World’s most complex one-day elections Indonesia, a nation made up of 17,000 islands, will hold the biggest, most complex one-day elections in the world on 17 April. The elections in India are bigger in number but are held over a comparatively relaxed period of six weeks. A total of 192.8 million Indonesians are registered to…
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Tornadoes and flooding in southern US kill at least six, including three children
Powerful storms swept across the southern US on Sunday, after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least six people, including three children, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Nearly 90,000 customers were without power in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia as of midday Sunday. Two children were killed on…
I love ogling women and looking at porn. Am I addicted?
I want to find out if I’m addicted to women. I used to spend up to one and a half hours a day looking for women in underwear on Instagram, and looking for video on pornography websites so I could stimulate myself. I would do this every day; is that normal male behaviour or the…
Trump fixed on sanctuary city idea amid opposition and doubts over legality
Donald Trump appears determined to send migrants arrested at the southern border to “sanctuary cities” around the US, a scheme meant to exact revenge on his Democratic foes, despite fierce political opposition and doubts over the legality of such a move. On Saturday night, to widespread consternation, the president tweeted that it was: “Just out:…
Sisi could rule Egypt until 2030 under constitutional changes
Egypt’s parliament is to vote on a bill of sweeping constitutional changes this week that would increase President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s power and allow him to rule until 2030. MPs are expected to overwhelmingly confirm the bill on Tuesday, triggering a referendum. The proposed reforms, which were moved swiftly through committee hearings and parliamentary debates,…
Finland’s SDP tries to build coalition after narrow election win
Click:cnc machining center Finland’s Social Democrats will try to form a coalition government after a narrow win in parliamentary elections that saw left-leaning parties make sweeping gains, despite a stronger than expected showing from the far right. The centre-left SDP, led by Antti Rinne, a 56-year-old former trade union leader, will have 40 MPs in…
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for slow-cooked yoghurt and turmeric lamb
Easter, like Christmas, can be a magical time of year, with two bank holidays giving a good chunk of time to relax and hang out with friends and family. But for the cook, this can be stressful, with so many different tastes to cater for. I serve this fragrant, exotic lamb with a pile of…
Ice baths before breakfast? Just say no to the lifestyles of the rich and famous
There are many ludicrous things that money can buy and that I will duly covet: a therapeutic robotic seal (Paro, from Japan, RRP £5,000), Gwyneth Paltrow’s famously luminous aura, and – the most aspirational of them all – the kind of super-rich personal daily routine that is savagely mocked by harried mere mortals. You know…
‘We’re excluded from the table’: Somali UN staff say they struggle in ‘two-tier’ aid sector
When Sahra Koshin first returned to Somalia from the Netherlands in 2008, she was full of hope and courage. Eager to use her expertise in gender development to rebuild her wartorn country, she immediately started work with one of the many UN agencies in Mogadishu. “The moment I stepped into the compound, I saw the…
Tell us what you thought of Game of Thrones season eight’s first episode
It is the moment we have been waiting for since we last saw our favourite characters making final preparations as the Wall came crashing down thanks to ice dragon Viserion. Now that it has returned to our screens, we would like to hear your thoughts on the first episode. In the meantime, you can read…