Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to “fully” cooperate with the Russian election meddling investigation in a plea deal to avoid a second criminal trial. Manafort will have to conduct interviews and debriefings with the probe’s prosecutors, hand over documents and testify in future cases as part of the agreement, a…
The mayor of a town in Italy who has won plaudits from around the world for accepting and integrating migrants has been arrested and accused of encouraging illegal immigration. Domenico “Mimmo” Lucano is the 60-year-old mayor of Riace, a hilltop town in the southern region of Calabria, which for the last 20 years has been…
Four and a half years ago, Microsoft announced a live-action Halo TV series in development at cable network Showtime, backed by Steven Spielberg as an executive producer. Four and a half years later, we’ve not heard anything else. If it feels like a long time ago – that’s because it is. It’s before Halo: The…
An unprecedented drive to collect data from millions of smallholder farmers in 50 developing countries was launched on Monday. The “50 x 2030” programme seeks to boost agricultural productivity and livelihoods across Africa, Asia and Latin America by 2030 – and provide more accurate data to inform policy-makers. The initiative, announced at the Data to End…
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India’s Supreme Court has ruled that one of the country’s holiest Hindu temples must open its doors to women. The Sabarimala temple in Kerala had banned women and girls of "menstruating age" – defined as from 10 to 50 – from entering the place of worship. The precedent could affect hundreds of temples across India…
Australia plans to increase the maximum jail term to 15 years for anyone convicted of food tampering, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as a scare over needles found in strawberries and other fruits gripped the country. Police are investigating more than 100 reports of needles found in fruit. Needles, first found in strawberries produced…
The UK is refusing calls to repatriate at least nine Britons detained in Syria for links to Isil, the Telegraph has learnt, as it emerged crown prosecutors may not have the power to bring returning extremists to justice. The jihadists include two members of the so-called "Beatles", the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s execution squad,…
A former Gulf War tank commander is recruiting experts to form a specialist unit that will protect cultural heritage in war zones, similar to the role carried out by the famed Monuments Men who saved artistic treasures from the Nazis during the Second World War. Lt Colonel Tim Purbrick, who took part in Operation Desert…
After a year of waiting, 80 Days developer Inkle has shown off a proper look at its in-development sci-fi adventure Heaven’s Vault – and confirmed it will arrive on PlayStation 4 this year. (PC and Mac versions have previously been confirmed, with a smartphone launch set to follow later on.) Heaven’s Vault looks like a…