President Xi and Macron also confirmed the opening of a branch for the Paris modern art museum, the Pompidou Center, in Shanghai this fall. Via: Macron rolls out the red carpet for President Xi as Chinese leader is greeted with full honours
Children are currently weighed when they start primary school at the age of four and when they leave aged 11.Children already overweight by four, Oxford and Manchester academics say. Via: Weigh children from the age of TWO to prevent them from developing obesity, warn researchers
Buttler’s time at the crease was brought to a premature end when Ravi Ashwin removed his bails using a tactic that while lawful, is widely seen as being against the spirit of the game. Via: Jos Buttler caught in Mankad storm after being run-out at non-striker's end by Ravi Ashwin Read more
The cost of a first class stamp rose to 70p yesterday, with second class stamps going up to 61p. The 3p increases mark the largest joint rise for the stamps since 2012. Via: Cost of first and second class stamps goes up in largest joint rise since 2012
Avenatti charged with attempting to extort millions from Nike, and also charged with wire and bank fraud in separate caseThe high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti was charged with trying to extort more than $20m from the sports company Nike.Avenatti, the former lawyer for Stormy Daniels and a prominent critic of Donald Read more
Space agency blames shortage of outerwear after first-of-its-kind mission falls throughNasa’s plans for an all-female spacewalk have fallen through – at least in part because the agency doesn’t have enough spacesuits that fit the astronauts.Early this month, Nasa announced that Christina Koch and Anne McClain would take part in the Read more
The New Zealand prime minister’s politics can heal rather than entrench divisionsWhen doing my fieldwork with Christian Lebanese fighters in the middle of the Lebanese civil war, I witnessed a conversation concerning what to do with prisoners captured following a successful overrunning of a Palestinian camp.The conversation was casually happening Read more
Police search for Wanzhen Lu, 22, who was bundled into van by masked gang in Markham, near TorontoPolice in Canada are searching for a Chinese university student following an armed kidnapping using “significant” violence over the weekend.Wanzhen Lu, 22, was shocked several times with a stun gun by three masked Read more
Free movement, housing and social security rights at risk, says parliamentary reportEU citizens living in the UK would be stripped of their freedom of movement, housing and social security rights by Home Office legislation introduced to regulate immigration following Brexit, a parliamentary report has warned.Despite repeated government reassurances that their Read more
‘He was once a whip, he wasn’t a very good whip,’ speaker says of Greg Hands Via: Brexit vote: MPs clashes with speaker after John Bercow insults ex-whip