Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Russian military jet in ‘near miss’ with passenger plane
Credits: JOHAN NILSSON/AFP/Getty Alt Text: Scandinavian airliners operated by SAS Near collision over Baltic Sea is latest in rising tide of close encounters between Russia and the West One-Minute Read Monday, December 15, 2014 – 11:21am A Russian intelligence jet nearly collided with a passenger plane belonging to the Scandinavian airline...
Could Edison Cavani cure Arsenal’s winter blues?
Credits: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesAlt Text: Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain star may seek move after growing tired of playing second fiddle to Zlatan Ibrahimovic Transfer Talk Bill Mann Thursday, December 11, 2014 – 8:53am There’s nothing like a boost to beat the winter blues and according to the Daily Star Manchester United,...
Elgin Marbles loaned to Russia: should they be back in Greece?
Credits: Graham Barclay, BWP Media/Getty Alt Text: Sculptures which form part of the Elgin Marbles based in the British Museum Loan of priceless river god Ilissos is likely to reignite long-running Elgin Marbles dispute between London and Athens Briefing Friday, December 5, 2014 – 9:34am The British Museum has loaned one of the Elgin...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 5 Dec 2014
DEMONSTRATIONS IN US OVER ‘CHOKEHOLD’There has been a second night of angry demonstrations in US cities including New York and Washington DC over the refusal of a grand jury to charge a white policeman who put a black suspect in a stranglehold shortly before his death. Civil rights leaders say the decision is a “travesty of justice”....
Is the West now at war with Russia without realising it?
Alt Text: Columnist Robert Fox A cyber attack on America’s largest bank, JP Morgan, raises questions only Vladimir Putin can answer Column Robert Fox Monday, December 1, 2014 – 9:22am This summer up to 83 million American citizens were under attack from Russia – and most of the victims of this almost surreal conflict...
Brown bears seen in Chernobyl after 100-year absence
Credits: JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GettyAlt Text: Brown bear Three decades after nuclear disaster forced human retreat, brown bears have colonised Chernobyl One-Minute Read Friday, November 28, 2014 – 2:02pm See related: Drone set loose in the skies above Chernobyl – video Scientists have captured photographic evidence that brown bears have...
