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‘Time for compassion to prevail’: could the remaining Bali Nine members finally be coming home?
In the dark of the early morning of 29 April 2015, two members of Australia’s so-called Bali Nine were each tied to a stake in a floodlit field on the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran refused blindfolds, and sang as they stood before a firing …
Andrew Chan
The then 22-year-old was described as a ringleader and organiser of the smuggling plot along with Myuran Sukumaran. He was arrested at Denpasar airport.
Chan became a committed Christian in prison and married his fiancee, Febyanti Herewila, days before his death. He was executed by firing squad
Why do we kiss? ‘I am not sure we have anything close to an explanation’
We do it sitting in a tree, under the mistletoe, at midnight to ring in the new year. In fairytales, the act transforms frogs into princes and awakens heroines from enchanted slumber. We make up with it, seal with it, and – in Romeo Montague’s case at least – die …
Syrian militants reach central Aleppo as government forces appear to retreat
Islamist rebels once exiled to a mountainous pocket of the Syrian countryside now roam the streets of central Aleppo, taking pictures below its ancient citadel and tearing down symbols of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
across north-western Syria appears to …Starmer to pledge cuts to NHS waiting lists and crime in major reset for Labour
Keir Starmer will pledge this week to undertake the most ambitious programme for government “in a generation”, as he sets out new targets to refocus his premiership amid falling approval ratings and the first resignation from his cabinet.
In a political gamble designed to draw a line under the bumpy …
Australia’s rapid turnaround following proven Joe Schmidt blueprint | Daniel Gallan
The last time Australia won in Dublin, in November 2013, Joe Schmidt was sitting in the other coaching box having just taken control of an Ireland team in disarray. Declan Kidney had presided over a fifth-place finish in the Six Nations, Ireland’s worst result since the competition was expanded to …
Carreras runs the show as Gloucester end Northampton’s unbeaten home run
We were denied the consummation of another comeback from the dead, but we were treated to the usual entertainment all the same. Northampton’s struggles continue, here surrendering a 17-match unbeaten run at home. Gloucester, though, after an exhilarating opening 40 minutes move ever closer to the playoff zone with a …
Ireland give Farrell winning send-off in battling comeback against Australia
At the finish it wasn’t readily apparent who was at the end of yet another enervating season and who was not even at the halfway point. It can get like that when the margins are tight and the mind takes over. For Australia they were trying to get beyond break-even …
We need to talk about capitalism. Why won’t Labour do it?
We often hear how ministers should be more honest about the state of the economy. How they should signal their intentions and, before announcing a policy shift, have the guts and intellectual heft to debate the expected impact in public, such that when a section of the public dislikes the …
Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British
23andMe is facing implosion. As the once-promising
testing company flounders – losing 98% of its $6bn value, all its independent board members,nearly half its staff
– many of its 15 million customersare scrambling
to delete their DNA data from the company’s archives. …