Biden calls Trump 'absolute fool' for not wearing mask
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday called his Republican rival Donald Trump an "absolute fool" for not wearing a mask at a series of recent public events, saying his lack of leadership on the issue is "costing people's lives." Colette Luke has more. Read more...
Charlatan, a Belmont Stakes Contender, Tests Positive for a Banned Substance
Charlatan was one of two horses trained by Bob Baffert that tested positive for a banned numbing agent at a recent meet in Arkansas. Read more...
John Grisham, Gerald Jacobs, Leaf Arbuthnot and Catherine Lacey This week's best new fiction
The Camino Island series, featuring bookseller Bruce Cable, is a chance for Grisham to have fun. This time the Florida barrier island is struck by a hurricane and amid the chaos a writer is killed. Read more...
Sex toy sales take off amid Colombia's coronavirus quarantine
Gerson Monje holds up his cellphone to proudly show off his online sex shop. A red banner reading "sold out!" is plastered across half of the products. Read more...
Why the migration drop is bad news for Australia's economic recovery
During theNational Press Club on Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters overseas net migration could fall to34,000 next year. Read more...
DIARY - Italy to June 30
Inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event. Read more...
John Legend, Memorial Day Events and More Livestreaming This Week
Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for in coming days, and when to tune in. Read more...
A Crush on Her Art Teacher
Metropolitan Diary A memory of a lonely student's passion for a professor gazing at her, loving her voice, writing poems about her. Read more...
U.K. to Quarantine All Incoming Air Travelers; a Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promise
Immunizations are falling because of pandemic disruptions, raising fears of surges in preventable disease. Lockdowns complicate the Muslim holiday Eid. Chinas National Peoples Congress offers a show of strength. Read more...
Yes, It Is Possible to Change History. Write a Novel!
In her best-selling debut, The Henna Artist, Alka Joshi changes the course of her mothers life. Read more...
Benjamin Grosvenor album review His playing is entirely devoid of shallow point-scoring
Sometimes hype is just that; hype. But occasionally it's true. Read more...
'I feel energised and I am ready to attack' Lewis Hamilton sends ominous warning to F1 rivals
Hamilton emerged from his winter hibernation at Silverstone on Wednesday to get his first taste of the Mercedes he hopes will fire him to a sixth world title. Read more...
Its Not Too Late to Get a Virtual Internship
Heres how college students whose summer plans fell through can line up virtual internships. Read more...
Joe Wicks turns down Strictly every year and will '100 per cent NOT be' venturing into reality TV
Joe Wicks has ruled out ever doing reality TV - revealing that he is approached to take part on Strictly Come Dancing every year. Read more...
Andrew Perry
An article on September 5, 2010, "...fury as police cash in on car phone picture" said Andrew Perry, a CPS lawyer, might have been in contempt of court by giving a presentation using an evidence picture of footballer Jermain Defoe using a mobile phone while driving, before the case had been heard. In fact the picture related to a speeding case, prosecuted by Mr Perry, that had already concluded; a mobile phone case mentioned in the article had not yet begun. We are happy to set the record straight. Read more...
Dealers jailed after 20m haul found in one of UK's biggest ever drugs busts
Baldev Singh Sahota and Shakti Gupta were sentenced after police found 168 kilograms of cocaine among pallets of frozen food when they pulled over a van on the A45 in the Midlands. Read more...
Connectivity for pilots, passengers on display at Paris Airshow
Ground-breaking aviation technology is on display at this week's Paris Airshow. Jim Drury went to take a look. Read more...
Matt Hancock LAUGHS OFF suggestion he has rushed contact tracing scheme
Doctors and other staff reported major teething troubles as the much-trumpeted scheme finally got up and running, with some saying they had not even received passwords to start work. Read more...
EU mergers and takeovers (Jan 8)
The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process Read more...
House Passes Uighur Human Rights Bill, Prodding Trump to Punish China
The House overwhelmingly cleared legislation that would punish top Chinese officials for detaining more than one million Muslims in internment camps. Read more...