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Samaritans are marking World Suicide Prevention Day by calling on society to stop expecting men to conform to the traditional view that “real men” should not need to seek help.

Stigma as a major barrier to suicide prevention is a key theme for this year. The expectations society has of men contributes to the fact that men are three times more likely to take their own lives than women...

"The Internet is transforming almost every element of the news business: shortening news cycles, eroding long-reliable revenue sources, and enabling new kinds of competition, some of which bear little or no news-gathering costs."

Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, who has bought The Washington Post.

In news that has stunned the media industry, The Washington Post...

As the South African nation celebrates Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday today, President Jacob Zuma has paid tribute to the former president whose health is "steadily improving", according to doctors.

Mandela, or 'Madiba' (his Xhosa clan name) as he is affectionately known by South Africans, remains in hospital undergoing care and treatment for a recurring lung infection. His condition...

Coral reefs can take more than a decade to recover from catastrophic climatic events, with some species taking up to 13 years to recolonise their original habitats, scientists have discovered.

Marine conservationists from Plymouth University, and the Universidad Federal da Bahia in Brazil, have spent more than 17 years analysing the diversity and density of coral colonies off the coast...