Singapore has made a second massive seizure of trafficked pangolin scales less than a week after 12.7 tonnes of the illegal animal parts were found in a container labelled as cassia seeds. The shipment, seized on Monday but only publicised a few days later, was travelling on the same Nigeria to Vietnam route that another…
1938 Buffalo, New York: – Vic Christy defeated Don McIntyre to win the Montreal and Toronto World Heavyweight Titles 1940 Boston, Massachusetts: – The French Angel defeated Steve Casey for the Boston AWA World Heavyweight Title 1954 Amarillo, Texas: – Dory Funk defeated Roy Shire for the Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title Stockton, California: – Ben…
Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old presidential hopeful who has surged in the polls, had two campaign events in Iowa disrupted by homophobic heckles on Tuesday. One event saw a middle-aged white man repeatedly shout “Sodom and Gomorrah”, a reference to the biblical cities. Another saw a protester call out: "You betray your baptism.” Mr Buttigieg, the mayor…
WWE is looking at various ways of presenting their TV shows while they’re forced to tape on closed set locations with no fans due to the coronavirus pandemic. WWE issued a Fan Council Survey this week to gauge feedback on potential options for the way shows are presented on TV. The most interesting options would…
Today is Anzac Day, the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, with events taking place across the globe to honour those who served in war. Recognised annually on April 25, the day marks the anniversary of the first significant military action fought by Australian and New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. On…
Giving cash to mosques, failing to chat to to neighbours, and walking in public without authorisation have been revealed as the seemingly mundane reasons for police investigations of Muslims in west China’s Xinjiang region. Human Rights Watch (HRW) made changes to a police app to reveal the scores of seemingly lawful acts that officers record…
Alabama has introduced a law banning almost all abortions in the state, setting up a direct challenge to the landmark US Supreme Court ruling which gave women a constitutional right to end a pregnancy. The legislation makes abortion illegal at every stage of pregnancy, including in cases involving rape or incest, unless a woman’s life is…
Perturbateurs endocriniens, substances cancérogènes… Les crèmes solaires pour enfant contiennent de nombreuses substances toxiques pour la santé et l’environnement. Comment s’y retrouver pour déchiffrer l’étiquette d’un produit ? Petit lexique des substances considérées comme "extrêmement préoccupantes" par les associations Agir pour l’environnement et WCEF France. Sommaire BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene ou 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol) Cyclopentasiloxane (ou silicone D5) …
Russell Crowe serait intéressé par le rôle de Javert dans l’adaptation des “Misérables” par Tom Hooper avec Hugh Jackman en Jean Valjean. Mais Paul Bettany est également en lice… Il y a quelques semaines, on apprenait que Hugh Jackman avait accepté d’incarner Jean Valjean dans une nouvelle version des Misérables, signée Tom Hooper (Le Discours…
Sebastian Vettel rejected Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto’s claim that the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Italian outfit to rethink its driver plans for 2021. After repeatedly saying last winter that Vettel was the Scuderia’s first choice to race alongside Charles Leclerc next season, Ferrari unexpectedly announced that the German’s contract would not be renewed at the…