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Celebrity shark guided out of South Korea canal refuses to swim out to sea

Bukangi the shark became an unlikely sensation after she was spotted in a canal in Busan weeks ago.

Florida researchers restore Mosquito Lagoon reefs with recycled oyster shells

Europe's wave of anger: How far will youth-led protests go?

Youth-driven protests have been popping up all over Europe: in Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania, Serbia and Greece. The spark here in France was deteriorating conditions in high schools and universities, particularly for students from underprivileged backgrounds. Meanwhile, wages aren't keeping up with inflation. The housing crisis is front and centre in places like Spain and Portugal, whi...

Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and says helping entrepreneurs will be a budget priority – UK politics live

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenti...

Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and says helping entrepreneurs will be budget priority – UK politics live

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenti...

Chancellor accepts Labour has put a ‘lot of pressure’ on business and that helping wealth creators will be budget aim – UK politics live

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenti...

Chancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics live

John Healey is expected to cut red tape requirements, particularly for smaller businessesGood morning. A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. Ahead of that, he has given an interview to Patrick Maguire from the Times. As you would expect, there is no real detail in it about the measures he will be presenti...

Moment Colombian authorities seize 7.6 tonnes of cocaine bound for Europe

Colombia has seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the port of Cartagena in what President Abelardo de la Espriella described as the country's largest drug seizure in a decade.

Can Russia broker a new US-Iran deal?

Russia’s nuclear expertise, close ties with Tehran and negotiation experience could give Moscow an edge as a mediator.

Can Prabowo’s economic nationalism save Indonesia from potential MSCI downgrade?

In the wake of Indonesia’s worst stock-market rout since the 1998 Asian financial crisis, President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has turned to appeals to economic nationalism to shore up confidence, urging citizens to rally behind the country’s battered stock market. The government has promised reforms in response to warnings from global index provider MSCI that Indonesia could be downgraded ...

West End to get another lesson from The History Boys two decades on

Nation’s favourite play makes London comeback amid renewed debate about future of humanities teachingThe History Boys is to return to the West End for the first time in two decades, with a warning from its director of an “almost terminal decline” in humanities teaching in state schools.Nicholas Hytner, who directed Alan Bennett’s play at the National Theatre and its 2006 film adaptation, said the ...

Indonesians turn to eco-art as haze sparks anger and diplomatic tension

As wildfires rage across Sumatra and Kalimantan, frustrated Indonesians are turning to performance art to call for greater government action and draw global attention to the destruction of both the country’s rainforests and rich cultural heritage. In South Sumatra, local art collective Jaga Api recently launched a project titled Tarian Kehancuran Budaya (the Dance of Cultural Destruction), using t...

Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing face losing prison privileges under new rules

England and Wales judges to be able to keep inmates in their cells for longer or stop visits if they refuse to face victims’ families in courtOffenders who refuse to face their victims’ families in court for sentencing could be stripped of privileges or kept in cells for weeks under government changes granting wider powers to judges in England and Wales.The imposition of new prison sanctions, comi...

Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing could lose prison privileges under new rules

England and Wales judges will be able to keep inmates in their cells for longer or stop visits if they refuse to face their victims’ families in courtOffenders who refuse to face their victims’ families in court for sentencing could be stripped of privileges or kept in cells for weeks under government changes granting wider powers to judges in England and Wales.The imposition of new prison sanctio...

Angel Reese shines again as Dream down Valkyries to lead WNBA Finals

Atlanta's Reese has become the only woman in history to record consecutive double-doubles in three WNBA Finals games.

Macron hosts security council meeting ahead of planned weekend of protests – Europe live

‘The government must hold its nerve,’ Macron told reporters earlier this weekFrench president Emmanuel Macron is back from his tour of the Gulf and convening a meeting with relevant ministers and intelligence services to figure out what can be done to prevent unsavoury scenes on the streets of French cities as more protests are planned for this Saturday.“The government must hold its nerve,” Macron...

'Everything' in Ukraine is now a target for Putin, says EPP MEP

EPP MEP Pekka Toveri believes Russia has “taken all the rules off" the table and is increasingly targeting residential areas, as well as cultural and government buildings. He warns that the attacks could leave large parts of Kyiv "uninhabitable" during the winter.

South Korea seeks new ways to free a huge gray shark after it slips back into canal

A city in South Korea is again trying to free a huge dusky shark from a narrow canal

86-year-old Texas man spent nearly 40 years building 62-foot boat to sail to Alaska; now strangers are raising thousands to help him fulfil his dream

An 86-year-old man from Mineral Wells, Texas, has been building a 62-foot steel boat since 1987. After three visitors discovered his ambition, they launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the project. More than $41,000 has been raised towards completing the boat and moving it to a launch site. The remaining work on the vessel is expected to require about $50,000 in funding.

A second female lawmaker in Australia is threatened days after alleged car attack

A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car

Women are protesting around Poland for free access to legal abortions

Women are protesting around Poland for access to free and legal abortion services

Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and drones, hours after agreeing to peace talks

Ukrainian authorities say that Russian attacks on Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones have killed one person and injured 22

California adds 15,000 acres to marine protected areas after a decade

Abby Choi trial hears of ex-husband’s watch profits and electric saw mark on remains

Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung received a share of her ex-husband’s luxury watch profits, and a cut mark on her dismembered remains matched an electric saw found at the crime scene, her murder trial heard on Thursday. Chan Leong-hang, an employee of Aristo Watch & Jewellery in Tsim Sha Tsui, said on Thursday that Alex Kwong Kong-chi sold upmarket timepieces to the shop and asked that...

Abby Choi got share of ex-husband’s luxury watch profits, murder trial told

Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung received a share of the profits her ex-husband made from investing in luxury watches, the model’s murder trial has heard. Chan Leong-hang, an employee of Aristo Watch & Jewellery in Tsim Sha Tsui, said on Thursday that Alex Kwong Kong-chi sold upmarket timepieces to the shop and asked that the shop transfer part of the proceeds to Choi via bank transfer...