Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A watershed moment in the fight to hold corporations accountable for complicity in Israel’s war crimes: A.P. Møller Maersk has become the first global shipping company to halt the transport of goods to and from Israeli settlements after...
Getty Images Statues of Michael Jackson appeared at landmarks around the world to promote his album HIStory In June 1995, a giant statue of Michael Jackson provided a surreal sight in the heart of London when it was floated on a barge down the River Thames. This 32ft (10m) pop colossus was just one of...
Piers Hopkirk & Julia Gregory BBC News, Godstone Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East Getty Images Some 30 families were forced to leave their homes after Godstone High Street partially collapsed Engineers working to repair a giant sinkhole collapse in a Surrey village have confirmed they have discovered a network of Victorian sand mining tunnels...
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Ngugi wa Thiong’o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature – a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily documenting the transformation of his country – Kenya – from a colonial subject...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Alamy As the face of documentary series like Arena, Imagine and Omnibus, Alan Yentob was usually seen interviewing the biggest names in the arts and entertainment. But viewers may not have realised the extent to which the broadcaster helped shape the very TV channels he appeared on. Having begun his career...
A 4-metre-high wall that collapsed onto a neighbourhood road has now been fixed and restored back to its former glory. The wall in Countess Wear Road has been replaced with a reinforced embankment and grassed over with Devon seed and wildflowers provided by Devon Wildlife, after its collapse in December 2020. A new hedge of...
Footage shows the damage caused by a hailstorm in Fremont, Nebraska on Thursday, leaving homes and vehicles with smashed windows. This happened after the US National Weather Service issued a warning for “hail up to softball size” and damaging wind gusts of up to 86 mph (138.4 km/h). Read full article at source...
Getty Images Mario Vargas Llosa in 1990 Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. With more than 50 works to his name, many of which have been widely translated, Vargas Llosa...
Chinese technology giant Tencent has made a €1.2bn ($1.25bn; £1bn) investment in a spin-off from Ubisoft, the maker of the Assassin’s Creed video games. Shenzhen-based Tencent will own about a quarter of the new business, with Ubisoft holding the rest of the new subsidiary, which is valued at around €4bn. The unit will run some...
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“Normally when there are 30 shots in the game, it is the United States with about 25 of ’em. Not today!” It wasn’t just the ESPN commentator who was shocked. Heather O’Reilly had scored the game’s final goal, dragging world number ones and two-time champions United States to a 2-2 draw in their opening match...