UN caring.
” No one cares more about our people than we do .” Syrian deputy UN envoy Mounzer Mounzer.
Putin on a brave face.
A series of action photographs builds a macho image of Vladimir Putin.
Haughty cuisine.
With a new law to prevent food wastage,French diners are slow to accept le doggy bag.
Odour Cologne.
Anti-Islamic protests broken up by riot police in Cologne.
The rites of Spring.
Fossilized claw grooves in the rocks suggest Dinosaurs had frenzied mating rituals.
Out of the labyrinth.
Formidable musician,Pierre Boulez died January 5 aged 90.
Curbing a surfeit of Lampreys.
Scientists have discovered how to control the destructive spread of Lampreys in the Great Lakes through the manipulation of the Eels mating pheromones.A better method than the one used by Henry 1.
The real meal deal.
Predicted food trends for 2016 include many varieties of veggies,pulses supplanting meat and menus introducing insect dishes such as meal worm mash as alternative protein.
For auld lang syne.
Dal Richards’king of swing’,whose band ushered in the new year 79 times,died December 31,aged 97.
” Merde !”
The Government misses target to resettle 10,000 refugees by the end of the year.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 