CAPE TOWN, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The South African government has called for immediate action to effectively curb the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in some parts of the country.

Steve and a team of world class kayakers head to the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian far east, to take on the first descent of the Kronotsky River – through white-water so extreme that it has never ...