Israel isn't a democracy, it's an 'apartheid regime,' rights group says
Israel is no longer a democracy but an "apartheid regime" devoted to cementing the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians, the country's best-known human rights group said in a report published Tuesday. Read more...
Argentina hails German Falklands travel request as support for sovereignty claim
Lufthansa has asked for permission for two flights from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant on the Falklands. Berlin has asked permission to dock a research ship outside Port Stanley. Read more...
Robin head-rest! Real bird stands on metal lookalike in shot captured in Bristol garden
The picture shows the stunning bird perched on the head of its inanimate friend as it peers across a garden in Bristol. Read more...
Sir Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine
His wife Pamela Stephenson snapped the comic genius with a plaster over his tattooed left arm after the procedure at a Florida medical facility. Read more...
Bidens Executive Orders
On his first day, President Biden reversed some of his predecessors most divisive policies. But governing by decree can be fraught. Read more...
How to Fix a Brake Light
Immediately replace bulbs that are out. Get some screwdrivers. Needle-nose pliers come in handy, too. Read more...
When the Removal of 2 N.F.L. Stars From Playoff Games Is Progress
Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes did not return to games over the weekend after exhibiting concussion symptoms, satisfying critics who have long accused the league of turning a blind eye to brain injuries. Read more...
Heartwarming moment mum meets newborn baby boy - after tragically delivering little girl stillborn
An Australian mother has revealed what it felt like to hold her beautiful son for the first time - after her previous pregnancy ended in tragedy. Read more...
Margaret Court to Get a Top Australian Honor, Drawing Outrage
Margaret Court, an Australian record breaker known for her homophobic comments, is set to receive one of the nations highest public service award. Read more...
Roddy Doyle, Alice Hoffman and Ngugi wa Thiong'o This week's best new fiction
No one does boozy male regret better than Doyle, and he's on typically fluent form in this slow-burn tale of two old friends who hook up for a nostalgia-soaked crawl around the haunts of their youth. Read more...
CRAIG BROWN It's not just the silly diagrams and tiny type... it's the weird conspiracy theory
Sir Herbert Butterfield, the renowned Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, once said that history 'is just one bloody thing after another'. Read more...
Tennis Players Mull Competition or Rest at Start of New Season
With the Australian Open looming, the first big decision for 2021 contenders was whether to play in the first tennis tournaments of the year. Read more...
Patrick Vallance warns Covid jabs may be needed EVERY YEAR
The Government's chief scientific adviser said a regular flu-style roll out may be required to 'keep on top' of the virus. Scientists fear it could mutate to dodge immunity triggered by the vaccine. Read more...
The hunter becomes the hunted 'Dead' bear shot with a rifle springs up and attacks its would-be killer
Alex Machavo, of Medford, Oregon, was attacked by the injured animal near Shady Cove on Thursday. According to Andrea Carlson, a local sheriff's spokeswoman, the hunter and his wounded target rolled down a 50-ft embankment with the bear biting 22-year-old Machavo all the way down. Read more...
Dave Chappelle has tested POSITIVE for coronavirus
Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19. Read more...
Whats It Like to Have Kamala Harris as Momala? We Asked Her Stepkids
A Zoom interview with Ella and Cole Emhoff. Read more...
Green councilor knocked off her bike along cycle lane she voted for
Hannah Clare revealed she was hit by a white van in the Covid cycle lane on the Old Shoreham Road, Hove, when a white van turning into a petrol station struck her bike. Read more...
Global rollout of 5G networks should be halted until thoroughly tested, expert claims
Professor John William Frank at the University of Edinburgh says we should 'err on the side of caution' by delaying any further roll-out of 5G globally, 'pending more conclusive research' on its safety. Read more...