USA US police violence: A few bad apples or systemic racism? President Donald Trump's national security adviser blamed 'a few bad apples' for police brutality. Do you agree? 01/06/2020
Transport World's largest all-electric plane generates zero carbon emissions The new aircraft is "disrupting the transportation industry and accelerating the electric aviation revolution.” 01/06/2020
USA Christo, artist who wrapped world's landmarks, dies at 84 Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, famously cloaked Berlin's Reichstag, Paris's Pont Neuf and Australia's Little Bay in reams of fabric. 01/06/2020
USA George Floyd killing: New autopsy finds Floyd died of asphyxiation Violent clashes have spread over the weekend as protesters defied city curfews, amid widespread anger at the latest police killing of a black American. 31/05/2020
USA SpaceX astronauts dock successfully with ISS after historic launch Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have arrived at the International Space Station after the first successful launch of astronauts into orbit by a private company - Elon Musk's SpaceX. 30/05/2020
USA George Floyd killing: Minnesota to fully mobilize National Guard Protests and riots have flared overnight in cities across the US even though a Minneapolis police officer has been charged with murder over the killing of black American man. 30/05/2020
USA Minneapolis: Police officer charged but protests spread across US Minneapolis: Officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck charged with murder but protests against police brutality spread across US 29/05/2020
USA Trump challenges liability protections for social media companies The US President signed an executive order directs executive agencies to ask for review of social media companies' liability protections. 28/05/2020
USA Playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies aged 84 “The one nice thing that I seem to have acquired, accidentally, is this reputation of everyone afraid of my voice,” Kramer once said. 28/05/2020
USA In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets The US President said Twitter's fact-check warning is stifling freedom of expression and accused the platform of interfering in the US presidential elections. 27/05/2020
USA Bad weather delays Space X launch to send two NASA astronauts to ISS This is the first time a private company launches a manned flight to the International Space Station 27/05/2020
no comment Aquarium releases first footage of newborn beluga whale The calf weighed 78.9 kilograms and measured 1.64 metres long. 26/05/2020
USA Trump wants a 'comeback' G7 summit in the US. But does anyone else? Few countries have given Trump a clear commitment. 21/05/2020
USA US authorities arrest two men accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan The two men are wanted by japan on charges they helped ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape the country in a box in December. 20/05/2020
USA Trump accuses WHO of favouring China and makes funding threat US President Donald Trump says he is prepared to permanently withdraw funds to the World Health Organization in 30 days 19/05/2020
USA Trump defends taking anti-malarial drug as COVID-19 protection US President Donald Trump says he has been taking a drug used by lupus and arthritis sufferers to protect himself from COVID-19, despite a lack of evidence that it actually combats the disease. 19/05/2020
Outdoor Blue bee with ‘unusual facial hair’ re-discovered in the wild An ultra-rare, navy coloured bee has been spotted in Florida with some unusual facial features. 18/05/2020
USA Obama criticises US coronavirus response in online graduation speech “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama said. 17/05/2020
USA US looking to get COVID-19 vaccine 'by year end', says Trump The US President said the country is pouring resources into expediting vaccine trials and getting ready to quickly produce and distribute the vaccine once it's been developed. 15/05/2020
Outdoor Why are the waves in California glowing blue? The natural phenomenon is drawing visitors who are swimming and surfing in the luminous waves. 14/05/2020
Outdoor What polar bears and monkeys can teach us about social distancing The animal kingdom has been helping scientists understand how diseases are transmitted between groups. 13/05/2020
Ideas Revolutionary new robots run so fast they could overtake cheetahs Robotics developed in North Carolina have been designed to run like cheetahs, but what will they be used for? 12/05/2020
no comment Costume-wearing walkers boost morale amid Michigan's COVID-19 lockdown Members' costumes vary each time, from hippos to sharks and dinosaurs to bears. 12/05/2020
Cuisine Iconic Campbell’s Soup goes green, but what would Andy Warhol think? Saving soup cans from going to landfill is surely something Warhol would have approved of. 12/05/2020
USA 'Don't ask me, ask China': Trump clashes with reporter on US tests The US President clashed with two reporters before walking out of his own White House coronavirus briefing. 12/05/2020
USA Rock'n'roll legend Little Richard has died aged 87 Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably changed popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87. 09/05/2020
