Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize
Image copyright Getty Images British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novelist was praised by the Swedish Academy as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our
People keep stealing Canadian city’s parking meters
Image copyright City of St John's Image caption Smart, solar-powered, but seemingly easy prey for petty thieves A quarter of the parking meters in the Canadian city of St John's have been stolen, it's been reported.The city, in the Atlantic
Catalan crisis: Spain condemns ‘blackmail’ of Puigdemont
Image copyright AFP Image caption Protesters wave Spanish flags at a demonstration defending unity on Wednesday Spain's government has said it will not accept "blackmail" after the Catalan leader indicated that independence could be declared next week.Carles Puigdemont must return
Islamic State group: Iraqi army claims recapture of Hawija
Image copyright AFP Image caption A long offensive has seen the Iraqi army drive out IS from most of the country Iraqi forces say they have recaptured Hawija, one of the last enclaves of so-called Islamic State (IS).On Wednesday they
Giant python: Indonesians eat giant snake after man defeats snake
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images A giant python in Indonesia met an unfortunate end when it was eaten after it lost a battle with a local man.Security guard Robert Nababan encountered the snake on a palm oil plantation road in Sumatra's
‘I blow up boats’
Image caption President Joko Widodo said he needed 'a crazy person' in order to make a breakthrough in the fight against illegal fishing Indonesia has never had a political figure like Susi Pudjiastuti.The minister of maritime affairs is a tattooed
British Schools Ditch ‘BC’ and ‘AD’ to Avoid Offending Non-Christians
(Evangelical Focus) — A growing number of British schools are removing the historical terms BC and AD from religious education lessons in a bid to avoid offending non-Christians. The traditional terms BC, Before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini (which means
Canada forgets to mention Jewish people at Holocaust memorial
Image copyright Prime Minister's Office Image caption Prime Minister Trudeau attends the opening of the National Holocaust Monument A plaque has been removed from Canada's Holocaust memorial because it neglected to mention Jewish people.PM Justin Trudeau opened the National Holocaust
Puigdemont: Spanish king ignored millions of Catalans
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Carles Puigdemont made a statement from the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has attacked Spain's King Felipe VI for "deliberately ignoring millions of Catalans".In a TV address, Mr Puigdemont accused
Has the original Santa Claus been found in Turkey?
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPortrait of Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, created by Liverpool's John Moores University Face Lab in December 2014 Children look away now! For Turkish archaeologists believe they have found the tomb of