A group of snorkelling grandmothers who swim up to 3km five days a week have uncovered a large population of venomous sea snakes in a bay in Noumea where scientists once believed they were rare. Claire Goiran from the University of New Caledonia and Professor Rick Shine from Australia’s Macquarie University were studying a small…
Month: October 2019
Should we ban the word ‘bitch’? The strange proposal perplexing a US state
Imagine if the word bitch was banned. Hunters would be unable to gender their dogs, Lizzo would be 100% That Incarcerated™ and actor Aaron Paul would be given a life sentence for the mind-numbing number of times Jesse Pinkman says it in Breaking Bad. Could this become reality? Perhaps in Massachusetts, where a number of…
Chinese orienteering team disqualified for cheating at Military World Games
A Chinese orienteering team has been disqualified for cheating at the Military World Games in China. Chinese runners in the middle-distance competition on Sunday initially came first, second, and fourth among the women and second among the men. However, it was soon discovered that the runners had received illegal assistance from spectators and used markings…
Jordan urged to stop imprisoning women for defying the wishes of men
Amnesty International has called on Jordan to end what it has described as an abusive system that jails women if they disobey their male “guardians” or have relationships deemed inappropriate. Despite recent efforts to give women better protections, Amnesty said in a new report published on Wednesday that Jordan still allows the arbitrary detention of…
Donald Trump declares Syria ceasefire permanent and lifts Turkey sanctions
Donald Trump has announced that the US will lift sanctions on Turkey, taking credit for a ceasefire deal that should end Ankara’s attack on Kurdish-led forces – at the price of ending the Kurds’ dream of local autonomy. The US president, who has come under withering criticism for abruptly withdrawing US troops – and paving…
Martin Scorsese on Lou Reed: ‘He spoke the language of people with nothing’
I met Lou Reed for the first time at the restaurant at L’Ermitage Hotel in LA. I was a great admirer of his solo work, Street Hassle in particular (I came later to the Velvet Underground), so I went over and introduced myself. I was in Los Angeles working on the post-production of Raging Bull…
US briefing: Syria ceasefire, impeachment and Zuckerberg in Congress
Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Russia steps up Syrian border presence after ceasefire Donald Trump has lifted his administration’s short-lived sanctions on Ankara and claimed the credit for a ceasefire deal curtailing the Turkish offensive against Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria. But with the Russian military still moving into the region…
Boeing profits fall by more than half as 737 Max scandal swirls
Boeing’s profits more than halved in the last three months as the company struggled to recover from two fatal crashes of its top-selling 737 Max aircraft and current trade disputes took their toll. The company, which still expects the troubled 737 Max jet to return to service by the end of the year, also said…
Spurs deserved more from best performance of the season – Pochettino
Tottenham were stunned by Inter’s late comeback at San Siro and their head coach believes his side were hard done by in their Champions League opener Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Mauricio Pochettino felt his Tottenham players deserved more from what he described as their best performance of the season in a dramatic 2-1 defeat…
Klopp: I'm not a genius but Liverpool are having the time of our lives
The German coach has overseen a faultless start to the 2018-19 campaign, with the Reds determined to break their long wait for silverware to a close Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool’s seven-match winning run does not make him “a genius”, with the German having merely unlocked the club’s potential. It has taken the best part of…