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The woman who was the face of endometriosis in Kenya

11 hours ago Basillioh Rukanga,BBC News, Nairobi Daily Nation Mary Njambi Koikai, better known as Jahmby Koikai, dedicated most of her short life to telling her fellow Kenyans about the debilitating condition of endometriosis, which led to her death this week aged just 38. As a popular radio host and reggae DJ, she had the […]

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Boeing’s Starliner launches, sending NASA astronauts to the ISS

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft finally carried a pair of astronauts into orbit Wednesday, a key milestone in the company’s troubled quest to provide NASA with a spacecraft capable of flying crews to the International Space Station. An Atlas V rocket, operated by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, lifted off […]

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‘Eternally in their debt’ and ‘Camilla’s tears’

Dominating Thursday’s front pages are pictures of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and the veterans commemorating it. Under the headline “Eternally in their debt”, the Daily Express has a picture of 99-year-old veteran Peter Smoothy, standing on Juno Beach in Normandy. A picture of the Queen appears on the front of a number of the […]

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Paris Olympics 2024: Helen Glover in Team GB rowing squad

Women’s eight: Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde Men’s eight: Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford Women’s four: Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten Men’s four: Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge, Freddie […]

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Australia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?

50 minutes ago Hannah Ritchie,BBC News, Sydney BBC SunDrive’s Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that Australian company SunDrive Solar makes its “special sauce”: a […]

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Chang’e-6 far side of the Moon probe begins journey back

CNSA China’s craft displayed the country’s flag after finishing its sampling mission – the first time any country has flown a flag on the far side of the moon China says its lunar probe has successfully taken off from the far side of the moon to begin its journey back to Earth carrying the first […]

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