The Saxons knew the West Sussex village of Storrington as Estorchestone, the “abode of the storks”. But the graceful white birds disappeared from its skies more than 600 years ago, when they became extinct in Britain. Now, after the white stork’s successful return, Storrington and the nearby Knepp estate have been designated a “European stork … Read more
Nigel Farage has presented 29 councillors who have joined Reform UK as he tries to move his party on from a damaging rift surrounding the suspension of one of its MPs, Rupert Lowe. However, the Reform UK leader also hit out at what he described as “online abuse” and “outright racism” directed recently at Reform’s … Read more
The Trump administration is withdrawing from an international body formed to investigate responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine in the latest sign that the White House is adopting a posture favouring Vladimir Putin. The Department of Justice said it was pulling out of the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against … Read more
Forever 21’s US operator on Sunday filed for bankruptcy for the second time in six years and said it would wind down operations in the country, hurt by mounting online competition in the fast-fashion sector and weak mall traffic. The company blamed the situation on higher costs and foreign companies taking advantage of duty-free treatment … Read more
Louisiana is preparing to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a gassing method that is banned under the state’s own laws for euthanizing cats and dogs. Barring a last-minute intervention by the US supreme court, Jessie Hoffman, 46, is scheduled to die by nitrogen gas on Tuesday at Louisiana state penitentiary, commonly … Read more
Nearly half of all year 6 students are falling below Australian swimming and water safety benchmarks for their age group and their swimming skills are not improving in high school, new research shows. National guidelines recommend all Australians “should be able to float or tread water for two minutes and swim continuously for 50 metres” … Read more
AstraZeneca has struck a $1bn (£773m) deal to buy a Belgian biotech company that specialises in cancer immunotherapies, the latest in a string of acquisitions that also yielded positive results for a late-stage rare disease drug on Monday. EsoBiotec, a small privately held firm, develops in-vivo CAR-T cell therapies that empower the immune system to … Read more
In the strange, scary days of early 2020, with the world suddenly upended by the outbreak of a terrifying new virus, there were times when it seemed certain every aspect of society would be hugely altered by the experience. Five years on, the physical impact has been profound. More than 220,000 people have died in … Read more
Hungary’s ruling coalition is continuing its crackdown on the country’s LGBTQ+ community, as members submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the popular Budapest Pride event and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify people attending. The bill, presented on Monday, is almost certain to pass as the coalition has a two-thirds … Read more
Donald Trump claimed on Monday that pardons signed by Joe Biden were “void, vacant and of no further force and effect” because they were signed with an autopen. In a post to his social media platform, Trump used his abusive nickname for Biden and referred to members of the House January 6 committee when he … Read more