ...

The mind-melting value of the '16 Psyche' asteroid has been explained by its official estimator Linda Elkins-Tanton. NASA has a specific interest in this celestial entity and announced back in 2023 ...

sea levels could rise, covering low lying areas, in particular east England droughts and floods become more likely as extreme weather increases increased demand for water in hotter summers puts ...