Brazil’s renowned academy wants to shed its image as a white men’s club
On a warm night in tropical Rio de Janeiro, the celebrities of the literary and cultural scene, dressed in gold-trimmed uniforms, stream into the palatial...
Activists welcome ban on child marriages in Sierra Leone and call for action against FGM
Sierra Leone this week passed a groundbreaking law banning child marriage – a move welcomed by human rights groups and foreign partners but prompted some...
Meteorites hit Mars much more frequently than previously thought, a probe finds
Seismic recordings from a NASA space probe show that Mars is bombarded by basketball-sized meteorites almost daily, five times more often than previously thought. Before...
Dressel wins 100m butterfly at US qualifying heats to defend his Olympic title in Paris
Caeleb Dressel capped off the emotional US Olympic qualifying swim with a powerful win in the 100m butterfly on Saturday and is now preparing to...
