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Barca need Yamal at best without Raphinha for Atletico 'trilogy'

Barca need Yamal at best without Raphinha for Atletico 'trilogy'

Barcelona winger Raphinha's untimely injury heaps further pressure on teenage star Lamine Yamal ahead of the club's triple-header against Atletico Madrid.

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Ex-Springbok Smith has Glasgow 'flying' with Scotland job on the horizon

Ex-Springbok Smith has Glasgow 'flying' with Scotland job on the horizon

Ex-South Africa fly-half Franco Smith's record at Glasgow Warriors has boosted his credentials amid rumours he could be in line for the Scotland head coach job.

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Braving high fuel costs, Filipinos flock to crucifixion spectacle

Braving high fuel costs, Filipinos flock to crucifixion spectacle

Hundreds of Filipinos and tourists flocked to a sun-bleached field north of Manila on Good Friday to witness one of the country's most blood-soaked displays of religious fervour, undeterred by rising fuel prices driven by the Middle East war.

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Yamashita in three-way tie for lead at LPGA Aramco Championship

Yamashita in three-way tie for lead at LPGA Aramco Championship

Reigning Women's British Open champion Miyu Yamashita bounced back from an early bogey to join a three-way tie for the lead on Thursday in the LPGA Aramco Championship.

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Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis

Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis

A Japanese water plant is harnessing the natural process of osmosis to generate renewable energy that could one day become a common power source.

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Mangione federal trial over CEO murder delayed to January

Mangione federal trial over CEO murder delayed to January

The federal trial of Luigi Mangione in the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been delayed further to January 2027, according to court documents filed on Thursday.

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Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon on historic mission

Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon on historic mission

Four Artemis astronauts were zooming towards the Moon on Thursday after a major engine firing, a milestone that commits NASA to the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half a century.

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Airbus bets on copter capability for tomorrow's war drones

Airbus bets on copter capability for tomorrow's war drones

In the heart of southeastern France, aerospace giant Airbus is drawing on its helicopter expertise to develop drones -- a core element of modern warfare -- and enable them to work in tandem with manned aircraft.

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'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface

'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface

Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy.

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'Something borrowed': Dutch bride opts for recycled wedding

'Something borrowed': Dutch bride opts for recycled wedding

"Within like 30 minutes I knew this was the one," Lara Peters said of the second-hand wedding dress she had just worn to her marriage -- in the Netherlands' busiest rail station.

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