Canadian apiary store owner foils honey heist by marauding swarm of ‘robber bees’
Bees can attack a rival hive to steal its honey stores, making it vulnerable to predation from other animals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Bees can attack a rival hive to steal its honey stores, making it vulnerable to predation from other…
Joseph Kony case in The Hague begins with accounts of alleged atrocities
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which sought to overthrow the Ugandan government from 1986. Photograph: Stuart Price/AP Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which sought to overthrow the Ugandan government from 1986. Photograph:…
Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa Climate Summit
Technicians install solar panels on a factory roof in Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Technicians install solar panels on a factory roof in Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Renewable energy Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa…
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt rift deepens
Members of the Ethiopian Republic March Band perform in front of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam in Guba on Tuesday. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Ethiopian Republic March Band perform in front of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam…
Ozempic maker to cut 9,000 jobs as it warns ‘knock-off’ jabs hit profits
1 hour ago Charlotte EdwardsBusiness reporter Getty Images The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has announced it will cut 9,000 jobs weeks after warning that profits will fall as more “knock-off” weight-loss drugs emerge. The redundancies make up…
Contactless card payments could become unlimited
2 hours ago Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images Contactless card payments are set to exceed £100 and potentially become unlimited under new proposals to allow banks and other providers to set limits. The proposals from the Financial Conduct…
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
6 hours ago Andy Verity, Tom Beal & Will DahlgreenBBC News BBC The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run…
Police should stop logging non-crime hate incidents, watchdog says
1 hour ago Cachella Smith Getty Images Non-crime hate incidents should stop being recorded by the police, the policing watchdog has said. Sir Andy Cooke, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said current legislation places police in an “invidious position”…
More embarrassing Epstein exchanges to come, says Mandelson
19 minutes ago Kate Whannelpolitical reporter and Nick Eardleypolitical correspondent The UK’s ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, has said he believes further “embarrassing” correspondence between himself and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein will be published. On Tuesday, US lawmakers released…