The plane was sprayed with foam to stop the fire spreading
More than 300 passengers and crew were evacuated from a Korean Air plane in Tokyo, Japan after a fire broke out in its left engine.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Korean Air plane catches fire on Haneda runway, Tokyo
The plane was sprayed with foam to stop the fire spreading
More than 300 passengers and crew were evacuated from a Korean Air plane in Tokyo, Japan after a fire broke out in its left engine.
Appalachian Trail: US hiker 'lost for 26 days before dying'
Paperwork relating to the disappearance of Geraldine Largay was released by authorities in Maine on Wednesday
A hiker who got lost on a remote part of the Appalachian Trail in the US sent text messages appealing for help and kept a journal for 26 days before she died, newly released papers show.
A hiker who got lost on a remote part of the Appalachian Trail in the US sent text messages appealing for help and kept a journal for 26 days before she died, newly released papers show.
French strikes: Does France's workforce really have it easy?
Striking workers have blockaded oil refineries and petrol stations in protest and planned labour reforms
At 35 hours, the French have the shortest legal working week in Europe. With it, they have a reputation in some quarters for an easy working life, staunchly defended by powerful labour unions.
At 35 hours, the French have the shortest legal working week in Europe. With it, they have a reputation in some quarters for an easy working life, staunchly defended by powerful labour unions.
N Korea could be linked to cyber-attacks on banks, security firm says
In February this year, hackers stole $81m (£55m) from the central bank of Bangladesh
A top cyber-security firm is investigating whether North Korea could be linked to attacks on banks in recent months.
Teen cancer death rate causes alarm
Too many teenagers and young adults are dying of some types of cancer, a Europe-wide report warns.
Their survival rates for cancers such as leukaemia are much lower than in younger children, says a report in the Lancet Oncology.
Python in Thai toilet gives man nasty shock
Attaporn Boonmakchuay pried the snake's jaws open before passing out - but is now making a good
recovery
A Thai man is recovering in hospital after a 3m (10ft) python emerged from a squat toilet and sank its fangs into his penis.
Buhari’s first year: Five ways Nigeria has changed
Muhammadu Buhari is the first Nigerian opposition candidate to be elected president
President Muhammadu
Buhari came to power promising Nigerians "change". Novelist and writer
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani gives five examples of what has changed in
Nigeria since 29 May 2015 when he was sworn in.
EgyptAir crash: Hundreds at Cairo vigil for victims
All 66 people on board were killed when the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea
'Mass rape' video on social media shocks Brazi
The attack happened in a poor community in Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media.
removed from UN world heritage climate report
Warm ocean currents have caused bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, but it is not yet listed on the UN's in-danger list
All references to climate change's impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report.
Barack Obama makes historic Hiroshima visit
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Migrant crisis: UK set to send second warship to Libya
David Cameron said Britain was ready to take an "active role" in helping Libya
Migrant crisis
Anatomy of a shipwreck
Italy-Austria row over migrant crossing
Europe's migrant story enters new phase
EU migration: Crisis in seven charts
Migrant crisis
Anatomy of a shipwreck
Italy-Austria row over migrant crossing
Europe's migrant story enters new phase
EU migration: Crisis in seven charts
Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case
Google's uses Java in its Android smartphone operating system
Google has won a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.
Google has won a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.
Migrant crisis: Many feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
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G7 Japan: World leaders visit Shinto religion's holiest shrine
The leaders took part in a planting ceremony in the grounds of the shrine
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has taken world leaders to the Shinto religion's holiest site, as the Group of Seven (G7) summit begins in the country.
G7: Brexit 'risk to global growth'
A declaration at the G7 meeting in Japan says a vote by the UK to leave the European Union would pose a "serious threat to global growth".
In their final statement, the group warned that a UK exit from the EU would reverse the trend of increased global trade, investment and jobs.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
I had to leave my partner to lose weight
In today's Magazine
How rare are bright blue lobsters?
What happens when you're deported to Britain?
Russia to outlaw anthem insults
Celena gained five stone (32kg) during the first three years of her relationship with her partner Pete. Here she describes how they broke the cycle of unhealthy eating by spending 10 weeks apart.
G7 Japan: World leaders visit Shinto religion's holiest shrine
The visit to the shrine is controversial
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has taken world leaders to the Shinto religion's holiest site, as the Group of Seven (G7) summit begins in the country.
Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots'
Workers have complained in the past about conditions in Foxconn's factories
Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn has reportedly replaced 60,000 factory workers with robots.
Sunny Leone, former porn star, turns erotic fiction writer
Sunny Leone is the most searched for person on Google by Indians
"Sizzling stories by India's most desirable woman," twinkles the blurb on the smartphone screen, flashing an image of a smiling woman in a red dress.
Legal highs ban comes into force across the UK
The substances mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as ecstasy and cannabis
A blanket ban on so-called legal highs has come into force in the UK.
Laws criminalising the production, distribution, sale and supply of what are otherwise known as new psychoactive substances began at midnight.
State department faults Clinton over email security
Mrs Clinton is at fault for her use of private email, the report says
Road to the White House
Video 'Self-funded' no more, Trump seeks donor cash
Why has Trump caught Clinton in the polls?
Nevada chaos should worry Democrats
How Donald Trump captures the White House
Road to the White House
Video 'Self-funded' no more, Trump seeks donor cash
Why has Trump caught Clinton in the polls?
Nevada chaos should worry Democrats
How Donald Trump captures the White House
European migrant crisis: Capsized boat horror caught on camera
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Italian rescuers pull survivors from the water
Migrant crisis
Anatomy of a shipwreck
Italy-Austria row over migrant crossing
Europe's migrant story enters new phase
EU migration: Crisis in seven charts
Migrant crisis
Anatomy of a shipwreck
Italy-Austria row over migrant crossing
Europe's migrant story enters new phase
EU migration: Crisis in seven charts
The Democrats' election nightmare
Sanders is senator for Vermont, the second least populous state in the US
Some Democrats have a nightmare that takes them back to Florida 16 years ago, and the time of the 'hanging chads'.
It was the presidential election decided in that state by 537 votes after weeks of counting, amid arguments over the ragged fragments of ballots not punched free in the voting machines. Those pesky chads.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in marriage split
The couple met on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary
Film star Johnny Depp and his actress wife Amber Heard are to divorce, US court documents have revealed.
Indonesia approves death penalty for child rapists
There was initially little media attention on the case of the murdered Sumatran schoolgirl, Yuyun
Indonesia has toughened its punishments for child rapists to include the death penalty and chemical castration.
Indonesia has toughened its punishments for child rapists to include the death penalty and chemical castration.
Suicide: Russian girl's death prompts national debate
It's a day like any other day in a provincial city in central Russia. A 12-year-old girl is getting ready to go to school. Suddenly her phone rings.
The next minute she is out of the door, saying she's meeting a friend and they will go to school together.
How Spain was dragged into Nigeria's 'tomato emergency'
Photos of Spain's annual tomato fight have irked Nigerians who have seen prices rocket as crops fail.
The streets of the eastern Spanish town of Bunol turn red and gooey every year on the last Wednesday of August, as tens of thousands of people gather to celebrate La Tomatina. It's not an event that has caused much of a stir on social media outside the country, but in the past few days Nigerians have been been distracting themselves from their own tomato crop crisis by making good-humoured jabs aimed at the European festival.
The streets of the eastern Spanish town of Bunol turn red and gooey every year on the last Wednesday of August, as tens of thousands of people gather to celebrate La Tomatina. It's not an event that has caused much of a stir on social media outside the country, but in the past few days Nigerians have been been distracting themselves from their own tomato crop crisis by making good-humoured jabs aimed at the European festival.
Saudi Arabia hopes for religious tourism boost
Saudi Arabia says 30 million pilgrims could visit the country annually by 2030
With Saudi Arabia's government announcing reforms aimed at moving the kingdom away from its dependence on oil, another source of income looks set to become a major contributor to the economy - religious tourism.
US nuclear force 'still uses floppy disks'
Eight-inch floppy disks date back to the early days of computer systems
The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and floppy disks, a government report has revealed.
Bolivia police clash with disabled protesters in La Paz
The Bolivian government said a group of radical protesters attacked police first
Police in Bolivia have clashed with disabled protesters who tried to approach the presidential palace to demand an increase in state benefits.
Eleven US states oppose transgender schools edict
The White House order affects schools and universities that receive federal funds
US transgender debate
Why toilets matter to trans rights
Mapping safe toilets for transgender Americans
The transgender 13-year-old
Video Jenner takes up Trump toilet offer
US transgender debate
Why toilets matter to trans rights
Mapping safe toilets for transgender Americans
The transgender 13-year-old
Video Jenner takes up Trump toilet offer
French labour dispute: Nuclear power plant workers to join strike
Nuclear power provides most of France's electricity
Workers at French
nuclear power stations are due to down tools on Thursday amid growing
industrial action over controversial labour reforms.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Why is India's Taj Mahal turning green?
Insect faeces are leaving green patches on the Taj Mahal
India's iconic Taj Mahal has been threatened in recent weeks by insect poo - environmentalists say that bugs from the polluted Yamuna river nearby are invading the monument, leaving greenish-black patches of waste on its pristine white marble walls.
Syria conflict: IS 'destroyed helicopters' at Russian base
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US election: Why has Trump caught Clinton in the polls?
Road to the White House
Donald Trump's reality TV playbook
Kissing Kissinger and other Trump pivots
Nevada chaos should worry Democrats
How Donald Trump captures the White House
Six things about the $6 Bourdain-Obama meal
This photo, shared on Instagram by US celebrity chef
Anthony Bourdain, drew more than 120,000 likes and thousands of
comments
Deep in the heart
of Hanoi, US President Barack Obama sat down for a $6 meal with
celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on Tuesday. The chef, known for his
love of adventurous street food, described the date in a series of tweets and an Instagram post.
Here are six observations about the noodle summit at a hole-in-the-wall eatery.
Cuba legalises small and medium private businesses
Havana's private "El De Enfrente" bar may benefit from the new legal status
Cuba's government has announced that it is legalising small and medium-sized private businesses.
Microsoft accused of Windows 10 upgrade 'nasty trick'
Microsoft has faced criticism for changing the pop-up box encouraging Windows users to upgrade to Windows 10.
Clicking the red cross on the right hand corner of the pop-up box now activates the upgrade instead of closing the box.
Cattle drugs could fuel climate change, study suggests
Dung contaminated with the drugs released 1.8 times more methane
Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests.
Scientists say the drugs boost methane production in cowpats - apparently by favouring antibiotic-resistant, methane-producing organisms in the gut.
US seeks death penalty over Charleston church shooting
Dylann Roof at court for an earlier hearing
Charleston church shooting
The victims of Charleston shooting
Race, rage and the American condition
The power of forgiveness
Obama's evolving language on race
Charleston church shooting
The victims of Charleston shooting
Race, rage and the American condition
The power of forgiveness
Obama's evolving language on race
Greece bailout: Eurozone agrees 'breakthrough' debt deal
The Brussels talks between Eurozone ministers lasted well into the night
Greek debt crisis
What was the point of the Greek election?
Tsipras: Greek leader at heart of crisis
Migrant crisis on Greek islands eclipses election
Profile: Vangelis Meimarakis
Greek debt crisis
What was the point of the Greek election?
Tsipras: Greek leader at heart of crisis
Migrant crisis on Greek islands eclipses election
Profile: Vangelis Meimarakis
Monday, May 23, 2016
Peanut curry death: Restaurant owner Mohammed Zaman jailed
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A "reckless" restaurant
owner has been jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a customer
who had an allergic reaction to a curry.
Paul Wilson, 38, suffered
a severe anaphylactic shock in January 2014 after eating a takeaway
containing peanuts from the Indian Garden in Easingwold, North
Yorkshire.David Cameron buys £1,500 used car for wife Samantha
Second-hand car dealer Iain Harris thought that a call from the Prime Minister's security detail was a "wind-up", and was shocked when he was interested in the modestly-priced Nissan Micra
Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from.
Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from.
The US veterans going back to live in Vietnam
In today's Magazine
Super-sizing science
How one man saved a generation of premature babies
The beautiful flower with an ugly past
Russian pundit wants votes for war dead
Is it more difficult for vegans to push themselves to physical extremes?
Three climbers, including Maria Strydom, died on Everest in three days this weekend (file picture)
Maria Strydom set out for Everest with a mission.
The 34-year-old, a South Africa-born lecturer at a business school in Melbourne, was determined to climb the world's highest mountain with her husband - and to set an example.
Maria Strydom set out for Everest with a mission.
The 34-year-old, a South Africa-born lecturer at a business school in Melbourne, was determined to climb the world's highest mountain with her husband - and to set an example.
Why is Bulgaria making a big fuss about the niqab?
Mariya Petkova Image caption The face-veil ban was first introduced in Pazardjik, where 4% of the population is Muslim
Bulgaria is set to become the latest EU country to ban the niqab, or face veil, after the right-wing coalition party, Patriotic Front, submitted a bill to parliament as a "pre-emptive measure".
Austria election: Unity call after close defeat for far right
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Austria's new president has
vowed to listen to the people's "fear and anger" after his far-right
opponent narrowly missed out on a landmark victory.
Syria blames Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia for deadly bombings
Sugar shortage cuts Coca-Cola production in Venezuela
A sugar shortage has forced Coca-Cola to stop producing soft drinks in Venezuela amid an escalating food and energy shortage.
Coke said that suppliers in Venezuela will "temporarily cease operations due to a lack of raw materials".
EgyptAir: Crashed flight MS804 'did not swerve'
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Brazil crisis: Leaked tape forces minister Romero Juca out
Romero Juca (left) is one of acting President Michel Temer's closest advisers
A close ally of Brazilian acting President Michel Temer is stepping aside in a new political scandal.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Indonesia volcano: Seven killed as Mount Sinabung erupts
The search for injured people is hampered by a continuous current of ashes.
Seven people have been killed after a volcano in western Indonesia erupted, blasting clouds of volcanic ash 3km (2 miles) into the sky.
The victims were farming in an area that was declared unsafe because of its close proximity to Mount Sinabung.
The volcano was still spewing ash on Sunday, hampering rescue operations.
More than a dozen people were killed when it erupted in 2014. It also erupted in 2010, after having been dormant for 400 years.
Rescue teams are still scouring the area, looking for more victims who may have been killed or badly burned by the hot gas and ash clouds released in the eruption.
The army is helping rescue villagers trapped when their homes were enveloped in ashes
Rescue teams were searching homes and farms in the village of Gamber, which was also evacuated in 2014.
What causes volcanoes?
Villagers inspect the path of ash and rocks from the eruption of Mount Sinabung.
Other make for safety, leaving most of their possessions behind
The 2,460-metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is among the country's most active.
Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes.
The 2,460-metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is among the country's most active.
Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes.
The victims were all farming in the exclusion zone around the volcano
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