Six canines, all border collies, have proved some possess a remarkable grasp of human languageYour dog might follow commands such as “sit”, or become uncontrollably excited at the mention of the word “walkies”, but when it comes to remembering the name…
XR activist storms Louis Vuitton’s Paris show but it’s all smiles at Chanel
Paris fashion week closes with a climate protest, tribute to late designer Alber Elbaz and plenty of friendly vibesParis fashion week finished in dramatic fashion on Tuesday evening. An Extinction Rebellion protester made her way down the Louis Vuitton…
Facebook harms children and is damaging democracy, claims whistleblower
Frances Haugen says in congressional testimony Facebook puts ‘astronomical profits before people’Facebook puts “astronomical profits before people”, harms children and is destabilising democracies, a whistleblower has claimed in testimony to the US Con…
Shooting stars: Russians beating US in race for first film shot in space
Actor and director on International Space Station push ahead of Hollywood project led by Tom CruiseThe list of “firsts” in orbit under the Soviet space programme is legendary: first satellite, first dog, first man, first woman.Now another looms after R…
‘Perfect storm’: how Covid is compounding New Zealand’s existing social crises
Experts say the pandemic is multiplying longstanding problems linked to housing and racial inequalityLike clay pressed into a mould, Covid outbreaks tend to conform to the contours of a country’s existing inequalities and cracks, replicating them over …
France threatens to cut UK and Jersey energy supply in fishing row
French government pushing EU to take stronger stance in dispute over access to Channel watersThe EU could hit Britain and Jersey’s energy supply over the UK’s failure to provide sufficient fishing licences to French fishers, France’s EU affairs ministe…
‘It was scary at first’: social media users on the Facebook outage
Three people tell how they were affected by the temporary loss of the site, and WhatsApp and InstagramThe global outage just adds to Facebook’s many recent woesFacebook, WhatsApp and Instagram experienced an outage that left users around the world unab…
Germany’s Greens and CDU report ‘constructive’ coalition talks
Decision not likely to be reached in coming days – with any possible coalition likely to need a third partyGermany’s Green party and conservatives have described initial rounds of exploratory coalition talks as “constructive”.The comment came after the…
Reports of mysterious Mossad operation to find Israeli airman confirmed
Israel prime minster tells Knesset of ‘bold’ mission concerned with fate of missing navigator Lt Col Ron AradThe Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, launched a complex intelligence operation last month to find information on the whereabouts and fate of an …
Interpol faces criticism for allowing Syria to rejoin its network
Global policing body gives Damascus powers to pursue refugees and dissidents living outside the countryInterpol has allowed Syria to rejoin its communications network, a widely criticised decision that gives Damascus new powers to pursue refugees and d…