Humans have gathered to feast and enjoy a tipple together for thousands of years, but research suggests chimpanzees may also bond over a boozy treat. Wild chimpanzees in west Africa have been observed sharing fruit containing alcohol – not in quantities to get roaring drunk but, possibly, enough for a fuzzy beer buzz feeling. The…
Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its “war on the planet”. A fortnight after the “Hands Off” mobilization brought millions to the streets, national and grassroots…
A pensioner with severe learning disabilities who was a victim of one of the most notorious care home abuse scandals of recent years has been told he faces eviction over a dispute about who pays for the costs of his state-funded care. The family of Hugh Kirsch, 66, said they had been warned he would…
When Narayan Kumar Subedi received a call from his daughter in the United States three weeks ago, he expected to hear news of his two children’s life abroad, perhaps even plans for a long-awaited reunion. Instead, he was told his 36-year-old son Ashish, a Bhutanese refugee resettled in the US, was being deported. Ashish had…
Russia says it has resumed fighting after ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine In a freshly issued statement, the Russian military has confirmed that its forces have resumed strikes on Ukraine after the surprise “Easter truce”. “With the end of the ceasefire, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct the special military operation,” the…
A 45-year-old Ukrainian-born Melbourne bishop will be among the world’s top-ranking Catholic officials who will vote to select the next pope. Mykola Bychok is Australia’s highest ranking Catholic official, after the late Pope Francis made him a cardinal late last year. Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced Pope Francis’s death on Monday evening Australian…