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The man came face to face with an Amur tiger inside the animal’s habitat at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England. The park was evacuated and closed to the public.
Alena CerroEndangered and Extinct SpeciesTigers
I was standing at the traffic lights with the weight of the world on my shoulders when a man approached. He will probably never know the impact he had on my lifeRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesMy cousin had recently died in a terrible accident and I had been the one who had to identify the body. It was one of the darkest periods of my life, on seemingly every front: I was in the midst of a divorce; it was during the global financial crisis and the company I worked for was badly struggling, making every day feel heavy with uncertainty and stress. Everything was a mess and I was emotionally exhausted.One morning during rush hour, I stood at the traffic lights waiting to cross on my way to the office. I was lost in my thoughts but must have looked like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders, because something unexpected happened. Continue reading...
Steve Askew as told to Katie CunninghamLife and styleHealth & wellbeing
Ed Miliband offers ‘deepest condolences’ to family of the visitor who entered animal enclosure on SaturdayA wildlife park in Yorkshire has confirmed the tiger that mauled to death a man who entered its enclosure will not be euthanised.A man, who has not yet been named, was seen entering a tiger enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, located near Doncaster, before police were called at 1.35pm on Saturday. Continue reading...
Neha GohilYorkshireEd Miliband
Yorkshire Wildlife Park remains closed after a man entered the tiger enclosure and was fatally attacked on Saturday.
Russia’s latest weapons have left Ukraine’s civilian air defence teams frantically trying to adapt as winter approachesSeveral hours into Kyiv’s nightly curfew, much of the capital lay dark and quiet. High above, on the roof of a grey tower block on the city’s outskirts, a small group of men in uniform stood beside two heavy machine guns, scanning the horizon. Soon, a drone appeared.Once, its unmistakable buzz would have sent the men scrambling towards their weapons. Now, the air defence unit will check speed and altitude on a monitor before taking a decision.The Mriya air defence crew on a rooftop in Kyiv. Continue reading...
Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv. Photography by Julia KochetovaKyivUkraine
They’re the latest technological innovation no one asked for – now with added consent issues!I went to a party recently. A fancy one, filled with expensive people and interesting clothes.You might find this surprising, as I expend hundreds of words a week in this publication bemoaning human interaction, but I love parties. I like free champagne, passed appetizers and forced, go-nowhere small talk. Continue reading...
Dave SchillingLife and styleTechnology
Just 15 of the program’s 45 Nippers have been found since the conflict disrupted itAs a group of smiling children in yellow and black rash vests bundled towards the beach near the Al-Shati refugee camp through concrete alleys lined with rubbish, rubble and the occasional bullet hole, Hassan Al-Habeel felt joy again.The Palestinian man, in his 40s, oversaw the return of Gaza Nippers, Palestine’s chapter of the popular Australian junior surf life saving program, last month after three years. Continue reading...
Sarah Basford CanalesGazaAustralia news
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