French scientists have attributed the spike in shark attacks to selfie-taking influencers encouraging tourists to pet the ...

A 'darkly funny' book about social media giant Facebook /Meta, Careless People is a quick and shocking read. But it has only three mentions of India, one of the Palo Alto-headquartered company's ...

While cash-strapped local governments need billions to battle leaks, and citizens often have days without water in their taps, a Northern Cape district municipality and a local municipality under ...

A huge shark been seen roaming the shallow waters of a popular beach in Adelaide’s south – the second sighting in as many days. About 6.30am on Saturday morning, Jan Stankiewicz filmed the ...

An Alabama teen who narrowly survived a fierce shark attack last year said she hopes a proposed alert system before state lawmakers can help keep others safe in the water. Lulu Gribbin ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

“Ninety minutes before me, there was another shark attack a couple miles down the coast,” Gribbin said. Had she known about that attack, she and her friend would not have ventured into the ...

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent ...