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Stephen Hawking: Furore deepens over Israel boycott
Political motive revealed after Cambridge University first claimed scientist's non-attendance was on medical groundsThe celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking became embroiled in a deepening furore today...
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Boston Marathon bomb suspect's widow hires terrorism cases lawyer
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, Katherine Russell, adds expert to legal team as she continues to face questions from authoritiesThe widow of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has hired a...
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Pandas have saved Edinburgh zoo from extinction – but what for? | Fraser...
Tian Tian and Yang Guang have boosted visitors, but I'm not convinced by the conservation rationale for keeping zoos openIt seems that Edinburgh zoo is marking its centenary with something of an annus...
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Craftbomb: the power of the pom pom
Rage against the (sewing) machine: why throw glass bottles when you can vent your discontent through creativity?You don't have to walk far in Edinburgh to hear somebody complain about the trams. Five...
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Cameron blasts Europe over financial transaction tax
PM tells global investment conference that planned levy on euro transactions would hurt UK and the European Union, but argues against quitting the EUGraeme Wearden
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Castro due in court over Ohio abductions
Suspect charged with rape and kidnap after three women held in house for between nine and 11 yearsThe owner of the Ohio home in which three women were held against their will for years was charged with...
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Fatal fire at Bangladesh clothing factory
Plant burns down in Dhaka as crews continue to pull bodies from collapsed Rana Plaza where hundreds diedAt least eight people have been killed in a fire that swept through a Bangladesh knitwear plant...
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Syrian rebels defecting to Islamist groups
The well-resourced organisation, which is linked to al-Qaida, is luring many anti-Assad fighters away, say brigade commandersSyria's main armed opposition group, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), is losing...
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Pit bulls kill jogger – police
Woman, 63, was running in rural Los Angeles when dogs attacked and mauled her to death, witness and police sayA pack of up to four pit bull terriers has been blamed for the death of a jogger in rural...
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Pakistan's hardliners' political clout protecting them from the law
Many moderates are concerned that Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi is allowed to run for office despite allegations of terror offencesThrowing money around in mosques is not usually the done thing at Friday...
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Amazon clearance for agriculture is 'economic own goal' for Brazil
Economic and agricultural gains could slip into reverse due to the loss of forest's environmental services, study showsBrazil is at risk of scoring an economic own goal if it continues clearing Amazon...
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Sailors who get tattooed are 'maladjusted': From the archive, 10 May 1961
Study says tattooing may be an attempt to mask anxiety, which could be sexual in characterThe conclusion that the practice of tattooing among sailors is prompted by emotional maladjustment is one of...
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Angola's poor people hit hard by urbanisation crackdown in Luanda | Lilly Peel
Forced evictions and illegal housing demolitions have become the norm for people in the overcrowded Angolan capitalThe Angolan government says it is waging "a sustained war against chaotic...
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Guatemala's former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt battles genocide charges
86-year-old denies he was complicit in rape, torture and murder of indigenous civilians by troops during his rule in 1980sThe former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has made a last-gasp effort to...
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Marshall Islands face acute water shortage
Australia and US offer desalination and reverse-osmosis units as severe drought worsens in Pacific archipelagoAbout 6,000 people who live on the remote Marshall Islands in the Pacific are facing an...
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Koshari: Egyptian king of foods, or over-hyped and over-carbed? | Rachel Shabi
A new restaurant, Koshari Street, has brought Egypt's much-loved street food and national dish to LondonThe food that apparently fuelled a revolution has arrived in the UK. Koshari, Egypt's much-loved...
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This is the EU's best chance in a decade to reduce fish discards | Hugh...
Europe now has a great opportunity to reduce waste at sea. Britain must take the lead in ensuring its successI've often given our fisheries minister, Richard Benyon, a hard time in my Fish Fight...
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Taiwan demands Philippines investigate fatal shooting of fisherman
Taipei claims Philippine coastguard opened fire on vessel of Taiwanese national in disputed waters in South China SeaTaiwan has demanded that the Philippines investigate the fatal shooting of a...
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Boris Johnson: Britain leaving EU would not be cataclysmic
London mayor falls short of joining Tories advocating withdrawal but says UK should be ready to do so if PM fails to renegotiateUK withdrawal from the European Union would not be as "cataclysmic" for...
View ArticleSyria crisis: Cameron in talks with Putin
Syria is set to be the main subject for discussions today between David Cameron and Vladimir Putin as the question of Bashar al-Assad's future continues to divide world leadersMatthew WeaverGuardian...
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