'Shambolic' inquiry into Ruby Princess debacle slammed as a 'cover-up'
Lawyers for the International Transport Workers' Federation have urged the NSW Premier to expand the probe to assess the health standards of employees on board the doomed boat. Read more...
Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa may have contributed to coronavirus spike
Tulsa health director Dr. Bruce Dart, inset, says you can 'connect the dots' between the president's June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa and a surge in coronavirus cases. Read more...
Ida Haendel, Violin Virtuoso With Fire and Ice in Her Playing, Dies
A link to the early-20th-century school of violin playing, Ms. Haendel was a noted champion of the concertos of Britten, Walton and Sibelius. Read more...
MikelArteta has laid down a marker in his bid to change Arsenal's culture
ADRIAN KAJUMBA There was a feeling held by some towards the end of Arsene Wenger's reign that Arsenal had become one of the more comfortable clubs to be at. Read more...
Patriotic Parry unites a nation
Everyone knows Sir Hubert Parrys Jerusalem, but how many know his unison song England, a setting of a paraphrase of John of Gaunts great patriotic speech from Shakespeares Richard II? Read more...
Inmate 1 The Rise of Danny Trejo Review Prison, Recovery, Stardom
A mans journey from behind bars to in front of the cameras. Read more...
The Washington Redskins Might Get a Name Change. Why Now?
The move toward changing a mascot name after decades of complaints underscores how Americas most popular sport has scrambled to keep up with shifts in public opinion. Read more...
Australia Halts Hong Kong Extradition Agreement and Extends Visas
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said visas for Hong Kongers already in Australia would be lengthened by five years, and suggested businesses should move from the city to his country. Read more...
Visa Waivers, Vouchers, Flight Discounts and Other Travel Lures
Desperate to revive tourism, countries around the globe are offering incentives to visit but Americans, barred from most of these destinations, wont be able to take advantage of them. Read more...
How Do You Define Ros?
These very different bottles raised questions about whether to group by color or by how the wines are made. Read more...
From Will Ferrell's Eurovision comedy to Succession Bright Lights The best on demand TV this week
This year's competition fell by the wayside due to Covid-19, leaving a huge Eurovision-sized gap in our hearts. Thankfully Will Ferrell is here to fill it. Read more...
British tourists on Ibiza or Majorca will have to wear masks from Saturday or face a 90 fine
Governors of the Balearic Islands confirmed they were tightening the rules hours after Catalonia became the first region since the end of the state of emergency to make them obligatory in public. Read more...
Padstow in Cornwall is the No.1 place that Britons plan to visit for the very first time this summer
In a poll of UK adults, two-thirds say they are planning a British staycation with four in 10 (38 per cent) wanting to visit famous parts of the country they have never seen before. Read more...
The US wants to freeze out 1M foreign students. Some might never come back
In two months, 19-year-old Tianyu Fang is due to start his first semester at one of the most prestigious schools in America Stanford University in California. Now, the Chinese national isn't sure if he'll make it. Read more...
China Reports Progress in Ultra-Secure Satellite Transmission
Researchers enlisted quantum physics to send a secret key for encrypting and decrypting messages between two stations 700 miles apart. Read more...
Inquiry Prompted by Trumps Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says
The Commerce Department is impeding findings into whether it coerced the top NOAA official to support President Trumps inaccurate claim that Dorian would hit Alabama, the departments inspector general said. Read more...
Newly appointed French minister faces rape allegation
France's newly appointed interior minister Gerald Darmanin could face a fresh investigation into an alleged rape following a court ruling, sources close to the case told CNN on Tuesday. Read more...
Drug dealer arrested while sitting on the loo
The accused, identified as Jose Spencer Bilbao Rivers, was apprehended by police while he was sitting reliving himself in a small white bucket by Peruvian police (above). Read more...