Lime e-scooters temporarily banned in two New Zealand cities
Lime e-scooters have been temporarily suspended from two New Zealand cities after a technical glitch caused the front wheel of some scooters to lock, throwing riders onto the [...]
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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 successfully touches down on Ryugu asteroid
A Japanese spacecraft has successfully touched down on a speeding asteroid 300 million kilometres from the Earth as it attempts an audacious manoeuvre to collect samples and bring them back for scientists to [...]
Sharm el-Sheikh locals lament ‘wall’ going up around resort
Egyptian authorities have started work on a concrete barrier around the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, which has struggled to attract tourists since a Russian passenger jet crashed in the region shortly after taking off in 2015 in a terrorism-linked attack, killing 224 [...]
US woman ‘deeply regrets’ joining Isis and wants to return home
An American woman captured by Kurdish forces after fleeing the last pocket of land controlled by Islamic State says she “deeply regrets” travelling to Syria to join the terror group and has pleaded to be allowed to return to her family in [...]
Catalan leaders’ lawyer attacks ‘vaudeville’ case as trial begins
A little less than 16 months ago, the nine men and three women sitting on the plush burgundy benches of Madrid’s supreme court were ministers in the Catalan regional government and high-profile civic [...]
Viktor Orbán: no tax for Hungarian women with four or more children
Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has promised that women who have four or more children will never pay income tax again, in a move aimed at boosting the country’s [...]
France recalls Rome envoy over worst verbal onslaught ‘since the war’
Paris has taken the extraordinary step of recalling its ambassador from Rome, in the worst crisis between the two neighbouring countries since the second world [...]
Nobel peace prize winner Oscar Árias accused of sexual assault
Oscar Árias, the Costa Rican former president and Nobel peace prize laureate, has been enveloped in scandal after a sexual assault complaint was brought against him by a nuclear disarmament [...]
Yemen war: UN anchors ship off Red Sea port for ‘neutral ground’ talks
Yemen peace talks were held on board a UN-chartered boat anchored in the Red Sea on Sunday in an attempt to find a neutral venue acceptable to both [...]
Trump policy to deter asylum seekers is illegal, says Amnesty director
The Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy aimed at deterring asylum seekers, especially at the southern border, is illegal and a human rights violation, the head of Amnesty International in the United States has [...]