ASTANA – In January, Anar Burasheva stood atop Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, becoming the first woman from Kazakhstan to complete the Seven Summits, the challenge of climbing the ...

The Rwenzori Mountains rise high. More than 5,000 metres, or around 16,000 feet, above sea level. You can see them for miles if the clouds let you. Some say they’re even visible from orbit. But that ...

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly ...

Li Haorong at the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Li Haorong, a 17-year-old student from Beijing, reached the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Qomolangma — globally ...

So it is good news that Africa’s sleeping giants seem to be waking up. In South Africa prudent policies helped bring inflation down to 3.2% in 2025, lower than at any point in the past 21 years, and ...

The “Roof of Africa” is the continent’s most climbed peak—which often means trekking in the company of crowds. These five ...

The “Roof of Africa” is the continent’s most climbed peak—which often means trekking in the company of crowds. These five climbs offer under-the-radar alternatives with challenging trails and wild ...

Photographer Frédéric Noy's shots give an insight into life around the rainforests of Udzungwa Mountains National Park – and ...

"This mountain peak has been frozen for probably thousands of years," Jan-Christoph Otto, a geologist at the University of Salzburg, told LiveScience, adding: "The mountain peak failure at Fluchthorn ...

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About 200 miles from Johannesburg, the Drakensberg region offers a breathtaking landscape of stark ridges and green valleys.