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Chelsea apologise ‘profusely’ to former player and sexual abuse victim Gary Johnson
Chelsea today "apologised profusely" for the sexual abuse Gary Johnson said he suffered at the hands of former club chief scout Eddie Heath during the 1970s, with the club saying they have "no desire to hide any historic abuse" that is uncovered. Chelsea released a statement on Saturday in which they...
The Sahara Desert used to be lush and full of vegetation – researchers find clues to what killed it
The Sahara Desert was a vast, rich grassland with plenty of rainfall just 6,000 years ago. Then it suddenly turned into the bleak and arid desert it is today. This transition was due to a shift in the circulation in the tropical atmosphere, researchers say. A new model of how tropical rain belts shift over time shows that a...
Uzbekistan votes to elect its second-ever president after Islam Karimov’s death
Uzbekistan is set to elect the country's second-ever president following the death of the Soviet-era authoritarian ruler, Islam Karimov. On 4 December, Uzbeks will have the option for the first time in a quarter of a century to elect someone other than Karimov as their leader. Interim President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who was...
Rolls Royce to slash 800 jobs in marine division in bid to cut costs
Rolls Royce has unveiled plans to cut approximately 800 jobs in its marine business, in a bid to save around £50m a year, as demand from energy and shipping customers continues to decline. The British engineering group has been cutting costs since 2013 as it seeks to improve the competitiveness of its marine unit and the...
US presidential commission presses President-elect Donald Trump on better cybersecurity
President Barack Obama's special Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity has released its final report on Friday (2 November) detailing a series of recommendations to improve the nation's cybersecurity. The 100-page document also urges the next administration to "make cybersecurity a top priority" and...
Cloning ancient extinct bison sounds like sci-fi, but scientists hope to succeed within years
Russian and South Korean scientists are collaborating on the ambitious project of bringing back to life the extinct steppe bison. They plan to extract DNA from an ancient bison tail, which remained preserved in Siberia's permafrost for years, in order to create clones of the animals. The steppe bison is thought to have...
Joy as China shelves plans to dam ‘angry river’
Environmentalists in China are celebrating after controversial plans to build a series of giant hydroelectric dams on the country’s last free-flowing river were shelved. Activists have spent more than a decade campaigning to protect the Nujiang, or “angry river”, from a cascade of dams, fearing they would...
Iceland’s Pirate party invited to form government
Iceland’s president has invited the anti-establishment Pirate party to form a government, after the right- and leftwing parties failed in their bids. Guðni Jóhannesson made the announcement on Friday after meeting with the head of the Pirate’s parliamentary group, Birgitta Jónsdóttir....
Donald Trump warns of ‘consequences’ for companies leaving US
Donald Trump has warned companies considering leaving the US that they will face consequences if they move. During a tour of the Carrier air-conditioning factory in Indianapolis, Indiana, the President-elect told workers that firms moving abroad would be "taxed very heavily" at the US border. :: Trump picks 'Mad...
British Airways is considering offering ‘digital pills’ to its passengers
Were you paying attention to the inflight announcement (in The Independent, at least) about the latest twist in the airline Hunger Games? If so, you will know that no-quibble nibbles have been taken away from British Airways economy passengers on long-haul flights. Anyone who wants to eat between BA meals either has to plan in...
Martin Shkreli mocked a group of high school students who recreated his $750-drug Daraprim for $2
Sydney (AFP) — "Bad boy" pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli, who raised the cost of an HIV drug by 5,000 percent, has mocked a group of Sydney school students who recreated the life-saving medicine on the cheap. The teenagers said they were spurred to try recreate the drug after Shkreli became a global figure...
The US’s military edge over Russia and China has come down to one plane
Since World War II, the US has dominated the skies in any region in which it wishes to project power — but recent competition from countries like Russia and China threaten to erode that edge, and only a small group of elite pilots maintain the US's edge in air superiority. Russia has deployed powerful missile-defense...
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