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China plans to fingerprint foreign visitors
Visa change would affect workers abroad, journalists and students as China follows US with tighter rulesChinese legislators are considering new visa rules that would introduce fingerprinting of...
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The euro: happy new year? Fat chance | Editorial
Let us fantasise that this festive quiet conceals dervish-like activity by euroland policy-makersThe week between Christmas and New Year, and all is quiet on the financial front. In markets as thin as...
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Plantwatch: Traveller's joy and old man's beard herald Father Christmas
The long autumn was finally blown to smithereens by this month's gales and frosty nights. Even oaks, often the last tree to lose their leaves, are looking bedraggled, but now that most trees have lost...
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Diversity in public life: all about Adam | Editorial
The national public discourse is still largely conducted by a monocultural middle-class masculine eliteBritain's boardrooms are white and male. So, predominantly, is parliament and government, and so...
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Indian activist Anna Hazare on hunger strike as MPs debate anti-graft bill
Campaigner and his team say proposal to create anti-corruption ombudsman will not stamp out endemic petty briberyThe veteran Indian campaigner Anna Hazare has started a three-day hunger strike while...
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In praise of … Jedward | Editorial
While the rest of Ireland is collectively cowed due to the recession, at least the twins are keeping their heads highWhile the rest of Ireland is collectively bent over all bowed and cowed due to the...
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Chilean paper must pay compensation to churros recipe burns victims
Judge ruled that if readers followed recipe exactly, the dough-based snack had a good chance of explodingChile's supreme court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 (£79,000) to 13 people who...
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Olympic security will not overshadow visitor welcome, says Lord Coe
Troop and military hardware deployment will not turn London into a siege city during Games, says head of organising committeeThe London 2012 chairman, Lord Coe, has promised the capital will not become...
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Nick Clegg warns of great challenges ahead in 2012
Lib Dem leader uses gloomy new year message to insist actions taken in coalition were 'not easy' but rightNick Clegg has warned in a new year message that 2012 poses "many great challenges" for...
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First-time buyers may be the losers in shared equity scheme
Property developers have been ones to gain from government scheme aimed at buyers on low incomes, claims thinktankThousands of homeowners may have overpaid for new flats bought using government shared...
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Science charities face funding cuts
'Back door' cuts could harm economy, says LabourThe government has been warned that it is in danger of hindering Britain's economic growth after figures revealed that severe spending cuts are being...
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Afghanistan and Iraq veterans set to pile pressure on health service
Armed forces cuts could see thousands more combat veterans needing help to cope with range of mental illnessesCuts to the armed forces could lead to thousands more combat veterans from Iraq and...
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New Ofsted chief proposes creation of team to identify failing academies
Network of local commissioners would identify bad headteachers and institutions that should lose academy statusA team of local commissioners should be employed to identify institutions that should lose...
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Cristina Kirchner to be treated for thyroid cancer
Argentinian president to be operated on in January before taking 20 days of medical leaveThe Argentinian president, Cristina Kirchner, is to be operated on in January for thyroid cancer, according to a...
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Spain makes €9bn budget cuts to cover rising deficit
The full budget, designed to meet Spain's target of €16.5bn in budget cuts, will be presented to parliament on 31 March Spain's new government said on Friday that the country's budget deficit is higher...
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John Chichester-Constable
The sperm whale skeleton described in Moby-Dick adorned his stately homeJohn Chichester-Constable, who has died aged 84, was heir to Burton Constable, a splendid though crumbling pile in the flatlands...
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China plans manned moon mission
Nearly 40 years after Nasa last did it, Chinese space agency announces its 'preliminary plan for a human lunar landing'Nearly 40 years after the cold grey soil of the moon was last disturbed by...
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Sam Rivers
Influential American jazz multi-instrumentalist who remained at the cutting edgeThe multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who has died aged 88, was one of the last messengers from the 1940s bebop era and...
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Burma byelection set for April to contest 48 parliamentary seats
Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, says it plans to run in every seatThe Burmese government has announced that its much anticipated byelection will take place on 1 April.The...
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Maldives shuts down spa resorts over 'anti-Islamic' activities
Protests led by Islamist opposition claims luxury spas are front for prostitution and called for their closureThe government in the Maldives has ordered hundreds of luxury resorts to close their spas...
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