This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldPresident says Russia has new line of nuclear-capable weapons that can breach US defencesFirst published on Thu 1 Mar 2018 06.10 EST has announced that Russia has developed and is testing a new line of strategic nuclear-capable weapons that would be able to outmanoeuvre US defences, in a possible signal of a new arms race between Moscow and the west.Speaking in a nationally televised address to the country’s political elite weeks before the presidential election, Putin showed video and animations of ICBMs,...…This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldPresident says Russia has new line of nuclear-capable weapons that can breach US defencesFirst published on Thu 1 Mar 2018 06.10 EST has announced that Russia has developed and is testing a new line of strategic nuclear-capable weapons that would be able to outmanoeuvre US defences, in a possible signal of a new arms race between Moscow and the west.Speaking in a nationally televised address to the country’s political elite weeks before the presidential election, Putin showed video and animations of ICBMs,...WW…

This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldWomen at factories in Lesotho owned by Taiwanese firm say jobs and promotions in jeopardy if they refuse advances, claims report Exploitation in focus is supported byLast modified on Thu 15 Oct 2020 09.20 EDTWomen producing jeans for American brands including Levi Strauss, Wrangler and Lee have been forced to have sex with their managers to keep their jobs or gain promotion, an investigation into sexual harassment and coercion at garment factories in has found.Brands have responded to the “extensive” allegations by...…This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldWomen at factories in Lesotho owned by Taiwanese firm say jobs and promotions in jeopardy if they refuse advances, claims report Exploitation in focus is supported byLast modified on Thu 15 Oct 2020 09.20 EDTWomen producing jeans for American brands including Levi Strauss, Wrangler and Lee have been forced to have sex with their managers to keep their jobs or gain promotion, an investigation into sexual harassment and coercion at garment factories in has found.Brands have responded to the “extensive” allegations by...WW…

This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldAnalysis from EU’s scientific risk assessors finds neonicotinoids pose a serious danger to all bees, making total field ban highly likelyFirst published on Wed 28 Feb 2018 06.17 ESTThe world’s most widely used insecticides pose a serious danger to both honeybees and wild bees, according to a major new assessment from the European Union’s scientific risk assessors.The conclusion, based on analysis of more than 1,500 studies, makes it highly likely that the neonicotinoid pesticides will be banned from all fields across...…This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldAnalysis from EU’s scientific risk assessors finds neonicotinoids pose a serious danger to all bees, making total field ban highly likelyFirst published on Wed 28 Feb 2018 06.17 ESTThe world’s most widely used insecticides pose a serious danger to both honeybees and wild bees, according to a major new assessment from the European Union’s scientific risk assessors.The conclusion, based on analysis of more than 1,500 studies, makes it highly likely that the neonicotinoid pesticides will be banned from all fields across...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldWho really knows what is going on with Harry and Meghan? But we can be sure the storytellers, the press, are hardly disinterested observersLast modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 23.13 ESTBut there is, of course, the second level: they’re inescapably royal. This is hardly the abdication: the constitutional ramifications of the sixth in line bailing out to a new life in Canada are not earth-shattering. But, whether you are a pope or a prince, there are undoubtedly complications in trying to assert a private identity that is...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldWho really knows what is going on with Harry and Meghan? But we can be sure the storytellers, the press, are hardly disinterested observersLast modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 23.13 ESTBut there is, of course, the second level: they’re inescapably royal. This is hardly the abdication: the constitutional ramifications of the sixth in line bailing out to a new life in Canada are not earth-shattering. But, whether you are a pope or a prince, there are undoubtedly complications in trying to assert a private identity that is...WW…

Messages to the Environmental Protection Agency from lobbyists show tactic of sowing doubt in science, critics sayLast modified on Wed 6 Jan 2021 19.28 ESTAnd then she started to get sick. First came the brain fog, then the painful kidney and bladder symptoms.“It feels like I have a bladder infection all the time,” DePotter said.It was only after her doctor put her on cancer watch that state inspectors found a tank of toxic chemicals of a neighboring shop.One of the chemicals, a degreaser called trichloroethylene (TCE), is dangerous enough to humans that the Obama administration sought to...…Messages to the Environmental Protection Agency from lobbyists show tactic of sowing doubt in science, critics sayLast modified on Wed 6 Jan 2021 19.28 ESTAnd then she started to get sick. First came the brain fog, then the painful kidney and bladder symptoms.“It feels like I have a bladder infection all the time,” DePotter said.It was only after her doctor put her on cancer watch that state inspectors found a tank of toxic chemicals of a neighboring shop.One of the chemicals, a degreaser called trichloroethylene (TCE), is dangerous enough to humans that the Obama administration sought to...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldLiberals succeed despite lingering criticism over handling of corruption inquiry and blackface scandalFirst published on Tue 22 Oct 2019 00.46 EDT has won a second term as Canada’s prime minister after the country’s federal election, but his narrow victory means he will lead a minority government that will be forced to depend on other parties to govern.With results still trickling in on Tuesday morning, the Liberals had 156 seats, 14 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the 338-seat House of Commons.“We seek...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldLiberals succeed despite lingering criticism over handling of corruption inquiry and blackface scandalFirst published on Tue 22 Oct 2019 00.46 EDT has won a second term as Canada’s prime minister after the country’s federal election, but his narrow victory means he will lead a minority government that will be forced to depend on other parties to govern.With results still trickling in on Tuesday morning, the Liberals had 156 seats, 14 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the 338-seat House of Commons.“We seek...WW…

This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldForeign minister urges Trump to show respect, while Iranian president says only option for Tehran is ‘resistance’First published on Mon 20 May 2019 08.26 EDTThe Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has hit back at Donald Trump’s “genocidal taunts” after a strongly worded warning from Trump that Tehran should not think of attacking the US.“Goaded by #B_Team,” Zarif on Twitter, in an apparent reference to Trump advisers such as John Bolton, “@realdonaldTrump hopes to achieve what Alexander, Genghis & other...…This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldForeign minister urges Trump to show respect, while Iranian president says only option for Tehran is ‘resistance’First published on Mon 20 May 2019 08.26 EDTThe Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has hit back at Donald Trump’s “genocidal taunts” after a strongly worded warning from Trump that Tehran should not think of attacking the US.“Goaded by #B_Team,” Zarif on Twitter, in an apparent reference to Trump advisers such as John Bolton, “@realdonaldTrump hopes to achieve what Alexander, Genghis & other...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldFirst published on Sat 8 Feb 2020 16.50 ESTAn of a windswept Donald Trump, which appears to show a dramatic forehead tan line through his blown-back blond hair, has gone viral – prompting the hashtag #orangeface to trend on Twitter.This image was late Friday afternoon to an unverified Twitter account called , which describes itself as the account of a “White House Correspondent, Journalist, Photographer, Poet and Pesco Vegetarian” named “William Moon”.White House Photos a black-and-white version of the image shortly...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldFirst published on Sat 8 Feb 2020 16.50 ESTAn of a windswept Donald Trump, which appears to show a dramatic forehead tan line through his blown-back blond hair, has gone viral – prompting the hashtag #orangeface to trend on Twitter.This image was late Friday afternoon to an unverified Twitter account called , which describes itself as the account of a “White House Correspondent, Journalist, Photographer, Poet and Pesco Vegetarian” named “William Moon”.White House Photos a black-and-white version of the image shortly...WW…

This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldIntensively farmed meat and dairy are a blight, but so are fields of soya and maize. There is another wayLast modified on Sat 25 Aug 2018 09.18 EDTOur soils were almost dead. Now we have ​19 types of worm, and 23 species of dung beetle in a single cowpatBut calls for us all to switch entirely to plant-based foods ignore one of the most powerful tools we have to mitigate these ills: grazing and browsing animals.Rather than being seduced by exhortations to eat more products made from industrially grown soya, maize and...…This article is more than 4 years oldThis article is more than 4 years oldIntensively farmed meat and dairy are a blight, but so are fields of soya and maize. There is another wayLast modified on Sat 25 Aug 2018 09.18 EDTOur soils were almost dead. Now we have ​19 types of worm, and 23 species of dung beetle in a single cowpatBut calls for us all to switch entirely to plant-based foods ignore one of the most powerful tools we have to mitigate these ills: grazing and browsing animals.Rather than being seduced by exhortations to eat more products made from industrially grown soya, maize and...WW…

This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldJohn Ratcliffe’s nomination follows announcement Dan Coats will leave after disagreements with Trump over policy and intelligenceFirst published on Mon 29 Jul 2019 12.38 EDTDonald Trump’s nomination of an inexperienced but loyal partisan to become the director of national intelligence (DNI) is an attempt to “neutralise” US spy agencies as an independent and objective voice on global affairs, former intelligence officials warned.It follows the announcement that Dan Coats, one of the most senior national security...…This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldJohn Ratcliffe’s nomination follows announcement Dan Coats will leave after disagreements with Trump over policy and intelligenceFirst published on Mon 29 Jul 2019 12.38 EDTDonald Trump’s nomination of an inexperienced but loyal partisan to become the director of national intelligence (DNI) is an attempt to “neutralise” US spy agencies as an independent and objective voice on global affairs, former intelligence officials warned.It follows the announcement that Dan Coats, one of the most senior national security...WW…