'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler: Former undisputed middleweight world champion dies aged 66

Former undisputed middleweight world champion 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler dies at the age of 66.


Sri Lanka adoption: The babies who were given away

Thousands of newborns were sold to families in Europe. Decades later, Sri Lankan mothers are trying to find them.


Is there an algorithm for the perfect biryani?

A new book argues that cooking, at its heart, is chemistry. And algorithms are the key to it.


Is fighting a pandemic like fighting a war?

Two Vietnam War veterans on the similarities between the struggle against Covid and fighting a war.


Myanmar protests: Civilian leader in hiding vows to continue 'revolution'

Mahn Win Khaing Than leads a group of politicians seeking recognition as Myanmar's government.


Zimbabwe's 16-year-old motocross champion on 'beating the boys'

Tanya Muzinda has taken on the male-dominated world of motocross - becoming her country's off-road circuits champion.


Saving one of the world’s rarest toads from extinction

The harlequin toad has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time outside Panama.


Russia opposition: Moscow police raid election forum

Officers raided the opposition conference only minutes after it began at a hotel on Saturday.


Covid-19 pandemic: Italy to shut shops and schools amid infection spike

Shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across most of the country on Monday.


ICYMI: Faceplanting albatross and cat rescues itself

An albatross faceplant, a cat rescuing itself after getting stuck in a tree and other stories you may have missed.