A TV news helicopter pilot steered his crippled, out-of-control aircraft away from a busy highway before crashing.

She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a seven-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models.

Western food manufacturers are buying so little sustainable palm oil that the system set up to limit damage to tropical forests caused by the world's cheapest vegetable oil is in danger of collapse.

An extreme sports enthusiast from Austria looks set to break the speed of sound as he attempts the world's highest ever parachute jump.

Queen (mother) of pop Madonna and her Brazilian boy toy lover Jesus Luz are planning to try for a baby, writes Myrddin Gwynedd.

Celebration in the streets as Brazilian city named host for the 2016 Olympic Games.