Access to community knowledge and sources of information is a building block for economic development. Public libraries already play a vital role in this area — but they have more work to do. Counting the cost is a one-sided way of looking at the funding of public libraries: exploring the benefits shows the other side
Long after the conflicts are over, the environmental damage still remains. We catalogue the damage done to Kuwait, Kosovo and Afghanistan during the wars in these countries
Cricket is a religion in India, a country whose fans burn effigies of their captain every time they lose a game.
Ethiopia’s prime minister has called on the West to reform damaging trade policies and increase development aid to help his country break its 20-year-long cycle of poverty and famine
Nasser Hussain quit as skipper of the England one-day international squad on Tuesday, following his team’s early exit from the World Cup.
”We decided not to chase Duckworth Lewis, but the target of 269 instead,” Eric Simons, beleaguered coach of the national cricket team, said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe and Kenya advanced to a surprising Super Six lineup along side defending World Cup champion Australia and other former winners India and Sri Lanka.
The South African cricket side spent over two hours in the dressing room trying to digest the fact that they had once again been dumped from the World Cup through a tied result.
New Zealand domestic rugby players caught playing without a mouthguard will be sent from the field, under a new penalty aimed to improve player safety.
John McEnroe was inducted into the Laureus World Sports Academy on Tuesday, joining Pele, Boris Becker and more than three dozen other elite athletes.