By Vanessa Buschschlüter A policeman has died in the Mexican city of Zacatelco after being beaten by residents enraged over the murder of a taxi driver. The officer reportedly intervened when locals set upon two men suspected of killing the taxi driver. Several other policemen were also injured by the mob of angry neighbours. Residents […]
By Sebastian Usher The Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza announced on Sunday was greeted with widespread surprise, even as the Israeli army and government have been at pains to stress that it has no great significance. But to a world that has watched the intensity of Israel’s bombardment, the idea that there was now just […]
The US also said it opposed any assault on Rafah, where more than 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said a date for the offensive had now been set but provided no details. “Today I received a detailed report on the talks in Cairo, we are constantly working to achieve our goals, […]
By Matt McGrath & Mark Poynting Climate change could move “into uncharted territory” if temperatures don’t fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC. The warning came as new data showed last month was the warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to ten in […]
Also on Monday, an appeals court dismissed Mr Trump’s most recent effort to delay the case. He had sued the Manhattan judge overseeing the trial earlier in the day. A New York court order published on Monday afternoon contained the questions for potential jurors. Jury selection for the trial is set to begin next week, […]
By Tiffanie Turnbull An extremely rare blind, hairy mole has been spotted and photographed in the Australian outback. The northern marsupial mole, or kakarratul, lives in one of the most remote parts of the nation and is so elusive that authorities don’t even know how many there are. The palm-sized creatures have silky golden locks, […]
By Katie Razzall Percival Everett, whose novel Erasure was turned into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction, had the idea for his latest book, James, when he was playing tennis. The Booker Prize-nominated author had just hit a ball “wildly” out of court. “I stopped and thought, ‘I wonder if anyone has written Huck Finn from […]
But few of the people coming in were Syrians. Most were religious tourists from Lebanon and Iraq, though some others may have come to shop in Damascus’s souks. Travelling towards the city, the checkpoints begin. Over the past decade, many people have disappeared here. It is enough to have voiced views critical of the regime, […]
By Holly Honderich Across Mexico, the US and Canada, inside a ribbon of land stretching 155 miles wide but more than 4,000 miles long, tens of millions of people craned their necks, tilted their heads to the sky and watched in wonder as the day turned to night. What many saw on Monday was a […]
See moment the Moon completely obscured the Sun, turning day to night and revealing dazzling corona. Read Original Article