Sydneysiders have been warned that more than 1,000 train services are expected to be cancelled by the end of Wednesday while those that do run could suffer hours-long delays, as the state government vows to explore legal action to quash “intolerable” industrial action from continuing into Thursday. By Wednesday afternoon, about 400 services had been…
I was first introduced to bees when I was invited to visit a neighbour’s apiary one April afternoon, 20 years ago. Like most people, I was terrified of stinging insects, but I was fond of the honey they produced, which I would drizzle into my tea to soothe a scratchy throat. An invitation to meet…
The European Union has been urged to clamp down on illegal imports of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after evidence was found that current regulations had been breached. The advocacy group Global Witness (GW) said there remained a “high risk” of the EU’s mineral imports being used to fund militias…
On 27 September last year, three climate activists were arrested for throwing soup over Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh at the National Gallery. The Just Stop Oil protest landed on the national front pages. But will the action help further the activists’ cause to end fossil fuels? Scientists are beginning to find answers to this…
It was Roger Federer’s white jacket in 2006 for me. Golden initials embroidered on the breast pocket, as he lifted the Wimbledon trophy. The elegant monogram suggested an aristocratic elan that I craved. Was it possible to grab some of his pedigree, without the achievements or money, but with some simple stitching? I wondered if…
Celebrities are chipping in to help the region that’s helped them grow to prominence – southern California – as wildfires continue to sweep across the state. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles-area fires had killed at least 25 people, displaced thousands of others and destroyed more than 12,000 structures. Two of the largest blazes,…
Women who suffer a miscarriage should get two weeks of paid leave from work so they can mourn the loss of their baby, an influential group of MPs has said today. The government is under mounting pressure to introduce a new right of bereavement leave for women across the UK who lose their baby before…
1. 1. Edward Norton (British Mount Everest Expedition) 2. Giacomo Matteotti’s (assassinated) 3. A Passage to India (E M Forster) 4. Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell’s (Olympic Games. Chariots of Fire) 5. Leningrad (Petrograd prior to death of Lenin). 6. The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera by Janacek, premièred in Brno) 7. The Zinoviev letter (UK…