US actress and singer Selena Gomez has criticised The Good Fight for being the latest TV show to make “tasteless jokes” about her kidney transplant. “I am not sure how…
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Tokyo: Chinese gold medallists face investigation over Mao badges
The International Olympic Committee says it is investigating two Chinese cyclists who wore badges featuring an image of the country’s former leader Mao Zedong during a medal ceremony. A spokesman…
Ethiopia: Bodies wash up in Sudan’s border river
Bodies with gunshot wounds and hands tied behind their backs have washed up in a river in Sudan that borders Ethiopia. Dr Tewodros Tefera and other witnesses believe the victims…
Spain: Neanderthal markings suggest cave art
Red markings on a stalagmite dome in a cave system in southern Spain were created by Neanderthals more than 60,000 years ago, a new study says. The staining was applied…
USA: Biden urges New York governor to resign over sexual harassment report
President Joe Biden has called on Andrew Cuomo to resign after a damning independent inquiry found the New York governor had harassed multiple women. Mr Biden’s condemnation of Mr Cuomo…
Germany: Pensioner fined €250,000 for owning WW2 tank
A pensioner in Germany has been convicted of illegal weapons possession after he was found to own an extensive personal arsenal including a tank. The defendant, 84, has been handed…
UAE: Ship hijacked, ordered to sail to Iran
A Panama-flagged ship has been hijacked by armed men in the Gulf of Oman and ordered to sail to Iran, Lloyds List Maritime Intelligence has confirmed. The bitumen tanker MV…
China: Wuhan city to test entire population after virus resurfaces
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan will begin testing its entire population, after a handful of positive coronavirus cases were detected there. Wuhan has recorded seven locally transmitted cases…
USA: Matt Damon attacked over gay slur
Actor Matt Damon has insisted he has never used a gay slur “in my personal life” after being criticised for saying he’d only recently “retired” the word. The Hollywood star…
USA: Bezos offer NASA $2bn to get back in race to the Moon
Jeff Bezos has offered to cover $2bn (£1.4bn) of Nasa costs in order to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a Moon landing vehicle. In April, the space…