France’s medical ethics committee has issued "reservations" about a bill debated on Tuesday to legalise medical assisted pregnancies for lesbians and single women, warning offspring without fathers posed a developmental "risk". Under current French law, only heterosexual couples have the right to use medically assisted procreation methods such as in vitro fertilisation, commonly known as…
A well-known Sicilian chef who was arrested with drugs at his home, justified their presence by saying he was looking for "new flavours" for contemporary cuisine, Italian media reported Saturday. Officers found two two-metre-high marijuana plants and 500 grams of Indian hemp inflorescences at chef Carmelo Chiaramonte’s home in Trecastagni, a village at the foot…
Spanish police arrested four drug traffickers who stopped to save their lives after the officers were thrown overboard during a high speed boat chase off the coast of Malaga on Friday. The three police officers fell into the sea following a collision with the trafficking boat during the chase, a Guardia Civil statement said. A…
It was hailed as the end of an eight-year manhunt that had gripped France: one of the country’s most wanted fugitives, who vanished without a trace following the massacre of his family, had been captured at Glasgow airport. But little more than 12 hours later, the supposed arrest of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was instead…
The parents of Harry Dunn have accused the British government of abandoning them during their visit to the United States, saying they believe the Foreign Office “just want us to go away and forget about it all”. Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn will leave the US on Friday, at the end of a whirlwind five-day…
A tourist in Venice took out his anger over the meagre rate offered by a currency exchange bureau by allegedly holding hostage a female employee in protest. The 46-year-old Israeli man walked into a currency exchange office near the Rialto Bridge, which spans the Grand Canal, and asked to change US dollars into Euros. Furious…
Protesters clashed with police again in the streets of Hong Kong, taking advantage of Halloween to don costume masks – from neon skulls to pumpkins – in defiance of a ban on masks. Hundreds of revellers and protesters were fenced in by riot police in Lan Kwai Fong, a popular nightlife neighbourhood, with the uniformed…
Chose assez rare pour être signalée : Paramount Pictures vient de mettre en ligne la scène d’après-générique de “Captain America” (dans une version réduite toutefois), qui sortira chez nous le 17 août. A ne pas voir si vous souhaitez garder la surprise jusque là… Sorti vendredi dernier outre-Atlantique, Captain America est la dernière adaptation Marvel…
Three Americans have died in an air tanker crash while fighting wildfires in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to reports. The water-bombing tanker had been chartered by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, and was fighting a bushfire near the town of Cooma, in the southeast part of the state. The…
ATLANTA, GA — Nearly 200 Georgia residents who have recently traveled to China are self-monitoring for symptoms of the deadly new coronavirus, state health officials said Tuesday. The residents are under self-quarantine, which allows them to stay at home for two weeks, the period experts say is needed to develop the disease. So far, no…