The history of the rainbow flag
After the tragic events in Orlando, one image has symbolised solidarity. Kelly Grovier looks at an emblem “torn from the soul of the people”. Suddenly, they are everywhere: stretched across balconies, flapping from car antennas, and pinned to coat lapels the world over in a moving display of solidarity with the...
The secret life of a transgender airman
Transgender people are banned from serving in the US armed forces, yet an estimated 12,800 do, the vast majority in secret. Jane, a senior airman, has hidden her gender identity from the military for 25 years. She hopes a policy review announced last year will allow her finally to be herself. Jane likes to run early in the...
EgyptAir crash: Wreckage found in Mediterranean
Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say. A statement said "several main locations of the wreckage" had been identified. A deep sea search vessel had also sent back the first images of the wreckage, the statement added. There were 66...
Russia doping: New Wada report reveals obstructions to testing
Anti-doping officials in Russia are being stopped from testing athletes and threatened by security services, says a World Anti-Doping Agency report. The report was published two days before athletics' governing body rules on whether Russian competitors can take part in the Rio Olympics this summer. In November, Russia's...
Egypt Says It Has Found Plane Wreckage
Egypt says it has spotted the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board. The committee said in a statement late Wednesday that a vessel contracted by the Egyptian government to join the search efforts for the data recorders and the wreckage of the doomed A320...
Led Zeppelin’s Trial Over ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Origin Begins
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page appeared in the court today to face a claim that they ripped off the opening riff to their iconic 1971 hit "Stairway to Heaven." The 2014 lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, claims that the band stole the lick from a 1968...
Дженнифер Энистон шокировала известиями о своей болезни
Голливудская актриса Дженнифер Энистон страдала дислексией (избирательное нарушение способности к овладению навыком чтения и письма – Ред.). — Мне было за 20, когда я пришла к...
Власти Флориды подтвердили гибель ребенка, на которого напал аллигатор в парке Disney
Шериф округа Орандж Джерри Демингс заявил, что власти приложат все усилия, чтобы обнаружить тело ребенка Двухлетний ребенок, которого утащил под воду аллигатор в развлекательном...
Трагедия в семье певицы Зары
Певица Зара рассталась со вторым мужем Новость о расставании Зары с её вторым супругом — Сергеем Ивановым грянула, как гром среди ясного неба. Брак певицы, казавшийся со стороны...
Can you spot the possible alien planet in this photo?
A fascinating photo shows what could be a newly discovered planet circling a star 1,200 light-years from Earth. In 2012, scientists discovered that the star, called CVSO 30, hosts at least one possible exoplanet, named CVSO 30b. But this image, released on Monday, shows evidence of another world — dubbed CVSO 30c for now...
Харламов и Асмус разводятся
В Люблинском суде Москвы состоялось очередное заседание по делу о разводе и разделе имущества Гарика и Юлии Харламовых. Все надеялись, что этот суд станет последним, но слушание...
«Умирающая» Анджелина Джоли шокировала всех, засветив грудь на заседании ООН
Известная американская актриса Анджелина Джоли, являющаяся послом доброй воли ООН, на недавнем заседании жестко высказалась в отношении вопроса урегулирования...