To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement.

Since May 2023, when five people died and 20 were injured, officers have been investigating whether the state of the building and its fire safety systems contributed to the tragedy. Police say the ...

But Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world. About 3.9 million hectares of African forest – the size of about 381 million soccer fields – was destroyed every year between 2010 and 2020 ...

Vladimir Putin vowed Russia will seek revenge for Ukraine's massive drone attack on Moscow's war machinery, according to US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump took to Truth Social to reveal that he and ...

In a statement, Forbes apologised to the women and says he recognised the harm he caused. Police say a complaint from a Wellington brothel last year didn't meet the criminal prosecution threshold. Sex ...

The models confirmed their father Mohamed Hadid welcomed another daughter Aydan Nix with Terri Hatfield Dull after his divorce from Gigi and Bella's mother Yolanda Hadid but Aydan did not know about ...

38 Londres Street weaves together several narratives, but at its heart is the story of the legal attempts to end impunity for ...

When naming the line-up, Outi Saarinen mistakenly selected the long-retired Stina Ruuskanen instead of 23-year-old defender Nanne Ruuskanen for the Women's Nations League match. The error was not ...

Half of the semi-finalists have been found at the French Tennis Open, starting with women's top seed Aryna Sabalenka 02 Jun: The men's world number one is in action overnight in the fourth round of ...

In the upper North Island, emergency services have been responding to dozens of reports of surface flooding, and trees falling on homes and power lines. In the central North Island, about 70 ...

The 38-year-old singer - who has Violet, four, Shackleton, two, and Bear, seven months, with husband Cody DaLuz - left the UK for the US eight years ago, but she's now planning to return to her roots ...

The Crusaders will host a semi-final if they beat the Reds tomorrow in Christchurch. Their season will be over if they're beaten, and the Chiefs lose to the Blues. 03 Jun: The Hurricanes are vowing ...