George Orwell’s wife let him offer sex to female friend: letters
British writer George Orwell wrote to a female friend to say that they could have sex twice a year with his wife’s approval, a set of letters bought by Orwell’s son show, nearly 70 years after his death.
Norway finance minister quits over IS woman’s return from Syria
Norwegian Finance Minister Siv Jensen and her right-wing Progress Party will resign from the government over a cabinet decision to help bring a woman suspected of Islamic State affiliation back home to Norway, Jensen said on Monday.
Norway PM Solberg says to stay in office with minority government
Norway’s Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg will remain in office as head of a minority three-party coalition following the resignation of the right-wing Progress Party, Solberg said on Monday.
Most Australian executives say climate change will damage companies: survey
More than 80% of Australian business executives believe climate change will damage their companies, a paper published on Tuesday showed, the highest percentage recorded out of business leaders in 19 countries surveyed.
‘I stayed alive to tell’ – Auschwitz’s dwindling survivors recount horrors of Nazi death camp
A strip of skin tattooed with the Auschwitz death camp number 99288 sits in a silver frame on a shelf in Avraham Harshalom’s living room. It is his prisoner number, etched on to his forearm in 1943.
U.N. says militants targeted aid worker hub in northern Nigeria
Islamist militants attacked a facility housing several aid groups in northeast Nigeria at the weekend in what the United Nations warned on Monday is an escalation in violence specifically targeting aid workers.
Britain’s Prince Harry meets African leaders in London
Britain’s Prince Harry attended a summit for leaders of 21 African countries in London hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, the day after he spoke of his sadness that he would shortly be giving up royal duties.
Son of Burkina Faso gold miner owner released after year-long captivity
The son of an Indian gold mine owner in Burkina Faso, who was kidnapped by unidentified assailants in 2018, has been released, his father said on Monday.
Erdogan says Somalia has invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas: NTV
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Somalia had invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas, after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya last year, broadcaster NTV reported.
Iran says it will quit global nuclear treaty if case goes to U.N.
Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.
