3 August 2018
There has been little change over the past decade in terms of what kinds of people appear onscreen, according to a recent analysis.
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3 Aug: Cambodia's opposition calls on the Australian Government to reject this week's election results and send Prime Minister Hun Sen a clear signal "that he cannot destroy democracy".... more
2 Aug: A frequent target of tabloid headlines for not having children, the Friends star said the "reckless assumptions" about her life were hurtful and sexist because "maybe [her] purpose on this planet isn't to procreate".... more
2 Aug: A pregnant Canadian woman says she was served a cleaning agent instead of milk in the latte she ordered from a McDonald's in the Canadian province of Alberta.... more
2 Aug: Authorities in China's south-east are confiscating, destroying and even exhuming coffins in accordance with a widely panned "zero burial" policy.... more
2 Aug: Syrian refugee Kassem Eid, who survived the Ghouta sarin gas attack in 2013, says there is no help coming from the US, EU or UN and that only a "miracle" can end Syria's conflict now in its eighth year.... more
2 Aug: As beachgoers in Finland's north sought relief from sweltering temperatures with a dip in the river, they were joined by three reindeer doing exactly the same thing.... more
2 Aug: Facebook and Instagram are set to introduce new tools to help people manage their time on the social media networks, including a time limit and a dashboard showing users how much time they've spent scrolling.... more
2 Aug: Alkaline water, "alkalising" supplements and prescriptive eating programs are regular features in health-food shops these days, claiming to prevent and cure conditions including cancer and osteoporosis. So is the alkaline diet healthy?... more
2 Aug: We hear a lot about white South Africa farmers under attack, but another group of landholders is being killed in far greater numbers and we've barely heard a whimper, writes Michael Jensen.... more
