Horrifying moment Black Lives Matter protester is shot dead
Footage circulating on social media shows James Scurlock, 22, - who is black - being gunned down by a man - who is white - outside the Hive Bar in in Omaha, Nebraska. Read more...
London keeps global edge as top transport finance hub
London remains the top financing centre for the global transport industry, although it faces stiff competition from New York and capitals in Asia Pacific as companies seek to tap more funding sources, a survey showed on Friday. Read more...
Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker offload their Melbourne investment home
The Block's Elyse Knowles and Josh Barker have sold their renovation project in Melbourne's Albert Park, just two weeks after they bought a .3million beach house in Byron Bay. Read more...
Rock the Vote launches virtual summer initiative to register 200,000 voters
As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts the course of the 2020 election, Rock The Vote is spear-heading a summer-long initiative aimed at registering 200,000 new voters. Read more...
A Hotel Where Guests Are Pals With the Pen
During National Card and Letter Writing Month, the Hotel Hugo in New York City is encouraging guests to send notes to folks back home (cards are free). Read more...
Zappos Offers to Listen to Pandemic Worries
In response to rising anxiety over the coronavirus, the shoe retailer Zappos started a customer service line that people can call for anything even to chat. Read more...
How to Prepare Your Dog to Be Left at Home Alone (Again)
Whether your dog is new or old, these tips will help ease its transition from lockdown to normal life. Read more...
Indonesian villagers cooking with gas - from garbage
June 15 - A community in East Java, Indonesia, is turning methane from the local garbage dump into gas for more than 400 homes. Local authorities have set up a system where methane produced by rotting waste is extracted and pumped to villages nearby, turning greenhouse gas emissions into useful energy. Tara Cleary reports. Read more...
Starboard set to win eight board seats at GCP Applied Technologies-sources
Hedge fund Starboard Value LP is close to having eight directors elected to the board of GCP Applied Technologies Inc at the chemical company's annual meeting, people familiar with the matter said... Read more...
FBI's top lawyer resigns amid Trump pressure
The agency's top lawyer, Dana Boente, announced his resignation over the weekend as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President Donald Trump. Gavino Garay has more. Read more...
SpaceX Lifts NASA Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight
The trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttles were retired. Read more...
Horse, greyhound and pigeon racing returns today - but with events held behind-closed-doors
Jockeys will be wearing face masks today as horse racing returns behind closed doors in light of the government's easing of coronavirus lockdown measures. Read more...
Cornish village store tells residents they will only be served if they meet guidelines
Downderry Stores, a village shop in Downderry, near Torpoint, in southeast Cornwall, issued a set of guidelines to Facebook, in order to 'keep our community and employees as safe as we can'. Read more...
Man, 43, arrested in hunt for Michigan sniper who fired at random cars in four counties in two-week campaign of terror
The 43-year-old suspect was taken into custody on Monday night in Wixom, the Detroit suburb where the shootings began. Read more...
From Jo Brand on Table Manners to the eight-part drama Blackout This week's top podcasts
Every week on this big-hearted podcast, singer Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie invite a celebrity guest to Ware's home in east London to chew the fat and tuck into a three-course meal. Read more...
Robert Irwin, 16, stuns his fans as he reveals his incredible secret talent
He's the enthusiastic wildlife warrior known for passion for photography. Read more...
Twitter Places Warning on Trump Minneapolis Tweet, Saying It Glorified Violence
Twitter said the tweets, which implied that protesters in Minneapolis could be shot, glorified violence the first time it had applied such warnings to any public figures posts. Read more...
How to give your Zoom photo a touch of the exotic Holiday companies make beautiful photos available
Google Trends data has revealed the most popular destinations for Zoom background pictures, and it's the Caribbean that's in the No1 spot, with searches for locations there up 9,900%. Read more...