Steve Smith ruled out of Cape Town decider with neck injury
Steve Smith will miss Australia’s third Test decider against South Africa in Cape Town after failing to recover from a neck injury.
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WHO and DRC Advance Talks to Launch Phase 3 Ebola Vaccine Trial Amid Escalating Outbreak
The World Health Organization and Democratic Republic of the Congo are negotiating to expedite a multi-armed Phase 3 trial of vaccines targeting the Bundibugyo virus as the outbreak intensifies, WHO director-general warns.
Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert
In its latest heatwave bulletin published on Saturday, the Italian health ministry says that by Monday, some 25 of the country’s 27 major cities will be on red alert. It says it expects only two – Reggio Calabria in the southern tip of Italy’s “boot” and Messina, facing it across on the island of Sicily…
Tongue tied: Humans once spoke tens of thousands of languages, so what happened?
Published on 01/08/2026 – 7:22 GMT+2 A new study has found that linguistic diversity in human history peaked much later than previously thought and then rapidly declined with the rise of empires. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to the study, published in the journal Science, the languages spoken today are the legacy of the small number of…