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Mantle Helium in Zambia’s Kafue Rift Signals Early Tectonic Rifting

The finding offers a testable sign of an active rift that researchers will probe across the wider Southwest African Rift System this year.

Delta Flight to Lagos Turns Back Mid-Atlantic, Returns to Atlanta

Forecasts Point to a Potentially Record-Strong El Niño Forming by Mid‑2026

Plastic Odyssey Ends World Tour in Marseille, Sets Sights on Mediterranean Rollout

August 2, 2027 Total Solar Eclipse Will Be the Longest of the Century

Saharan Dust Dims Skies Across Germany as DWD Sees Relief by Mid‑Week

Hamilton Vows to Stay in F1 Until a Grand Prix Returns to Africa

Hamilton Vows to Keep Racing Until Formula 1 Returns to Africa

Vatican Confirms 2026 Papal Trips to Monaco, Four African Nations and Spain, Including First-Ever Visit to Algeria

Congo Basin Lakes Are Emitting Millennia-Old Peat Carbon, Peer-Reviewed Studies Reveal

Vatican Rules Out U.S. Trip for Pope León XIV in 2026

PNAS Study Warns Climate Change Could Erase Up to Half of Global Grazing Land by 2100

Feb. 17 Annular Solar Eclipse Confined to Antarctica, With Spain Preparing for August Totality

Century of Hair Samples Shows 100-Fold Drop in Lead Exposure

Renewed Scrutiny of World Maps Highlights How Greenland’s Size Is Misread

Fresh Satellite Images Reveal Sargassum Belt Spanning Africa to the Americas

New Reports Reaffirm East African Rift's Slow Continental Split

Adventure Aquarium Welcomes Two African Penguin Chicks, Duffy and Oscar

iShowSpeed Sets 'Speed Does Africa' Livestream Tour to Start Dec. 29

Bekkersdal Shooting Kills 9–10, Injures About 10 Near Johannesburg