The world’s remaining tigers face extinction, having lost 93 per cent of their historical range and suffered a 95 per cent population crash in the past century.

‘Oh Brazil! This is a coup after a coup!’ said Miguel do Rosário, editor of the Rio-based O Cafezinho website.

Devolution has demystified local power and emboldened voters to assert themselves, leading to shocks all the way up the political pyramid.

Devolution has demystified local power and emboldened voters to assert themselves, leading to shocks all the way up the political pyramid.

Ahead of Kenya’s elections, the opposition stalwart is promising to shake things up, while the incumbent vows to protect the status quo.

A series of unrelated but important events the past few days could have significant repercussions for the tightening race.

Deep-sea mining for deposits of tellurium, essential in thin-film technology, could make it possible to tap much more of solar energy. But is it worth the risk?

Poultry farmer Bambang Sutrisno Setiawan had heard about biosecurity but never gave it serious thought, even when bird flu forced him to cull thousands of his layer chickens.

The Indus Cascade project will not help Pakistan, argues Hassan Abbas, but will be costly and make Pakistanis vulnerable to natural disasters or enemy attack.

Nigeria doesn't need restructuring, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said - "If we need any restructuring, it is the restructuring of our mindset and mentality."