India’s two team and four individual gold medals are hailed as the beginning of the country’s reign as the ‘best chess nation in the world’. India’s chess masters have created history by winning team gold medals in both men’s and women’s competitions at the 45th International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad in Budapest. In addition to winning the team championships, India also walked away with four individual gold...

Africa reports 586 rhinos killed in 2023, up from 551 in 2022, with poaching the main threat. Rhinoceros numbers across the world increased slightly in 2023, but so too did the number of animals killed by poachers, according to a new report. Thanks to preservation efforts, the white rhino population increased by 1,522 to 17,464 in 2023, an annual report by the International Rhino Foundation said as it...