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Bhutan's first female minister: engineer, equality warrior and former civil servant
Introducing the Ancient Greeks review – the culture that shaped our world
Pope Francis calls Armenian slaughter 'first genocide of 20th century'
Everest: is it right to go back to the top?
Could Isis’s ‘cyber caliphate’ unleash a deadly attack on key targets?
Ger Duany: ‘As an actor, I share my life story with other kids who are struggling’
Flying on sunshine: Solar Impulse 2 in round-the-world flight
Australia calls for Yemen ceasefire on eve of Julie Bishop's visit to Iran
New Zealand's rock star economy takes centre stage as currency climbs
Beijing to limit Hong Kong visits by mainland Chinese
Quokka survives alleged attempt by French tourists to light it on fire
Richie Benaud's family declines Tony Abbott's offer of a state funeral
The Le Pen family: family feud ends in political patricide
Barack Obama says Hillary Clinton 'would make an excellent president'
'Convince us you're not just the anointed one': Iowa waits for Hillary
Iowa Democrats say Hillary Clinton is not their candidate yet - video
Can the geek who hates the spotlight guide Hillary to the White House?
Target Pluto: fastest spaceship set for epic encounter with our remotest planet
Cannabis smokers warned they risk poorer exam grades
‘The flag of white supremacy still flies on our State House. We’re stuck in the past’

Bhutan's first female minister: engineer, equality warrior and former civil servant

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Minister Dorji Choden is one of just six female parliamentarians in the tiny Himalayan country, helping the country to develop but stay happy

Introducing the Ancient Greeks review – the culture that shaped our world

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

This invaluable study of the 2,000-year legacy of the 'Greek miracle' reveals why the west will be always in the country's debt

Pope Francis calls Armenian slaughter 'first genocide of 20th century'

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 12:46 AM PDT

Pontiff's comments are likely to anger Turkey, which denies that the deaths 100 years ago constituted genocide

Everest: is it right to go back to the top?

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 12:00 AM PDT

A year after the avalanche that killed 16 Sherpas, climbers are gathering at Everest again. Should Nepalese guides continue to be put at risk to enable rich westerners to reach the summit? Carole Cadwalladr went to base camp to weigh the rights and wrongs of a risky business

Could Isis’s ‘cyber caliphate’ unleash a deadly attack on key targets?

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:15 PM PDT

Britain's new spy chief has warned that we are in a 'technology arms race' with terrorists recruiting an army of hackers to their cause Continue reading...

Ger Duany: ‘As an actor, I share my life story with other kids who are struggling’

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

The Sudanese actor on being a child refugee, the healing power of basketball – and why LA beats NYC…

Flying on sunshine: Solar Impulse 2 in round-the-world flight

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Fuelled only by the sun – lithium batteries store energy for use after dark – Solar Impulse 2 is about a quarter of the way through its circumnavigation of the globe, a four-month endeavour that is scheduled to touch down in Abu Dhabi in July. If successful, it will be the first solar-powered plane to complete the trip, an engineering triumph and inspiration for carbon-neutral travel.

It's a test of both man and machine. With room for only one person in the cockpit, the plane's Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, must alternate each leg of the mission, taking the helm for up to five days each. Borschberg says the key is self-hypnosis, meditation and power naps: "We sleep only over the oceans, for safety reasons, for a maximum of 20 minutes." The pioneering spirit is in Piccard's blood: "my grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, my father was the first man to touch the bottom of the Mariana trench," he says.

Photographs will be added as the mission continues.

Australia calls for Yemen ceasefire on eve of Julie Bishop's visit to Iran

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 10:56 PM PDT

Foreign minister expresses concerns about the civilian death toll in the escalating conflict, joining UN secretary general in pushing for return to negotiations

New Zealand's rock star economy takes centre stage as currency climbs

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 09:36 PM PDT

New Zealand is going to remain strong economically, says one economist, as the NZ dollar moves towards parity with the Australian dollar

Beijing to limit Hong Kong visits by mainland Chinese

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 08:48 PM PDT

Unlimited trips cut to one a week per person after territory's residents complained of being swamped by 47 million visitors last year

Quokka survives alleged attempt by French tourists to light it on fire

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:38 PM PDT

Two men, aged 18 and 24, will face court on animal cruelty charges after police seized a video of the alleged attack on the marsupial on Rottenest Island near Perth

Richie Benaud's family declines Tony Abbott's offer of a state funeral

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:17 PM PDT

Family of cricketing great, who died last week, turns down Australian prime minister's offer, saying he wanted a private service

The Le Pen family: family feud ends in political patricide

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 05:26 PM PDT

When Jean-Marie's daughter succeeded him as president of the Front National, she set out to widen the appeal of the far-rightwing party, much to her father's disgust: his latest outburst could well end in his ejection Continue reading...

Barack Obama says Hillary Clinton 'would make an excellent president'

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:58 PM PDT

President speaks at press conference after historic Castro meeting
Former secretary of state 'is going to have strong messages to deliver'

A day before Hillary Clinton's much-touted launch of her run for the White House in 2016, Barack Obama said on Saturday that his former secretary of state and 2008 primary opponent would be "an excellent president".

'Convince us you're not just the anointed one': Iowa waits for Hillary

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:19 PM PDT

As Hillary Clinton prepares to run for president, Democrats in the Hawkeye state – likely opponents as well as voters – insist she will not have it easy

Iowa Democrats say Hillary Clinton is not their candidate yet - video

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:17 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. But in Iowa, host to the first-in-the-nation caucus, not everyone thinks her victory is a foregone conclusion Continue reading...

Can the geek who hates the spotlight guide Hillary to the White House?

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:05 PM PDT

As Clinton announces her campaign, it's the data-obsessive Robby Mook who will run the show. And one of his tasks will be what to do with Bill Continue reading...

Target Pluto: fastest spaceship set for epic encounter with our remotest planet

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:05 PM PDT

Nasa's New Horizons spaceship has travelled billions of miles in nine years to answer astronomers' questions about the tiny world Continue reading...

Cannabis smokers warned they risk poorer exam grades

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:05 PM PDT

Dutch study finds mathematics results suffer most from dope consumption – findings sure to fuel debate over steps towards legalisation

‘The flag of white supremacy still flies on our State House. We’re stuck in the past’

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:04 PM PDT

It was the 150th anniversary of General Lee's surrender on 9 April, an event that led to the end of the civil war, and so to the abolition of slavery. But in North Charleston, the brutal killing of Walter Scott meant no one was celebrating Continue reading...

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