Butterfly specimens viewed through a magnifying glass at a museum, their delicate patterns sharply revealed. —AFPAlmost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.Between 1946 and 1947, the British ski champion and acclaimed painter charmed his way into museums in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide and pilfered 3,000 of the insects.He then painted their wings to make them look like different species and stripped labels to erase vital records about which specimen belonged to which museum. His motive remains a mystery — Wyatt later blamed the…
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A police officer is loaded into a Medevac helicopter after a shooting incident in York County’s North Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, US, September 17, 2025.— ReutersThree police officers were shot dead and two more wounded Saturday as they responded to a domestic disturbance call at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home where a man wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire, police said.The officers had been called out to the house following reports of a disturbance, but came under fire from a man inside, triggering a four-hour standoff.”Our hearts and our prayers go out to the officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice,” Police Chief…
Migrants on a fiberglass boat wait to be assisted by NGO Open Arms rescue boat in international waters south of Lampedusa, in the Mediterranean Sea, July 24, 2025. — Reuters TRIPOLI: Nearly 100 Sudanese refugees were killed or remain unaccounted for in two separate boat tragedies off Libya’s coast over the weekend, with UN agencies warning Wednesday that the death toll could climb further.One boat is reported to have capsized on Saturday, while another caught fire on Sunday near the eastern city of Tobruk. Only a small number of survivors have been rescued, with the majority still unaccounted for, the International Organization…
People hold up signs at a ‘Trump Not Welcome’ protest during the state visit of US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, in London, Britain, September 17, 2025. — ReutersLONDON: Armed with signs and shouting slogans, thousands of anti-Donald Trump protesters descended on central London on Wednesday to decry the US president’s unprecedented second state visit to the UK.London’s Metropolitan Police estimated that there were around 5,000 people at the protest, which culminated in a rally in front of parliament.With Trump receiving the red-carpet treatment at Windsor Castle, around 22 miles (35 kilometres) west of London, demonstrators marched…
A global search is on for a 3,000-year-old bracelet belonging to a pharaoh that went missing from a top museum in Cairo, Egypt. The precious gold band, featuring spherical lapis lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of King Amenemope, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from 993 to 984 BC, according to the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry.The case has been referred to the police, the ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook.The ministry said the bracelet went missing from the restoration laboratory at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.An image of the missing bracelet has also been circulated to antiquities…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. — ReutersThe European Union’s foreign policy chief cautioned on Wednesday that efforts to deepen relations with India risk being undermined by New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil and participation in joint military exercises with Moscow.The 27-nation bloc is pressing to seal a trade deal with the world’s most populous nation and strengthen bonds in areas like defence as US President Donald Trump has rocked the global order.”Ultimately, our partnership is…
Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya takes part in a march of members of the Russian opposition in Berlin on March 1, 2025. — AFPThe wife of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny claimed on Wednesday that biological samples taken from him and smuggled abroad revealed he was poisoned while serving his sentence at a remote Arctic prison in February 2024.Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable critic for years, died in mysterious circumstances while serving a 19-year prison sentence on a string of charges widely seen as retribution for his opposition.The charismatic anti-corruption campaigner had rallied hundreds of thousands across Russia in…
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The Israeli military said it was opening an additional route for 48 hours that Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City as it stepped up efforts on Wednesday to empty the city of civilians and confront thousands of Hamas combatants. Hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering in the city and many are reluctant to follow Israel’s orders to move south because of the dangers along the way, dire conditions, a lack of food in the southern area and fear of permanent displacement.“Even if we want to leave Gaza City, is there any guarantee we would be able to come…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four men were arrested on Tuesday after a series of images of Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew were projected onto the external walls of Windsor Castle ahead of the U.S. president’s state visit to the U.K. Political campaign group Led By Donkeys projects an image of Prince Andrew and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle as U.S. President Trump’s second state visit to the U.K. begins on Sept. 16, 2025 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Mark Kerrison / Getty Images Police said in a statement that the men were arrested on…