The Swedish housing experiment that brings everyone together
Click:pro grill The first thing Torbjörn Björk does on being introduced is apologise that the vast majority of Rosana Simson’s new neighbours will be close to sixty years older than her. "I know we don’t look so old now," the retired airline pilot booms as he greets her in the foyer. "But we won’t be…
Performance artist devours $120,000 banana at Miami beach gallery
Art is said to be in the eye of the beholder, but in the case of David Datuna, it moved rather rapidly from his mouth to his stomach. The object in question was a banana, taped to a wall at a gallery in Miami by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, whose previous creations include the 18-carat…
Trump warns Kim has ‘everything’ to lose through hostility
President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that North Korea’s Kim Jong-un had "everything" to lose through hostility towards the United States, after Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test. "Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile way,"…
Former Australian PM, Bob Hawke, pleaded with daughter not to report alleged rape by political ally to police
Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke pleaded with his daughter not to report being raped by a Labor MP fearing the case could damage his political career, it is claimed in court documents. The allegations against Mr Hawke, who died in May aged 89, have been made by his second daughter Rosslyn Dillon, 59, in…
British woman brought back to life six hours after cardiac arrest
A British woman has described the “miracle” that brought her back to life after her heart stopped beating for more than six hours when she collapsed with hypothermia on a Spanish mountainside. Audrey Mash arrived at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron hospital on November 3 after a dramatic mountain-peak helicopter rescue in appalling weather conditions in the…
Student YouTuber emerges as fresh face of the anti-Putin movement in Russia
A jubilant crowd cheered and chanted his name when 21-year-old Moscow student Yegor Zhukov stepped out of a Russian courthouse this week, effectively free after a judge handed down a three-year suspended sentence. The months-long case and public outcry against his prosecution have turned Mr Zhukov into a rising political star in the country,…
Aung San Suu Kyi to fight genocide charges in the Hague
Once feted by the West as a human rights heroine, Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to the Hague this week to defend her regime over accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, in one of the most-high profile international legal cases in a generation. Myanmar rejects the allegations which stem…
Police kill suspects held over rape and murder of Indian vet after they ‘attacked officers and tried to escape’
Four men held in a gang-rape and murder case which has shocked India have been shot dead in police custody, prompting both celebration and calls for an inquiry into their possible summary executions. All four suspects for the rape and murder of a female vet were killed after police said they had tried to escape…
Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $120,000 at Art Basel
A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $120,000 (£91,550) at one of North America’s most prestigious art shows, with another version of the artwork expected to sell for $150,000 (£114,460). The prized installation, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was unveiled at the Art Basel Miami Beach on Wednesday by the Parisian contemporary art…
Britain drops war crimes case against Charles Taylor’s former wife
A multi-million pound prosecution by Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit against a former wife of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor collapsed today after her lawyers won a bid to have the case discontinued. Agnes Reeves-Taylor, whose partner masterminded one of Africa’s bloodiest civil conflicts, was arrested two years ago at her home in east London, where she worked…