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The number of executions is rising globally, but many countries have banned capital punishment.

The discovery of thousands of ancient rock carvings in western India has stunned archaeologists.

A new spelling of the word women had sparked a Twitter backlash.

The unseen financial influence of the "Oscars of the restaurant industry".

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Researchers use tricky means to accomplish what was thought to be an impossible experiment that gets at the heart of quantum mechanics.

It's both glamorous and creepy. As the Eagles make musical history, we dissect their most famous song.

Cases of monkeypox are being investigated in several countries, including the UK.

The castaway who says he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific has said he considered killing himself but was determined to survive.

OK is among 300 added to the list of allowed words by the game's official US dictionary.

Football pundit Mark Lawrenson is not the first celebrity to have his illness diagnosed on screen.

The decentralised web, or DWeb, could be a chance to take control of our data back from the big tech firms. So how does it work and when will it be here?

Kenyan tour operators allege Tanzanian actions are affecting its tourism industry.

Forensic examination of a mummy shows the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe, scientists say.

As thieves in Sweden steal the country's priceless crown jewels, we look at other high-profile robberies.

Scientists working on Voyager 1 are receiving further data suggesting the probe is close to crossing into interstellar space.

The free exchange of information and ideas is one of the great beauties of the internet, so why is so much of that communication still trapped behind the walls of individual social silos? Enter Web…

A new study says a substance found in broken jars by archaeologists is 3,200-year-old cheese.

Nato expects 23 of its 32 members to have met the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence in 2024.

Controversial preacher Adnan Oktar and 166 of his mainly female followers have been arrested.

An experiment with a "vending machine for crows" is revealing insights into how intelligence evolves, scientists say.

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