Month: April 2019

A teenage Bangladeshi girl who reported being sexually harassed has died after being set on fire at school. Police and school authorities had ignored her “Bangladeshi teenager set on fire after accusing teacher of harassment”

My drawings are best described as written maps or graphic reportages. These pieces are from my book The Soft Atlas of Amsterdam. The title is “‘Amsterdam is a cat city pretending to be a dog’ – a cartoon”

Nobody died. That was the big news from Winterfell, the first episode of Game of Thrones’ final series. But don’t be disappointed, because deaths are “Murder is coming! Every death match we demand from Game of Thrones”

A five-fold expansion in open net fish farms that scientists believe could decimate Iceland’s wild salmon stocks is pitting Big Aquaculture against ecologists in the “Plans to expand Iceland’s fish farms risk decimating wild salmon populations”

People pouring concrete into sewers has led to a “concreteberg” forming in central London that weighs 105 tonnes, as heavy as a blue whale. The “‘Concreteberg’ weighing 105 tonnes found in London sewer”

I have HPV – the human papillomavirus. Infections are common, but the strains I have mean that I’ve had to visit a specialist seven times “My life in sex: the woman with HPV”

Chicago’s top prosecutor described Jussie Smollett as a “washed-up celeb who lied to cops” and whose felony charges were excessive, according to newly released documents “Jussie Smollett: texts and emails reveal pressure on state’s attorney over case”

Robert Mueller described 11 instances in which Donald Trump or his campaign engaged in potential obstruction of justice and suggested Congress might prosecute these acts “Mueller links Trump and campaign to 11 instances of potential obstruction”

Crusader armies were made up of people from remarkably genetically diverse backgrounds, hailing not just from western Europe but also much further east, according to “Crusader armies were remarkably genetically diverse, study finds”

Michael Palin, actor, writer We were on a publicity tour in Amsterdam for Monty Python and the Holy Grail when Eric Idle came up with “How we made Monty Python’s Life of Brian”