Italian broadcaster sparks fury over plans for gender-specific channels | World news
Italian state broadcaster Rai has sparked fury over a proposal to create separate male and female TV channels. A reorganisation of some of the company’s
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President Donald Trump cursing and declaring “this is the end my presidency!” when he heard of special counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment. Trump campaign press secretary
Bill Clinton picked up Kama Sutra in gift shop, says Emily Maitlis | US news
The Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has said she once caught Bill Clinton perusing the Kama Sutra in a hotel gift shop. The BBC presenter said
For America’s poorest communities, opportunity knocks
Across the United States, at least 1 in 10 people live in low-income, distressed communities. Most have been hit by shifts in global trade, technology,
Spacewatch: Israel’s private moon mission crash-lands | Science
Israel’s Beresheet lander has failed in its attempt to become the first privately funded mission to land on the moon. The 150kg spacecraft began its
Is populism waning in Germany? The steady rise of The Greens party
As is the case in many countries across Europe, the past few years have seen significant growth in the political far right in Germany. Even
No children or ducks harmed by novichok, say health officials | UK news
No children or animals were harmed in the novichok attack in Wiltshire last year, health officials have said, following claims that Donald Trump decided to
In Jordan, a place for animals to forget the trauma of war
Hamzeh has begun to build a new life in northern Jordan two years after fleeing his war-torn home country of Syria. Like many of the
Should the census ask about citizenship? Supreme Court to weigh in
On April 23, the high court will weigh whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross acted lawfully in deciding to reinstate a citizenship question in the census.
‘Decades of denial’: major report finds New Zealand’s environment is in serious trouble | World news
A report on the state of New Zealand’s environment has painted a bleak picture of catastrophic biodiversity loss, polluted waterways, and the destructive rise of
20 years after Columbine: one parent’s reflection
When news of the Columbine shooting broke, I was sitting in a restaurant in Moab, Utah, on spring break from the Colorado high school where
Tangle of church and state roils Ukraine’s Orthodox parishes
Boris Kovalchuk arrived in this small agricultural village, about 30 miles from Kiev, straight out of the Kiev Spiritual Academy 19 years ago. Since then,
How to defy apartheid? For journalist Juby Mayet, with pen in hand.
The woman wasn’t talking. At least, that’s what the other reporters told young journalist Juby Mayet when she arrived at a Johannesburg apartment door in
Indonesia elections: Joko Widodo looks set for comfortable win | World news
Joko Widodo looks likely to have secured a comfortable win over his rival in Indonesian elections, according to unofficial “quick counts”. The counts, conducted by
At a new university, Syrian Kurds build their own future
Which university to attend? For Fatmah, a Kurdish college student in northern Syria, it had been an especially difficult choice. The daughter of a welder