President Donald Trump arrived in the UK yesterday, whipping up a fresh political storm on his European tour with a series of extraordinary broadsides at Theresa May. Today, the US president will meet the Queen, the prime minister again , before flying to Scotland to play golf. It follows his dinner at Blenheim Palace last night, and a stay at
Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare public pushback to the government’s efforts to rewrite how religions are practiced in the country. A large crowd of Hui people, a Muslim ethnic minority, began congregating at the towering Grand Mosque in the town
Australian MPs have been inundated with requests for portraits of the Queen thanks to a quirk which means those down under are entitled to request free "nationhood material" from their local politician. Under the little-known “constituents’ request program” voters can receive images of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as well as national flags and recordings
A group of South American lizards that can grow up to four feet long has established a home in the Florida wild after being brought to the United States as pets – and the reptiles could begin a voracious march across the US South, according to a new study. Tegu lizards, which currently live in two
Click:Construction diagnostic tool Donald Trump said on Monday he was ready to meet with Iran’s leadership "whenever they want" without any preconditions as he hailed the benefits of diplomacy. It comes just a week after the US president warned Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian President, that threats against America would be met with "consequences the likes
Easter Island’s indigenous community want the British Museum to return a unique Moai statue that was taken from them 150 years ago and given to Queen Victoria as a gift. The 2.4-metre tall Hoa Hakananai’a sculpture was allegedly removed by Richard Powell, captain of HMS Topaze, in 1868 and Queen Victoria later gave it to
In the US, a country chock full of evangelical megapreachers, Andrew Brunson was hardly a household name. The 50-year old from North Carolina moved to Turkey 20 years ago, living quietly in the port city of Izmir. His congregation numbers around 25 people. And yet Pastor Brunson is now at the centre of a row
A previously unknown trove of more than 1,000 private letters of the last German Empress have been discovered in a hidden compartment at the Kaiser’s palace in Potsdam. They include personal letters to Empress Augusta Victoria from her relative, Queen Victoria of England. Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia and German Empress, was married to Wilhelm
Sociable Soccer, the Sensible Soccer-style football game, is out now on Steam as an Early Access title. It costs £14.99. Sociable Soccer is a fast-paced arcadey football game designed by Jon Hare, the designer of the Sensible Soccer games. It launches with over 1000 teams, over 30,000 players, a local multiplayer mode (online multiplayer is
A groundbreaking new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a study has found. Researchers trialled nets treated with a combination of chemicals – instead of the one variety usually used – among 2,000 children in 91 villages in Burkino Faso over two years. The study found that there was