BBC News

• newBob Hawke 'asked daughter to keep rape claim secret'
  Rosslyn Dillon says Bob Hawke asked her not to report a rape allegation as it would harm his career.
  - 24 mins ago 8 Dec 19, 12:36pm -
• newChina exports fall again as US trade war continues
  The latest China trade data points to further signs of strain in the world's second largest economy.
  - 37 mins ago 8 Dec 19, 12:23pm -
• newUganda floods: At least 16 people dead, Red Cross says
  The Red Cross reports a rising toll in Uganda's deadly floods, as the region reels from weeks of rain.
  - 53 mins ago 8 Dec 19, 12:07pm -

• newDelhi factory fire: More than 40 dead in India blaze
  The blaze, which erupted in the Indian capital's congested old quarter, killed at least 40 people.
  - 58 mins ago 8 Dec 19, 12:02pm -
• newArt Basel: Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana eaten by artist
  The artwork, titled Comedian, consisted of a banana duct-taped to a wall.
  - 59 mins ago 8 Dec 19, 12:01pm -
• newHong Kong pro-democracy protesters out in force
  Tens of thousands rally in the Chinese territory in the seventh month of anti-government protests.
  - 1 hour ago 8 Dec 19, 11:40am -
• newHong Kong pro-democracy rally: 'The streets are full once again'
  The BBC's Laura Bicker estimates hundreds of thousands attended a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong.
  - 2 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 11:10am -
• new'I was kicked out of school for being pregnant'
  Debra Emmanuel is one of 23 who have graduated from a new college for teenage mothers in Tanzania.
  - 5 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 8:16am -
• newPensacola attack: Gunman 'played mass-shooting videos at dinner'
  The Saudi student played footage at a dinner before killing three sailors at the US base, reports say.
  - 8 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 4:54am -
• newVienna opera house stages first opera by woman
  Olga Neuwirth has written a new opera based on Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando.
  - 9 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 3:57am -
• newNorth Korea carries out 'very important test'
  State media did not give details of the test, which comes amid new tensions with the US.
  - 10 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 2:58am -
• newTrump impeachment: House Democrats make constitutional case
  Democrats lay out their constitutional grounds for impeachment as the process gathers pace.
  - 10 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 2:32am -
• newPanipat: The Bollywood battle over an 18th Century war
  Afghan film fans are up in arms after images of Bollywood's latest epic, Panipat, were released.
  - 12 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 1:04am -
• newSeychelles: The island nation with a novel way to tackle climate change
  The Seychelles has swapped 5% of its national debt for a cash injection to fight climate change and save its ocean.
  - 12 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 12:32am -
• newMicroblading: Therapist tattoos eyebrows for cancer patients
  Beautician Laura Woodward is giving women their confidence back through beauty treatments.
  - 13 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 12:17am -
• newTrade disputes settlement system facing crisis
  The World Trade Organization faces a crisis in its system for resolving disputes between members.
  - 13 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 12:01am -
• newRussia doping: Athletes wait in fear of fresh world ban
  Russia faces another sport ban over a doping scandal, but one man has spoken out to demand change.
  - 13 hours ago 8 Dec 19, 12:01am -
• Indian Ocean Dipole: What is it and why is it linked to floods and bushfires?
  A climate system in the Indian Ocean, known as the dipole, is behind extreme weather events in East Africa and Australia.
  - 1 day ago 7 Dec 19, 1:01am -
• Yinka Ilori: My Nigerian narrative of art and design in London
  Yinka Ilori is a London-based artist whose technicolour work is inspired by his Nigerian heritage.
  - 2 days ago 7 Dec 19, 12:11am -
• Greta at United Nations climate talks one year apart
  Life has changed a lot for the environmental activist in the space of a year.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 7:09pm -
• 'Sydney mega fire getting out of control'
  Sydney in Australia has been blanketed by thick smoke all week due to bushfires.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 6:42pm -
• Burkina Faso crisis: 'Soldiers killed seven members of my family'
  Djibril says soldiers in Burkina Faso targeted his family in their fight against Islamist militants.
  - 3 days ago 6 Dec 19, 12:01am -
• COP25 climate change conference: What are you giving up for environment?
  As the annual COP25 climate change summit continues in Madrid, we asked delegates from all over the world how they were adapting their lives for the sake of the environment.
  - 3 days ago 6 Dec 19, 12:00am -
• Your pictures on the theme of 'open spaces'
  Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "open spaces".
  - 3 days ago 5 Dec 19, 12:25pm -
• Kenya pollution: How air sensors are helping people fight pollution
  Kenyan John Kieti campaigned to stop a factory belching out toxic fumes by sharing pollution data.
  - 4 days ago 5 Dec 19, 12:21am -
• Freedom through bike lessons for NZ refugees
  A New Zealand charity has found a novel way to help refugee women integrate - getting them on bikes.
  - 5 days ago 4 Dec 19, 12:01am -
• Berea College: Has a US university cracked student debt?
  A college in Kentucky pays for all its pupils' tuition. There's just one catch - they have to work for it.
  - 5 days ago 3 Dec 19, 2:00pm -
• Life after Death: How seven kids came back from the dead
  In 2011 seven Danish students were revived after they fell into ice-cold water, and 'died'
  - 6 days ago 3 Dec 19, 12:26am -

Lifehacker

• Ask Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Get Better At Oral Sex?

  

  Hello all you pervert people of the intertubes, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the time-jaunting dating advice column that helps you avoid mistakes before you make them.Read more...
  - 19 May 17, 7:30pm -
• 3-Ingredient Happy Hour: The Sweet and Tart Mulligan

  

  Happy weekend, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. This weekend is going to a hot one—or at least moderately warm one—so I think a porch sipper is in order.Read mor…
  - 19 May 17, 6:30pm -
• Automate An Outlet With TP-Link's Alexa-Compatible Smart Plug, Now Just $21

  

  Like the idea of a Belkin WeMo Switch, but not willing to spend $40-$50 to try one out? This TP-Link alternative has a nearly identical feature set for half the price.Read more...
  - 19 May 17, 4:50pm -
• How to Make a Graduation Cap Fit on Kinky or Curly Hair

  

  If a graduation cap won’t fit over your hair, maybe it’s the cap that needs a little styling. Natural hair vlogger Chizi Duru shows us how. Read more...
  - 19 May 17, 3:30pm -
• Will It Sous Vide? A Boozy Chocolate-Cherry Sundae

  

  Welcome to this week’s edition of Will It Sous Vide?, the weekly column where I usually make whatever you want me to with my immersion circulator.Read more...
  - 19 May 17, 2:30pm -
• Today's Best Deals: Under Armour Apparel, Kamado Grill, SoundBuds, and More

  

  Anker’s newest SoundBuds, a Big Green Egg alternative, and a huge Under Armour apparel sale lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web. Read more...
  - 19 May 17, 2:28pm -

Digg

• newRyan Reynolds Realizes He's Trapped Inside A Video Game In 'Free Guy' Trailer
  Ryan Reynolds (actor, gin connoisseur) discovers he's an unplayable character in a video game, coming in theaters on July 3, 2020.
  - 16 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 8:39pm -
• newWhen A DNA Test Says You're A Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away
  After a bone marrow transplant, a man with leukemia found that his donor's DNA traveled to unexpected parts of his body. A crime lab is now studying the case.
  - 17 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 8:05pm -
• newWatch Oklahoma Sooners Wide Receiver CeeDee Lamb Evade Nearly Every Baylor Tackle For An Incredible 71-Yard Return
  Oklahoma Sooners Wide Receiver CeeDee Lamb does some very impressive footwork on this outstanding play against the Baylor Bears.
  - 17 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 7:34pm -
• newInstagram Influencer Brother Nature Attacked On Camera In Miami Restaurant
  Brother Nature, an Instagram celebrity famous for taking photos with animals, was brutally attacked in Miami.
  - 18 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 7:17pm -
• newYou Won't See A Better Inbound Pass Than The One Oklahoma City Thunder's Steven Adams Heaved To Tie The Game At The Buzzer
  Every angle of Steven Adams's now legendary game-tying pass.
  - 19 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 6:24pm -
• newI Want That On A T-Shirt
  Artists on Twitter say that their work is regularly stolen by armies of bots that generate t-shirts from popular designs—and they've got the receipts to prove it.
  - 19 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 5:43pm -
• newSomeone Recorded Their Cat Saying 'Well Hi' In A Southern Accent
  Gambino the cat has an amazing ability to meow like human speech.
  - 20 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 4:56pm -
• newThis Is What A Decade Of Protest Looks Like
  From #MeToo and Black Lives Matter to the Arab Spring and Hong Kong protests, here are the tremendous moments in activism that have defined this past decade.
  - 20 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 4:45pm -
• newWhy Are Cops Around The World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool?
  The creator of Scientific Content Analysis, or SCAN, says the tool can identify deception. Law enforcement has used his method for decades, even though there's no reliable science behind it. Even the CIA and FBI have bought in.
  - 21 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 4:15pm -
• newWhy Is There Always A Mirror Inside Elevators?
  Elevators always tend to have mirrors. Is it for safety and monitoring reasons — or something else entirely?
  - 21 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 4:02pm -
• newSculptor Makes Eye-Popping Baby Yoda Sculpture Out Of Clay
  An artist creates the beloved green Star Wars creature from scratch in this cool time lapse.
  - 22 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 3:26pm -
• newThe Woman From The Infamous Peloton Ad Turns To Cocktails In Hilarious Ad For Ryan Reynolds's Aviation Gin
  Monica Ruiz, the actress from the controversial Peloton ad, makes an escape from exercise in this ad for Ryan Reynolds's gin brand.
  - 22 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 2:54pm -
• newRat Seen Scampering Off On Subway Platform With A Cup Of Coffee
  A rat is seen moving a break for it with a large coffee cup on a Brooklyn subway platform.
  - 22 hours ago 7 Dec 19, 2:34pm -
• The Decade In Scammers, From Caroline Calloway To Billy McFarland
  Internet scammers dominated the 2010s. The new rule is, If an app exists, there's been a scam on it. Here are the people behind the top scams of the decade.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 11:01pm -
• Behind The Walls Of Brazil's Secretive Gated Communities, And More Best Photography Of The Week
  The photographer who X-rayed Chernobyl, a Londoner's road trip though North America and other best photos of the week.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 10:17pm -

• The Tata Nano Was One Of The Cheapest Cars Ever Produced — What's The Catch?
  The Tata Nano was the cheapest car you could buy brand new. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 10:15pm -
• Can A Coal Town Reinvent Itself?
  A coal town in southwestern Virginia has been trying for years. Hope is running thin.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 10:09pm -
• Here's The Leaked Memo In Which Away Tells Employees Not To Fave The Verge's Investigation
  The news comes as CEO Steph Korey apologizes for her behavior, saying she is "appalled" by how she spoke to her staff.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 9:06pm -
• Attorney Threatens Allstate Lawyers With Variety Of The Most Over-The-Top Obscenities Imaginable
  Christopher Hook, an attorney from Southern California, found himself in hot water after bombarding the law firm his clients were suing with more than 100 emails peppered with ridiculously over-the-top profanities.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 8:44pm -
• Van Driver Runs Red Light Right In Front Of Police Car, Receives Totally Expected Instant Karma
  You can see the van braking slightly at the sight of the police car and then the moment when the driver decided, "To hell with this, I'm going to do it anyway."
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 8:09pm -
• Mike Bloomberg Dismissively Responds To Question About The Diversity Of Presidential Candidates: 'Don't Complain To Me That You're Not In The Race'
  When asked by Gayle King about the lack of diversity among presidential candidates, Bloomberg was resoundingly tone-deaf: "If you wanted to enter and run for President of the United States, you could have done that."
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 7:27pm -
• Nikki Haley Thinks The Confederate Flag Was Totally Benign Until Dylan Roof 'Hijacked' It
  Because that is apparently an opinion you can have.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 7:18pm -
• Pranked Walmart Employee Pages A 'Mr Clinton Kildepsteen' Over The Intercom
  All Walmart customers, we need you to pay attention to this conspiracy theory.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 6:52pm -
• Weird, Obsolete Laws Exist In The Hundreds. Why Don't More States Remove Them?
  State laws about pinball, pigs and bumper stickers should be scrapped. Here's why many still aren't.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 6:32pm -
• How Google Maps Looks Differently In Other Countries
  Google Maps looks different based on your location due to disputed borders and other complicated diplomatic issues.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 6:18pm -
• How Popular Songs Use 'Word Painting' To Match Music With The Lyrics
  YouTuber David Bennett demonstrates how some of the most popular music utilize "word painting" to make a song pop.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 6:03pm -
• This (Jewish) Couple Has Written 30 Christmas Movies — And They're Not Alone
  For a growing group of writers, producers and stars, the escalating war among Hallmark, Lifetime and now Netflix means plenty of good (and lucrative) tidings — if you can master the formula and stomach all the yuletide cheer: "There's a whole list…
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 6:03pm -
• Making Sense Of James Harden, The NBA's Premier Heel
  The Rockets superstar is pushing the boundaries of basketball — but he also attracts critics like no other player. When will fans ever agree on him?
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:55pm -
• The Champion Who Picked A Date To Die
  Knowing she had the legal right to die helped Marieke Vervoort live her life. It propelled her to medals at the Paralympics. But she could never get away from the pain.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:53pm -
• New Kind Of Alien 'Mineral' Created On Earth
  The discovery is helping researchers understand what might linger on the bizarre surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:31pm -
• Stunning Super Macro Photos Of Minuscule Mushrooms And Fungi
  If you've ever taken a walk in the woods, especially after a rain storm, you've definitely walked by one of photographer Alison Pollack's subjects. You may have even stepped on one. But unless you had a magnifying glass handy, you never even knew the…
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:29pm -
• The Best TV Episodes Of 2019
  Amid the mass quantity of television this year, there was some genuine quality, from "Watchmen" to "The Bachelor" to "Barry."
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:27pm -
• The Grossest Brand Responses To The 'What You Can Say During Sex' Meme, Ranked
  We regret to inform you that the brands have made a once fun if NSFW meme a creation from hell.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:21pm -
• Why Teslas Have Trouble Towing
  Tesla's electric fleet have a lot going for them, but what if you want to tow something? A YouTuber does the math about why Teslas struggle with carrying heavy loads.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:13pm -
• You Can Do Nearly Anything You Want In This Incredible AI-Powered Game
  AI Dungeon 2 is the closest thing there is to an infinite game.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:07pm -
• Watch How Brown Hyenas — The Rarest Predators In Africa — Live In This Quaint Ghost Town
  David Attenborough describes how the rarest species of hyena, the brown hyena, lives among the ruins of the Namib Desert
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 5:02pm -
• Watch Howard Stern's Full Interview With Hillary Clinton About Her Beef With Bernie Sanders, Her Loss To Donald Trump And Impeachment
  On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton sat down with Howard Stern for 2 1/2 hours, in one of the most candid interviews of her life.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 4:29pm -
• My Husband's Pop Star Ex Looks Just Like Me
  Sure, she was beautiful, and an intimidatingly successful pop star, but... did she also kind of look like me?
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 3:40pm -
• Inside The Hospital That's Home To London's Knife Crime Crisis
  The facts are horrifying and widely reported: stabbings in London have never been more frequent and the rate is only increasing. But there's another statistic that's less well known: the murder rate is actually falling, rapidly so. To find out why, w…
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 2:48pm -
• YouTuber Illustrates What Happens When You Hit A Speed Bump At Full Speed
  You've probably done it before on accident — so what did it do to your car?
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 2:37pm -
• I Went To The New, Zombie Toys 'R' Us Store
  A report from one of the new stores bearing the deceased company's name.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 2:36pm -
• The Moment An Underground Gas Tank Explodes At Gas Station
  All things considered, it's very lucky that nobody appeared to be injured, though they might need a change of clothes.
  - 2 days ago 6 Dec 19, 2:15pm -
• California Bans Insurers From Dropping Policies Made Riskier By Climate Change
  The state's unusual decision exposes the insurance industry's miscalculation of the cost of climate change.
  - 3 days ago 5 Dec 19, 11:36pm -
• The Week's Best Memes, Ranked
  This week, our contenders are: "We are not the same", Joe Biden biting his wife's finger, phrases for [x] and sex, and "in the right headspace."
  - 3 days ago 5 Dec 19, 10:53pm -
• Flying Ice Sheet Obliterates A Driver's Windshield
  This is why nobody likes winter.
  - 3 days ago 5 Dec 19, 8:28pm -
• Beat Your Siblings In 'Mario Kart' With This Refurb SNES Classic
  You will be the "Mario Kart" champion! The very best "Street Fighter." Bring a SNES Classic to the holiday get-togethers, and relive your childhood rivalries.
  - 4 days ago 4 Dec 19, 8:11pm -
• Manage Tasks And Databases Like a Pro With This SQL Training Bundle
  Data runs everything around us, and businesses rely on efficient database management to make decisions. SQL is the world's leading database tool, and you can learn it for just $21 in The Ultimate SQL Bootcamp Certification Bundle.
  - 4 days ago 4 Dec 19, 7:14pm -
• Children Of The '80s And '90s, Prepare To Get All Nostalgic Over This Board Game
  Perfect for bringing the joy of choice to a new generation of young adventurers — and filling mom and dad with goofy-smile memories.
  - 44 days ago 25 Oct 19, 6:54pm -