Opinion

France's two top cities look set to remain under leftist control after mayoral elections on Sunday, exit polls suggest, with the Socialists extending their quarter-century rule in Paris and the far right losing in Marseille.

There are just 600 cheetahs estimated to be living in the Horn of Africa -- out of some 7,000 living in the wild worldwide -- meaning the NGO supports a sizeable percentage of the population.

Persia was the world’s first superpower. It existed about 600 years before Jesus Christ walked the earth and before the United States of America was even a thought.

Water is a basic human right, yet for many communities across South Africa and the world, access to safe and reliable water remains a daily struggle.

The humble platypus, a small creature which quietly swims in the rivers of eastern Australia, has found yet another way to amaze scientists.