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Are Nicki Minaj and Trump right about Christian killings in Nigeria?
The US is threatening to send in troops and cut aid
12 Nov 2025,10 mins
Are we one step closer to discovering life on other planets?
An exoplanet 40 light years away might have the answer.
11 Nov 2025,11 mins
COP30: What’s changed in the past decade for the climate?
And what to expect from this year’s climate change summit in Brazil
10 Nov 2025,12 mins
How did New York’s mayor-elect Mamdani win over young people?
Hint: It’s got something to do with rapping, TikTok, and clapbacks.
07 Nov 2025,12 mins
What’s being done to protect the Amazon rainforest?
And will Cop30 make a difference?
06 Nov 2025,11 mins
Sudan: What’s happened in el-Fasher?
And is this a turning point in the country’s civil war?
05 Nov 2025,8 mins
AI videos just got super real - here’s how to spot them
Will Sora and Vibes change the internet forever?
04 Nov 2025,12 mins
Why is Australia deporting people to one of the world’s smallest countries?
Nauru will now be home to some of Australia’s foreign detainees
03 Nov 2025,8 mins
The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince
He was the Duke of York but now he’s just Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
31 Oct 2025,8 mins
This is what it takes to be a sumo wrestler
Could you eat 10,000 calories a day?
30 Oct 2025,8 mins
Why is Trump giving the White House a makeover?
Say goodbye to the East Wing as you know it
29 Oct 2025,9 mins
Why China wants more foreign tech grads
There’s been a backlash over a new visa in China, where youth unemployment is high
28 Oct 2025,10 mins
What could the NBA, mafia, and X-ray glasses have in common?
Some NBA players haven’t been Goodfellas…(allegedly)
27 Oct 2025,12 mins
Not all antidepressants are the same
A new study has looked at the side effects of different types of antidepressants
24 Oct 2025,13 mins
The video gamer who became a Catholic saint
The Catholic Church has appointed its first ever millennial saint.
23 Oct 2025,10 mins
No Snapchat?! Why the AWS outage was so big
Do we rely too much on the cloud for our everyday apps?
22 Oct 2025,8 mins
Why are people dying from fake alcohol in Brazil?
Methanol has been poisoning spirits and cocktails
21 Oct 2025,8 mins
Our recap on the Madagascar protests
Are Gen Z protesters hopeful?
20 Oct 2025,13 mins
How do you win a Nobel Prize?
President Trump wants to know too.
17 Oct 2025,8 mins
How the One Piece flag became a worldwide symbol of protest
It’s been used in Gen Z protests in Madagascar, Indonesia and Morocco.
16 Oct 2025,10 mins
Are we about to see more ‘Made in Nigeria’ leather goods?
Homegrown brands want to showcase Nigeria’s historic leather industry
15 Oct 2025,8 mins
Could Taylor Swift’s reign ever end?
Will she always have the life of a showgirl?
14 Oct 2025,15 mins
Naked mole rats prove pretty privilege is overrated
Is being ugly the secret to a long life?
13 Oct 2025,8 mins
Is the war in Gaza over?
Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire and hostage release plan for Gaza.
10 Oct 2025,11 mins
How yaba swept across East Asia
The drug used to be legal in Thailand but was renamed to mean ‘mad pill’.
09 Oct 2025,8 mins
China’s renewable energy takeover
Renewables are now the world’s leading source of electricity
08 Oct 2025,8 mins
Too young for cosmetic surgery?
The tragic death of a 14-year-old girl in Mexico has sparked public outrage
07 Oct 2025,10 mins
Will the world’s oldest leader win again?
In politics terms is 90 the new 70?
06 Oct 2025,11 mins
How do you cut the internet for a whole country?
The Taliban government blocked the internet in Afghanistan for 48 hours.
03 Oct 2025,12 mins
The multi-million dollar coral reef restoration project in Indonesia
How women from Raja Ampat are restoring their coral reef after a cruise ship disaster
02 Oct 2025,9 mins