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England captain Itoje warns of 'corrosive' social media after abuse of Ireland's Edogbo

England captain Itoje warns of 'corrosive' social media after abuse of Ireland's Edogbo

England captain Maro Itoje has criticised the "corrosive" effects of social media following the racist abuse suffered by Ireland's Edwin Edogbo following his Test debut. Edogbo, born and raised in County Cork to Nigerian parents, was targeted online after coming off the bench in Saturday'

Peru's new president under fire for child sex comments

Peru's new president under fire for child sex comments

Rights groups expressed concern Thursday at the choice of 83-year-old Jose Maria Balcazar as Peru's stand-in president given past utterances on girls and under-aged sex. Balcazar was on Wednesday named Peru's interim leader, for a period of just over five months until

Belarus frees opposition politician Statkevich

Belarus frees opposition politician Statkevich

Belarus has released opposition politician Mikola Statkevich from prison, five months after he refused to leave the country in a US-brokered prisoner release, his wife told AFP on Thursday. He suffered a stroke behind bars and is having difficulty speaking, she added. "The stroke was, as I managed

Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time

Rocket re-entry pollution measured in atmosphere for first time

When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their instruments. The German team managed to measure the pollution the rocket&

Starlink loss a blow to Russian forces in Ukraine: experts

Starlink loss a blow to Russian forces in Ukraine: experts

US tech titan Elon Musk's move to cut Russian access to his Starlink satellites over Ukraine has probably disrupted Russian forces' tactical command and restricted their offensive capacity, but the war goes on. Here is what we know about the importance of Starlink to Russia and in

UN's Sudan probe finds 'hallmarks of genocide' in El-Fasher

UN's Sudan probe finds 'hallmarks of genocide' in El-Fasher

The United Nations' independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said on Thursday the siege and capture of El-Fasher by a paramilitary group bore "the hallmarks of genocide". Its investigation concluded that the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) seizure of the city in Darfur state in October

Airbus ready to build two new European fighters if countries want

Airbus ready to build two new European fighters if countries want

Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain in the multibillion-euro FCAS warplane program, will support a proposal to instead build two separate jets if the countries participating in the project request it, chief executive Guillaume Faury said Thursday. "If mandated by our customers, we would support a two-factor