Before U.S. President Donald Trump decided to withdraw his country from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018, Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister and the nuclear agreement’s chief Iranian architect, was the most popular public figure in his country. A year after the withdrawal, a University of Maryland poll shows, Zarif’s popularity was…

Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary.

But some people are beginning to take the issue seriously. Anthony Pak writes a good article about it for Canadian Architect.

Designer Salva Nadal learned how to turn canes into blinds from his uncle and is now designing a collection of products to save this Spanish craftsmanship from dying out. The results are beautiful eco-friendly lamps and a table for now.

Video of legally-blind photographer living his Whole Day, as he captures a celebration of senses and movement

Taking a blind read of a chart may be the best way to put aside sentiment and make a cool-headed decision.

Lockdown has changed the way we date. Is it possible to form the same kind of connection through a screen? To find out, we set up six strangers on three virtual blind dates ...

Today in Focus has been wondering what online lockdown dating is like now social distancing has taken face-to-face meets ups out of the equation. So we worked with the Guardian’s Blind Date column and asked listeners to let us matchmake them with a stranger on a virtual date, with dinner provided ... Host Rachel Humphreys introduces the first three couples in part one of a two-part special.

Harry, a 32-year-old producer from the UK meets Jayson, a 25-year-old journalist in Hong Kong. Sam, a 34-year-old currently residing in Los Angeles has been paired with Jennifer, a 28-year-old civil servant from the UK. And Titus, 36, spent a virtual evening with Len, a 30-year old amateur Muay Thai fighter, despite the fact they live just a few roads away from one another.

Unless you’re particularly fond of looking at the back of 88 individual WS2812B LEDs, these “RGB Goggles” from [Mukesh Sankhla] won’t offer you much of a view. But from an outsider’s perspective, the smartphone-controlled glasses certainly make a statement. Just don’t try to operate any heavy machinery while wearing them. …read more

This guy got challenged to make music with bricks, so he went ahead and played The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" with bricks. Um, that's amazing. Had no idea that was possible. 

Remembering the maverick blind campaigners who walked to London a century ago to demand equality.

Quick test to identify which people with glaucoma are at risk of rapid progression to blindness using artificial intelligence. A new test can detect

Artificial intelligence (AI) device may help identify newborns at risk for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (AP-ROP), reveals a new study.

In premature infants, very low dose of Avastin (bevacizumab) was found to prevent blindness from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), revealed results from

Blindness Might be as well be termed as an epidemic in Sri Lanka as Nearly 1 million people suffer from it and cataract could be the reason behind it.

Forbearance and federal support programmes disguise how badly Americans have been hit

Profit forecasts ditched as coronavirus disrupts operations

HENRY DEEDES: There is a fairground spookiness to Parliament (pictured) at the moment. Most areas are boarded up or deserted.

Corine Remande travelled to France from Egypt with husband Raphael to watch the showdown between Europe and the US, held at Le Golf National club in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines just outside Paris.

Corine Remande was hit by a wayward shot on the par-four sixth hole at Le Golf National in Paris and there have been reports she could lose the sight in her right eye.

Corine Remande, 49, had travelled to France from Egypt with husband Raphael to watch the showdown between Europe and the US held at Le Golf National club just outside Paris, France.

Australian Survivor star Brooke Jowett has revealed she had no idea Locky Gilbert was going to be the Bachelor, after they struck up a romance in Fiji last year.

Sam Begum, from Glasgow, who was diagnosed with cataracts in both eyes by a branch of Optical Express, is now almost blind in her left eye after £3,000 surgery for cataracts.

Turning heads at the plush event, the superstar offspring, 20, opted for an extremely unique style as he donned a volumunious camel coloured three-piece suit while his model girlfriend, 21

The 40-year-old coach broke into song to win talented contestant Khalea Lynee, 36, on Tuesday's episode of The Voice, crooning to her until she picked him to be her mentor.

The 43-year-old country star was schooled on emo rock by his fellow coaches on Monday's episode of The Voice after he asked them if it was an actual form of music.

Kelly Chase has showcased her incredible weight loss transformation after working with a health coach to overcome her body image struggles.

Amit Patel, 37, who suddenly lost his sight five years ago from a haemorrhage behind his eyes, was confronted by an irate commuter on an escalator at London Bridge on Tuesday (pictured).

Tempy Pattinson, 5, from Darlington, County Durham, and Simon Brown, 38, from Leeds, were introduced by Help for Heroes after she began fundraising to 'give back' to soldiers.

Lucio Delgado, from Mexico, took to Facebook last week to share that a letter he received informed him that he 'failed to successfully pass the reading test.'

Australian Survivor star Brooke Jowett has revealed she had no idea Locky Gilbert was going to be the Bachelor, after they struck up a romance in Fiji last year.

My Kitchen Rules' Piper O'Neill is blindsided as lover Victor Aeberli EXPOSES her for 'colluding' with him to gain an unfair advantage

Kelly Rowland turned 39 on Tuesday, and she celebrated with a simple breakfast. 

Last month she was announced as the new host of The Voice Australia.

The 33-year-old reality star knew 'that their marriage has been over' for some time but wasn't expecting her estranged husband to lodge paperwork to legally end their union last week

A blind triathlete from Brisbane has been banned from fulfilling his life-long dreams amid a doping scandal, but he claims he's never had anything stronger than coffee.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Sack FINA. After the disgrace of the Sun Yang doping case, swimming's governing body has no authority and no credibility.

The male orangutan, named Paguh (main and inset left) by his rescuers, was found with 16 metal pellets in his skull (inset right) and eight in his body in Aceh, Indonesia last week.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel say their contact lenses can restore lost colour contrast and improve colour perception by a factor of ten.

The victim of a sadistic bank worker who was raped, tortured and set on fire over 23 days has been left with 'absolutely nothing' and is at risk of going blind due to her injuries.

Stephen Graham has revealed he was set to join the star-studded cast of Peaky Blinders before the COVID-19 pandemic brought filming to a standstill.  

One man alleged he was stopped from entering an unnamed supermarket in Derby because he was 'unable to guarantee' he could remain a distance from the nearest person.

Mohammed Hafiz Raja, from Watford, (pictured) was convicted by Westminster magistrates. Colin Perreira, 24, from Hemel Hempstead, was refused a lift with six-year-old guide dog Sid.

Following the release of their Christmas advert for 2019, Aldi has confirmed they will be selling Russel the Sprout toys as part of their festive collection.

Dhanika Tripura, from Tripura in India, is suffering with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The girl was healthy before she deteriorated after suffering with itchy eyes just 6 weeks ago.

Extracting enough gold to forge a wedding band leaves behind at least 20-30 tons of waste and environmental devastation. Mahazareen Dastur writes about the costs of gold mining in the first of a two-part series.

Both the Ministry of Renewable Energy and the Ministry of Environment and Forests appear loath to pay attention to the potential environmental impact of small hydel power projects in the country. Parineeta Dandekar underlines the shortcomings in the official stance towards such projects.

Limited, quick-fix solutions that do not address the underlying causes of the deep-rooted problem of rape have clearly not worked in the country, writes Ammu Joseph in the first of a two-part article examining the many layers of the issue.