LUBUMBASHI (DR Congo): A Congolese bishop says an “ecological disaster” is unfolding in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as illegal logging destined for Chinese buyers is threatening the rare mukula tree. “While the whole world decries the ravages of the Amazon fires, an ecological disaster is underway
MADRID: A man died after eating tainted meat in Spain, the third fatality in a listeria outbreak that has also seen five women lose their babies due to the food-borne bacteria, health authorities said Friday. More than 200 people have been infected with the common bacteria which poses a serious
Abandoning Jakarta for a new capital in Borneo won’t save the fast-sinking Indonesian megacity from disaster and could even spark a fresh environmental crisis in a region home to rainforests and endangered orangutans, critics have warned. President Joko Widodo announced this week that the Southeast Asian nation’s political heart would
As far back as he can remember, Willard Church Jr has gone out ice fishing well into the month of April, chopping holes that were easily four feet deep into the Kanektok River near his home. But the waterway that runs along the village of Quinhagak, in southwest Alaska, barely
SHANGHAI: Basketball’s World Cup launches on Saturday in China with two-time defending champions the United States missing their biggest stars and looking uncharacteristically vulnerable after surrendering their long winning streak. The chief threat to the LeBron James-deprived Americans looks likely to come from Serbia, but Spain, France, Australia and Greece
SHANGHAI: They’re ranked just 30th in the world, but China will have some promising new talent, a gentle group draw, and a billionplus fans on their side as the hosts look to make some noise at the Basketball World Cup. Although a perennial Asian power, China struggles against topflight international
NEW YORK: US teen sensation Coco Gauff and top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka will meet in a third-round showdown today at the US Open, each curious to test her game against the other. Japanese 21-year-old Osaka dispatched Poland’s Magda Linette 6-2, 6-4 while 15-yearold American Gauff outlasted Hungarian qualifier Timea
MADRID: Former Spain coach Luis Enrique announced the death of his nine-year-old daughter from bone cancer on Thursday. “Our daughter Xana passed away this afternoon at nine years old, after fighting for five intense months against osteosarcoma,” Luis Enrique tweeted. “We will miss you enormously but we will remember you
ZURICH: Sebastian Coe admits that athletics’ world governing body was “crumbling” when he took over four years ago, but insists progress has been made on Russian doping and levelling the female playing field by forcing athletes such as Caster Semenya to regulate their testosterone levels. “We’ve covered a lot of
LOS ANGELES: Erislandy Lara, long denied a rematch with Canelo Alvarez, will try to take out his frustration on the Mexican world champion’s younger brother today in a super-welterweight bout in Minnesota. Five years ago, Lara lost a disputed decision to middleweight king Canelo when he felt he’d done enough
