Most dogs run away from their owners when they are being told off for chewing up things in the house. But one dog in Paragould, Arkansas, tried out a bizarre new trick when he realised he was in trouble. Reno the dog crept towards his owner in slow-motion in strange …...Read More

Leonardo da Vinci had a 'super-fast eye' that let him capture momentary changes like the flutter of a dragonfly wings or the 'enigmatic magic' of Mona Lisa's smile. This superhuman trait is similar to one top tennis players and baseball player share and allowed the great master to capture the …...Read More

Boris Johnson announced an unwinding of the lockdown in England last night, saying coronavirus had dwindled enough to make 'life easier'. But ministers admit that the new rules are more complicated - and people will have to use 'common sense' to navigate the new 'normal'. The government has issued guidance …...Read More

The video of Mr. Floyd’s death and the outcry over racial injustice that came after has awakened many white Americans to a reality that people of color have known their whole lives: The scores of police killings they have seen in the news in recent years were not one-off incidents, …...Read More

Pictures never before seen of Vladimir Putin's two daughters from his ex-wife have emerged from the private collection of his one-time closest confidant. The images show Maria and Katerina as teenagers soon after the Kremlin leader took power in the early 2000s. They appear to have been released to enrage …...Read More

British tourists are back in Benidorm - and have got the resort virtually to themselves. Julie Broom, 61, was one of the first to arrive after boarding a flight to Alicante airport from Leeds Bradford at 9am on Sunday. Sitting in a bar along the deserted seafront while enjoying a …...Read More

Advertisement Columns of tanks and troops are parading through Red Square today as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations to stir up patriotic fervour ahead of a vote on extending his rule. Forced to postpone the country's traditional May 9 Victory Day celebrations by the coronavirus pandemic, …...Read More

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A transgender author who quit JK Rowling’s literary agency today declared she had 'got in with the wrong crowd' who had made her 'very scared' of trans people. Fox Fisher and three other writers resigned from The Blair Partnership, which has long represented the Harry Potter author, who has been …...Read More

Advertisement An eight-bedroom townhouse in London's upmarket Marylebone area, once owned by Victorian retail lawyer Christopher Bicknell and let to famous musicians in the 1960s and 1970s, has gone up for sale at £9.75 million. The elegant Grade II listed Georgian home covers 5,043 square feet and stands on Manchester …...Read More