Hundreds of thousands of peace marchers flooded the heart of Barcelona on Saturday shouting “I’m not afraid” — a public rejection of violence following extremist attacks that killed 15 people, Spain’s deadliest in more than a decade. Emergency workers, taxis drivers, police and ordinary citizens who helped immediately after the attack on Aug. 17 in […]
Read moreBelgian soldiers shot dead a man in the center of Brussels on Friday evening after he came at them with a knife shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great), in a case authorities are treating as a terrorist attack. The man, a 30-year-old Belgian of Somali origin, died after being rushed to hospital. The soldiers were […]
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Man with knife assaults two police officers outside Buckingham Palace
A man with a “large knife” who assaulted two police officers outside Buckingham Palace on Friday night has been arrested, British police said. The officers suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital for treatment. The man, who is in his mid-twenties according to the police, was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm […]
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SAMSUNG’S founding family, the Lees, have good reason to dislike room 417 of Seoul’s Central District Court. In 2008 it was where Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of the sprawling South Korean conglomerate, was found guilty of tax evasion. On August 25th his son, Lee Jae-yong, the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, stood in the same room […]
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Tech teams around the world prepare to compete at the SpaceX Hyperloop competition
More than 20 teams developing pods to work on the hyperloop, the superfast transport system, are heading to California this weekend to test their devices at SpaceX’s test track. The student teams from universities and technology colleges around the world will be testing their pods to see who can achieve the maximum speed on the […]
Read moreMilk prices are set to rise in Europe as the continent faces a shortage of milk, cream and butter by Christmas, the head of one of the world’s biggest dairy companies said on Friday. Global milk prices, which are up about 28 percent from 12 months ago after producers cut output, have stabilised in recent […]
Read moreBritain said on Friday it had received the additional advice it had requested on Rupert Murdoch’s bid to buy broadcaster Sky, and it would decide whether to refer the deal for an in-depth review as soon as possible. Regulator Ofcom was asked to look again at the deal earlier this month after opponents lobbied Minister […]
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WITH 1.4bn passengers annually, the London Underground is one of the world’s busiest transport systems. It is also one of the most crowded, sometimes producing an element of friction among commuters over small acts of inconsideration. This week YouGov released the results of a survey of the things that most wind up passengers as they […]
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‘The bulls remain in firm control’: Why some investors are pouring thousands into rare whisky
Investment in old, rare and exclusive bottles of whisky is booming, according to analysts. In the U.K. alone, the value of collectable bottles of Scotch sold at auction broke a record high of £11.18 million ($14.34 million) in the first half of 2017 – a rise of 94 percent from the first half of 2016 […]
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In stinging attack, France's Macron says Poland isolating itself in Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Poland was isolating itself in Europe and Polish citizens “deserve better” than their government’s refusal to seek compromise on European rules on the employment of labour from low-pay nations. Macron said Warsaw, where a nationalist, eurosceptic government has been in power since 2015, was moving in the opposite […]
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