‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa
Even in countries where homophobia is pervasive and same-sex relationships are illegal, authors are pushing boundaries, finding an audience and winning awards.
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As a Son Risks His Life to Topple the King, His Father Guards the Throne
A student’s vow to overthrow one of Africa’s last ruling monarchs faces a roadblock: his own father, a soldier sworn to protect the throne.
UK savers should pick accounts beating rising cost of living while they can
Many best rates are easy access and notice options rather than ones that lock money awayThis week’s news that inflation stayed steady at 4% in January means it is still possible to put your money in a savings account with an interest rate that beats th…
Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds
Vast reforestation a major reason for ‘warming hole’ across parts of US where temperatures have flatlined or cooledTrees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in…
A greener weed: the UK firm growing carbon-neutral cannabis
Glass Pharms hope its approach could show the way for all kinds of energy-intensive horticulture in the UKFor 26 years, Olivier Dehon worked in the corporate sector, ending up as chief financial officer for Xerox in the UK and Ireland before retiring f…
Zeus, IcedID Malware Kingpin Faces 40 Years In Prison
Connor Jones reports via The Register: A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37,…
Iran man kills 12 relatives in mass shooting: Report
A 30-year-old man gunned down 12 of his relatives, in a remote rural village in southeast Iran, in a rare incident of mass shooting, as per official media reports on Saturday. The man, who remains unidentified, used a Kalashnikov assault rifle and was …
French police shoot dead cleaver-wielding man who threatened them
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Philippines accuses Chinese boats of ‘dangerous’ manoeuvres
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Russia ‘outmatched’ by Ukraine’s allies who must ‘make difference count’ – Cameron
Lord Cameron says he wants Ukraine’s allies to “do more” to help defeat Russia and that together they “outmatch” President Vladimir Putin’s regime.