British Prime Minister Theresa May on 5 July said she is confident the hospital caring for terminally ill child Charlie Gard is investigating all options for his treatment. The 11-month-old baby has been at the center of a long legal battle between his parents, who wanted him to undergo an American therapy trial, and specialists at the hospital in London who said the treatment was experimental and would not help.Jul 6, 2017
British Prime Minister Theresa May on 5 July said she is confident the hospital caring for terminally ill child Charlie Gard is investigating all options for his treatment. The 11-month-old baby has been at the center of a long legal battle between his parents, who wanted him to undergo an American therapy trial, and specialists at the hospital in London who said the treatment was experimental and would not help.Jul 6, 2017
A 96-year-old veteran of the D-Day landings lost his war medals at a motorway service station back in May after a pilgrimage to Normandy. After a tearful appeal broadcast by ITN, Alfred Barlow has been presented with a replica set of medals.Jul 6, 2017
The decision to leave the reef off of the list is a big political win for the Australian government, who have come under criticism for their management of the lucrative tourist attraction.Jul 6, 2017
The fracas came after an assembly session to mark Independence Day at the building in downtown Caracas. Various small explosions were heard, possibly from fireworks thrown into the legislative compound, witnesses said. Tensions are mounting after a referendum was announced to take place on 16 July over plans by the Socialist government of Nicolas Maduro to change the constitution.Venezuelas opposition is demanding general elections to end socialist rule and solutions to the OPEC nations brutal economic crisis.Jul 6, 2017
Scientists in Japan have developed a technique that allows them to watch cancer spread around the body of mice. Understanding how and why this happens is important to finding ways to stop the spread, and could be used to look at the pathways of other diseases.Jul 6, 2017
A thousand zombies staged a performance protest in Hamburg on July 5, ahead of the G20 summit, to highlight what they feel the summit should be focused on. The 1000 Gestalten activist group gathered 1,000 people for the silent, eerie protest.The group dressed the zombies in grey from head to toe and for several days ahead of the beginning of the G20 summit, on July 7, the protesters have been popping up in small groups across the city. Their performance piece culminated in a large gathering on July 5, when organizers said 1,000 of them walked slowly through the city. The group says they have staged the protest because they want the G20 to stand for a more open, egalitarian society, rather than power in the hands of the few.Jul 6, 2017
Hanoi approved a plan to ban motorcycles from its streets by 2030 in an attempt to reduce traffic jams and pollution, the citys People Committee said on its website.Jul 6, 2017
The first-ever video footage of women presumed to be Koreans, who were victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery during World War II, has been unveiled after 73 years. Until now the wartime atrocities have only been documented in photographs and personal testimony. But now the footage of the victims has been discovered and released by the Seoul National University Human Rights Center via the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday (5 July). It was filmed in 1944 by an American soldier after the US-China allied forces captured the area from the Japanese military.From the early 1930s to the end of the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of women were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. It was known to be one of the biggest cases of human trafficking in the 20th century. The tragedy remains a source of pain for the victims and still provokes diplomatic tensions between South Korea and Japan. Jul 6, 2017
A newly discovered photo suggests Amelia Earhart may have survived the crash-landing thought to have killed Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan during their historical flight around the world. Though no physical evidence remains, experts believe this photo shows Earhart and Noonan lived and may have been detained by Japanese.Jul 6, 2017
