When Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France in May 2017, he set about exploiting the triple crisis of Brexit, Merkel trying to form coalition, and Donald Trump’s isolationism to recast France as a dynamic startup nation, open for innovation ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says the Minerva-II1 explorers will explore the flying space rock by hopping around it, taking advantage of its low gravity.

A new study suggests that humans might have more in common with octopuses than it appears: they both respond to at least one psychoactive drug in a similar, sociable way. Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the Marine Biological Laboratory o ...

At the opening night of their “Cold and Black and Infinite” tour last night, Nine Inch Nails kicked off the show by performing the entirety of their 1992 Broken EP in full. The performance marked the first time the group have performed “Happiness In ...

Despite centuries of efforts to make standardised French the language of all of France, Occitan, which is intrinsically tied to the local culture, could not be suppressed.

Officials in Vietnam's capital Hanoi are urging residents to stop eating dog meat as it could hurt the city's reputation and lead to diseases like rabies. The Hanoi People's Committee said the practice could tarnish the city's ima ...

A cyberpunk samurai abandons her wrecked motorcycle and makes a last stand against a tide of futuristic Yakuza goons, sword in hand and revolver at her hip. I’ve played a few rounds of Akane, Ludic Studios’s debut arcade slash ’em up and had a good t ...

A "ground-breaking" drug that helps people with diabetes re-grow insulin-making cells has been developed. About 19,000 people live with Type 1 of the condition in Wales and 90% have less than 5% of these cells left. This means they have to ...

It is an argument that has drawn in the likes of Paul McCartney, Plácido Domingo and the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as pioneers of the internet from Tim Berners-Lee to the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. Fought with hashtags, mailshots, open let ...

A gay couple who fled their home countries so they could be together, only to be forcibly separated in Turkey, have arrived safely in Canada, thanks to the efforts of private refugee sponsors. Alireza, who is from Iran, and his partner and Kiran, who ...

Idris Elba has starred in five Marvel movies but that doesn’t mean he’s down with the franchise’s lingo. He admitted as much during an interview with Yahoo Movies UK for his directorial debutYardie. When the MCU – the official acronym for Disney’s Ma ...

The US trade war and a thaw in ties between China and Japan are raising prospects for the world’s biggest regional free-trade deal, analysts said on Sunday after trade negotiators voiced high hopes of reaching a broad agreement in November.

With in less than 15 years more than one third of Bangkok will be inundated, because of extreme rainfalls and changes in weather patterns, according to a World Bank report. Tara Buakamrsi of Greenpeace said, that Bangkok is sinking each year between ...

Tesla Motors Canada has won its case against the Ontario government over electric vehicle rebates.

Dramatic video from a police officer's body camera captures the rescue of a North Texas family from their burning home.

The playwright drew on his own experiences and astute observations to transform American comedy with work including The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park.

Some of the hype around Battlefield V is starting to turn sour. In a note to investors (as The Wall Street Journal spotted), analyst Doug Creutz of investment firm Cowen & Co. said that the game’s preorder numbers were looking weak compared to Ca ...

Vogue is calling on the industry to stop hiring models under the age of 18. And they’re leading the way by refusing to book underage models for the magazine. Vogue and the CFDA announced that they will no longer book models under 18 in an effort to m ...