If you see one, squish it!
New Yorkers are stomping together to evict the beautiful but crop-destroying spotted lanternfly.
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Taiwan can outfight giant neighbour ‘at close range’
A fierce debate is taking place about how best the island can continue to guard its freedom from rule by Beijing.
How to beat insomnia
New research shows that women suffer from sleeplessness much more than men
The ‘Sixth Man’ may have been a woman
More than 70 years after the Cambridge spy ring was revealed, MI5 documents suggest that it had another member.
The life of Yeezy has become uneasy viewing
The very public decline of Kanye West – now called Ye – is the tragic consequence of mega-celebrity meeting mental illness.
King Charles shuns palace and bucks tradition
There are doubts over whether the King will ever reside at Buckingham Palace, which is currently undergoing a ten-year renovation.
Truss the latest victim of a never-ending Tory death cult
Many British Conservative MPs say it is a question of when, not if, they should select a fifth party leader in six years.
California’s cannabis experiment goes to pot
The market is ‘screwed-up’ by being legal, says Nikki Lastreto, a cannabis grower in California since the days police helicopters swooped over her illegal crops.
If Tories are quick, Truss can be a bad dream
Just as Keir Starmer has moved Labour on from Jeremy Corbyn, Conservatives can regain some credit by getting rid of an aberration.
Ousted chancellor tips Truss out too in ‘a few weeks’
Ousted chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng believes the British leader bought herself just ‘a few weeks’ because the ‘wagons are circling’ her premiership.
West prepares for panic if Putin goes nuclear
A strike in Ukraine would threaten chaos at home but one expert says it may not be as bad as we fear.
Truss sticks to the script, then legs it
The British PM took just four questions before heading for the exit, scissored blonde bob ‘swaying to her tread like the curtains of a speeding Cairo taxi’.
‘It’s a sh– show’: how Truss blindsided know-it-all Kwasi
For a man colleagues say considered himself ‘cleverer than everyone’ Britain’s Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng had no idea it was coming. In just 16 minutes, he was on the scrapheap.
Activists attack $130m Van Gogh masterpiece
Visitors left reeling as green activists burst in to deface Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at London’s National Gallery during a day of protests.
The spy who came into my bedroom
John le Carré conducted their clandestine affair like a spy operation from one of his novels. Now his ex-mistress is spilling the beans — and she doesn’t give a damn about the consequences.
Uni entry test scores worst in 30 years
Officials blamed disruption to learning caused by the coronavirus pandemic for the drop in tertiary admissions scores.
Kherson civilians urged to flee Ukrainian advance
However officials in the occupied region annexed by Vladimir Putin deny that Russian troops are poised to withdraw.
Macron breaks ranks on nuclear option
The French President says France wants to avoid ‘global war’ and will not use its independent nuclear deterrent against Russia.
Spy was offered $US1m to prove Russia ‘dirt’ link
Money was never paid because Christopher Steele did not provide hard evidence to substantiate the claims made in his dossier.
British PM sacks finance minister
Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng after just 38 days in office, as she abandons key elements of bombshell mini budget.
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