Image copyright Getty Images President Donald Trump has said he will issue a posthumous pardon for women’s voting rights pioneer Susan B Anthony. Making the announcement on Tuesday – the centennial anniversary of the 19th amendment, which granted US women the right to vote – Mr Trump said: “She was […]
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Australian wine exports to China were dealt a severe blow after Beijing decided to conduct a probe into product dumping – that could harm domestic producers. Fears over a possible Chinese import tax on Australian wine sent shares in many of Australia’s biggest winemakers tumbling. Shares in Treasury Wine Estates, […]
Pep Guardiola collapsed to his knees on the touchline, consumed and deflated by the relentless mixture of agony and frustration that only elite football can provide. His outpouring of emotions contrasted those of the magnificent Lyon players in front of him, all of whom were reduced to a wild frenzy […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The blast that killed Rafik Hariri left a scene of devastation in downtown Beirut One of four men accused of killing a former Lebanese prime minister in Beirut in 2005 has been convicted by a special UN-backed court. Salim Ayyash and the others, all […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption L-R: James Norton, Isabelle Huppert, and Margaret Atwood Writer Margaret Atwood and actor James Norton are among the prominent names who have signed an open letter in support of Poland’s LGBT communities. Published on website Wyborcza.pl, the letter calls on the Polish government “to […]
A little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years of obscurity. The last scientific record of the “lost species” of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings. The creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, […]
Image copyright National Crisis Committee Image caption The front of the ship has been towed from the reef – but oil remains in the back of the vessel Rough seas have made it too risky to remove the remaining oil from the ship which spilled hundreds of tonnes of the […]
Day one of the Democratic Party convention is over – and we now know a little more about what a virtual political event looks and feels like. Without the passionate crowd to react to speeches, it was left to the event organisers to manufacture some energy and emotion among the […]