Month: September 2017

The treasury department is investigating the secretary’s request for a $25,000-per-hour US air force plane to fly him and his wife, Louise Linton, around EuropeSteven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, requested the use of a government jet for his European honeymoon, it was reported on Wednesday.The treasury department’s inspector general Read more…

High mountains of Asia hold biggest store of frozen water outside the poles and feed many of the world’s great rivers, including the GangesAsia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who Read more…

Transport for London trials green paint to indicate where to board in bid to ease congestion – but has provoked the ire of some combative passengers Seasoned London Underground commuters have complained green platform markings indicating where carriage doors will open have ruined their “competitive advantage” at being first on Read more…

Illamasqua hires Munroe Bergdorf, sacked by French firm after urging white people to be aware of unconscious racismA transgender model fired by L’Oreal for making comments about systemic racism on social media has been chosen as the face of a new campaign by a rival beauty brand.Munroe Bergdorf was sacked Read more…

Exclusive: Emma Dent Coad won her Kensington seat just four days before the fire. Now 100 days on, she explains why the relief effort has been the 'second disaster' to face survivors since the blaze Via: 'Who is even in charge?': Kensington's Labour MP on Grenfell's forgotten victims three months Read more…