Vedanta’s project for a bauxite mine on sacred tribal land of the Dongria-Kondh has been stalled by an Indian government report. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain Vedanta’s controversial project to develop a bauxite mine on sacred tribal land in India was in jeopardy after a government... 

Wes Brown has chosen to quit international football after being capped 23 times for England. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Wes Brown has announced his retirement from international football. The Manchester United defender was selected in the England squad to face Hungary on Wednesday,... 

AP British scientists believe they have found the answer to an ages-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Scientists cracked the puzzle after discovering that the formation of eggs is possible only thanks to a protein found in chicken’s ovaries. That means eggs have to be formed in... 

An oil field in the southern Rumaila area, Iraq. China National Petroleum Corporation and BP together won a contract to develop the field in southern Iraq last year. Photograph: Essam Al-Sudani/AFP/Getty Images In the rush to snap up the world’s remaining oil reserves, Asian companies...