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Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought
An oppressive heat beats down on the central Iraqi province of Babylon, where drought and rising temperatures are hitting bees and honey production hard. Three decades on and now in her early 50s, Maamuri has 250 bee hives in the province of Babylon, dozens of which she keeps in the courtyard of the family house.
Mzansi worries about future of the SA after a man was set on fire in Limpopo: "Going to turn into a ghost country"
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt following the tragic death of man in Mphagani village. The man's lifeless body was found tied up near his burning car.
Losses stack up for FTC's Khan in US antitrust crackdown
FTC chairman Lina Khan is on a mission to embolden US competition enforcers, but a series of court defeats has sowed doubt that she will put an end to decades of Washington's light-touch approach to antitrust regulation. "They are out on the frontier of antitrust," said John Lopatka, from Penn State's School of Law on Khan's fresh approach to enforcing competition policy.
San Francisco's race for robo-taxis cleaves sharp divide over safety
A driverless taxi slows down on a dark San Francisco street and is quickly surrounded by a group of masked figures. Using traffic cones stolen from the streets, the activists have been disabling driverless taxis operated by Waymo and Cruise -- the only two companies currently authorized in San Francisco.
Lebanon economic crisis means more work for craftsmen
Among meandering alleyways in the historic market of Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, cobblers and menders are doing brisk business, as an economic crisis revives demand for once-fading trades. "Repairs are in high demand," said Bizri, 48, who learned the trade from his father.
London's new 'super sewer' to end Thames pollution blight
The door of the steel box lift clanks shut and a crane slowly lowers construction workers building London's "super sewer" 40 metres (130 feet) to the bottom of an enormous vertical shaft. The new 25-kilometre (15-mile) "super sewer", which is 7.2 metres in diameter, snakes from west to east following the curves of the river.
Airlines grapple with rise in turbulent passengers
Viral videos of vulgar, intoxicated and violent airplane passengers have become common, but it is not just a social media trend: statistics confirm cases are on the rise. The United States saw a tenfold rise in violent incidents from 2017 to 2021 to 6,000, with the politicisation of mask wearing during the pandemic responsible for many confrontations.
Spain PM fails to get vote boost from economy
Spain's economy is growing steadily and inflation has been tamed -- but Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is facing an uphill battle to be re-elected in a snap poll next weekend. The premier and his ministers routinely tout statistics that highlight Spain's strong economic performance, yet the ruling Socialists still took a beating in regional and local elections on May 28.
As climate changes, farms in US 'Peach State' Georgia suffer
From a distance, everything looks normal: neat rows of peach trees, their green leaves fluttering in the wind, near a pretty little American farmhouse. The peach appears on license plates, on restaurant menus, just about everywhere -- except, this year, on peach trees.
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