The discovery of plague DNA in a 4,000-year-old sheep bone is rewriting the story of one of humanity’s most feared pathogens, ...

Nearly all international internet traffic voyages along a handful of submarine fibre-optic cable highways. They make ...

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 ...

West Africa’s busiest airport sits at the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital, for nearly eight million passengers yearly.

Washington is debating reports that the US may be exploring a ‘Core 5’ grouping with China, Russia, India and Japan, based on ...