Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Tear-gas tourism: do West Bank trips offer insight – or just thrills?
Alt Text Adnan snaps a picture of a used stun grenade Critics of ‘political tourism’ say an afternoon of protests and stun grenades offers little benefit to visitor or host Reaction Tuesday, July 14, 2015 – 12:14pm See related …read more Source: The...
Russia and America: how serious is the threat of a new Cold War?
Credits JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Image Alt Text Obama and Putin during the 2013 G8 summit at Lough Erne US decides to move weapons onto Russia’s doorstep as Vladimir Putin vows to bulk up his nuclear arsenal In Depth Wednesday, …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines: MH148 in emergency landing after ‘fire’
Description . 20 May: Book claims missing plane was shot down By May, a book had been rushed out with sensational claims that the missing Malaysian Airways flight MH370 may have been shot down accidentally by US-Thai joint strike fighters in a military exercise that went wrong in the South China Sea. The book also claimed that search and rescue...
Barack Obama presses David Cameron on defence spending
Credits JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images G7 meeting sees president up pressure over two per cent Nato spending benchmark One-Minute Read Monday, June 8, 2015 – 9:33am Barack Obama is urging David Cameron …read more Source: The...
A coffee alarm and five other bizarre gadgets to wake you up
Alt Text alarm clock From electric shocks to a one-minute morning wake-up call from strangers across the world Summary Friday, May 29, 2015 – 11:55am See related Is hitting the snooze button damaging your …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 12 May 2015
TORY CABINET MEETS – FIRST FOR 18 YEARS For the first time in 18 years, an all-Conservative cabinet is meeting in Whitehall. David Cameron will tell his ministers the Tories are “the real party of working people”. One third of attendees will be female. Boris Johnson will attend, without portfolio, but party chairman Grant Shapps has not...
Week in pictures: 3-9 May
Sunday, May 10, 2015 – 6:00am Description BURUNDI, TUESDAY: A protester wears a mask made from a leaf in Bujumbura, the capital of the tiny African nation. Violent protests began after a constitutional court ruling cleared President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a controversial third term. Credits …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 4 May 2015
TWO SHOT DEAD AT US ANTI-ISLAM EVENT Two gunmen have been shot dead by police after allegedly opening fire on a conference centre in Garland, Texas, which was hosting a meeting of an anti-Islamic group attended by Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders. A security guard was injured – and police suspect the men’s vehicle contains a...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 29 Apr 2015
RELIEF GETS TO NEPAL VILLAGES AT LAST Aid is finally getting through to some of Nepals more remote villages, where people have been left wihout water or adequate food since Saturday’s huge earthquake, which killed at least 5,000. Officials have admitted they were slow to respond. One man was yesterday found alive after 80 hours buried in...
The Business: Tuesday April 28 2015
Company news, markets and financial talking points, available from 8am Monday to Friday OSBORNE FEARS GDP BOMBSHELL The political parties will be watching closely as GDP figures for the first quarter of 2015 are released today. Following a series of disappointing economic data over the first three months that may weigh on the UK’s...
