Police open fire on PNG student protest
Police in Papua New Guinea have opened fire on students protesting against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. Several students were injured and opposition MPs said four were killed, but this has not been independently confirmed. The students were marching from their campus in the capital, Port Moresby, towards parliament where...
Most famous cars of TV and film
On occasion, cars in television and film become full-fledged, inextricable characters in the narrative, commanding allure to match – even outshine – their human counterparts. Some, however, burn brighter than others, becoming cultural touchstones in their own right. BBC Autos visited Quora.com, the online question...
US election 2016: Clinton hails ‘milestone for women’
Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women — the Democratic nomination for president. "Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone," she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. She hailed "the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be...
US-Backed Forces March Toward IS Stronghold in North Syria
U.S.-backed Syrian rebel forces are closing in on the town of Manbij, a stronghold of the Islamic State group in northern Syria. Sherfan Darwish of the Syria Democratic Forces says that as of Tuesday, his fighters now control two new villages. The alliance last week launched a wide offensive, backed by U.S.-led coalition...
Yemen conflict: UN takes Saudi coalition off child blacklist
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has been removed from a UN blacklist of states and groups that violate children's rights in conflict. Saudi Arabia protested after the UN released a report saying the coalition was responsible for 60% of the child deaths and injuries in Yemen last year. It said the...
Fifteen Prince albums make streaming debut on his 58th birthday
Streaming service Tidal has made 15 rare Prince albums available for streaming on what would have been the star's 58th birthday. The collection includes the infamous Black Album — a dark, funky follow-up to Sign O' The Times, which Prince scrapped a week before release in 1987. It also features The Gold...
Apocalypse is the worst X-Men film yet
So far this spring, two different superhero team-up blockbusters – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War – have acknowledged the devastation that follows whenever super-powered goodies and baddies get together to compare capes. But the third one, X-Men: Apocalypse, ignores this topic...
EU Court rules no jail for illegal migrants
Non-EU migrants illegally entering an EU state in the Schengen zone should not face detention on those grounds, says the European Court of Justice. Migrants staying illegally should instead be returned to the country from which they came under the so-called Return Directive, it said. The ruling applies to migrants crossing...
If no-one helps you after a car crash in India, this is why
When a road accident occurs, bystanders will usually try to help the injured, or at least call for help. In India it's different. In a country with some of the world's most dangerous roads, victims are all too often left to fend for themselves. Kanhaiya Lal desperately cries for help but motorists swerve straight past...
Девушка комика Comedy Club рассказала о его жестокости
Популярный комик и резидент Comedy Club Тимур Батрутдинов, как известно, до сих пор не женат. Год назад шоумен даже отправился на популярный проект «Холостяк», чтобы найти себе...
Civilians drown fleeing life ‘worse than hell’ in Fallujah
A boat carrying fleeing civilians across a river from the ISIS stronghold of Fallujah sank on Saturday, killing at least four people, as pro-Baghdad forces said they had the city almost completely encircled. Two children, their mother and a man drowned crossing the 300-metre wide Euphrates, one the few escape routes left for...
Королева призналась, кто помог ей пережить последствия секс-скандала
Наташа Королева призналась, что именно сын помог ей пережить последствия секс-скандала, в который она и ее супруг Сергей Глушко оказались втянуты в начале 2015 года. По ее словам, в...