Medicines that can help people live healthy lives to 100 and beyond may be available in as little as two years, an expert has said.

Rocketing costs could reach a staggering $10 million a day for BP as it tries to stem the oil leak.

The natural world could suffer irreversible damage if action is not taken to protect it, the UN has warned.

Zimbabwe's High Court has acquitted a leading opponent of President Robert Mugabe of terrorism charges.

European Union finance ministers have agreed on emergency measures to prevent Greece's debt crisis from spreading.

A piece of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree is being carried into zero-gravity space on the next Nasa shuttle mission.