The world’s first hydrofoil electric speedboat has made a maiden appearance on Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne. The boat has a top speed of 55 kilometres an hour, and its creators say it’s the perfect green...
A Place Called Pakistan – The Heartland of the Pashtuns
Eva travels to Peshawar, the heartland of the Pashtun people. She experiences a Jirga, a unique tribal system of justice and heads to the legendary Khyber Pass, the gateway for invasions from the north.
Diane Abbott: It would be ‘ridiculous’ to reclassify Extinction Rebellion as organised crime group
Diane Abbott has said Extinction Rebellion activists who blocked the delivery of millions of newspapers are “not criminals” but “protesters acting in the tradition of the suffragettes”. The...
COVID-19 testing ‘needed at UK airports’ and ‘5-8 days later’
The UK government is “behind the curve” in terms of its border control measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus, Professor Devi Sridhar has said. The global public health chair at Edinburgh University...
BREAKING: Manhunt as Birmingham stabbings leave one dead and seven injured
One man has died and seven people are injured following a “random” series of stabbings in Birmingham city centre. West Midlands Police have launched a murder investigation and are still looking for an...
‘If production & consumption continue as now, we’ll bury our planet’ | SophieCo. Visionaries
Consumerism – culture and lifestyle for some, a religion for many. But 2020 has changed things. As part of the Synergy Online Forum organised by the Synergy Business School, we’ve talked about this with renowned...
Armed ‘patriots’ face off with BLM protesters in Louisville
Tension mounted between armed pro-police activists and anti-racism protesters in Louisville, Kentucky, with abuse hurled from both sides before the arrival of the police.