In a vast exhibition hall in Berlin’s riverside docks, they are setting up the stage for a Green Party European election rally. Engineers are testing the spotlights, while backstage make-up artists set to work on the candidates. It’s a far […]
Indonesian police are laying down barbed wire and preparing to deploy armoured trucks and water cannons for a massive security operation in Jakarta this week when the official results of last month’s presidential election are made public. The national capital […]
Investigators are not sure exactly what tore the ten-foot hole in the hull of the Andrea Victory, a Norwegian oil tanker, as it anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. One theory is that scuba divers swam through […]
Britain has told Iran not to underestimate the resolve of the US, warning that if American interests were attacked then Washington would retaliate. "I would say to the Iranians: Do not underestimate the resolve on the US side," Jeremy Hunt, […]
Qatari state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera suspended two journalists on Sunday over a video they produced claiming the extent of the Holocaust was being misrepresented by Jews. The clip, posted by Al Jazeera’s online AJ+ Arabic service, claimed “the narrative” that […]
Click:hiding screws in woodwork She is the great young hope of America’s Left-wing, an articulate and impassioned progressive whose policies have gained traction and Twitter feed is followed by four million. Now Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old first-time congressman from New […]
America’s college admissions tests are to add an "adversity score" to take into account students’ social backgrounds, amid a national debate over the current system’s fairness. The College Board, the body that administers the university admissions exam, announced that it […]
Britain has upgraded its travel warning for dual UK-Iranian nationals after a British council worker was jailed on allegations of espionage. The Foreign Office on Friday warned dual nationals against all travel to the Islamic Republic, saying they face an "unacceptably […]
The Islamic State group has disclosed the creation of a new regional chapter in Pakistan, as the group tries to rebrand and rebuild after the destruction of its caliphate. The organisational reshuffle came five days after the announcement of a […]
Rice has been planted in a Japanese town which hosts Fukushima’s damaged nuclear power plant eight years after residents were first evacuated. Officials and locals in Okuma town planted several crops, including sticky rice and premium quality rice, across more than […]