Italy’s beloved ‘fried pizza’
Marialba.italia/Getty Images Although Neapolitan pizza is most often associated with Naples, fried pizza is the city’s beloved street food (Credit: Marialba.italia/Getty Images) “Pizza fritta”, the lesser-known cousin of Neapolitan pizza, emerged as a result of poverty amid World War Two and was known as “the pizza of the people”. The first time I met 82-year-old […]
Syria’s new ruler is politically astute
Watch: BBC speaks to Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa When I left London almost two weeks ago after the rebel coalition captured Aleppo – a stunning victory dwarfed by what followed – I thought I would be reporting a shooting war. The group known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, was sweeping all before it, […]
the country that loves to overachieve
peeterv/Getty Images Nigeria is home to more than 370 tribes and 500 languages (Credit: peeterv/Getty Images) Africa’s most-populated country is a cultural powerhouse. But’s what’s behind the nation’s drive to succeed? In a lifetime of feverishly competitive Scrabble-playing, I have only been defeated by six earthly beings. Growing up, my mother’s nickname for me was […]
Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snooping
Alamy Google faces its first mass legal action in the UK over the iPhone-related claims Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK. It focuses on allegations that Google unlawfully harvested information from 5.4 million […]
Wakefield Council considers reduced hours for libraries and museums
Wakefield Council Wakefield Council are proposing changes to the opening hours of libraries, museums and castles as part of plans to deliver a sustainable budget. Reducing the opening hours of libraries and museums is being considered by a council to cut costs. Wakefield Council said the change would mean venues opening slightly later or earlier […]
Court unites couple seeking divorce over naming baby
It is not unusual for couples to argue over naming their baby, but it rarely ends up in court. But a couple from India’s southern state of Karnataka found themselves needing the courts to intervene following a three year fight over their son’s name. In fact, the fight had got so nasty the couple were […]
How kimchi rekindled a decades-long feud
Elena Maltenieks/Alamy Kimchi and pao cai aside, the world is filled with hundreds of imaginative pickled vegetable varieties that most people have never heard of (Credit: Elena Maltenieks/Alamy) By claiming South Korea’s national dish as its own, China may have angered the internet, but at least now the world has heard about “pao cai”. When […]
Facebook child abuse detection hit by new EU rules
Getty Images Facebook has switched off some of its child abuse detection tools in Europe in response to new rules from the EU. The company said it has had no choice but to do so, since the new privacy directive bans automatic scanning of private messages. The change only applies to messaging services rather than […]
Armagh: Roger Weatherup – The man who chronicled the changes of the city
Armagh County Museum Roger Weatherup was the museum’s curator for almost 40 years Tributes have been paid following the death of a man who chronicled the changing face of Armagh City. Roger Weatherup was famed for photographing the city across many decades. He became curator of Armagh County Museum in 1955 but colleague and current […]
Soldier-spies in Myanmar help pro-democracy rebels make gains
BBC The once formidable Myanmar military is cracking from within – riddled with spies secretly working for the pro-democracy rebels, the BBC has found. The military only has full control of less than a quarter of Myanmar’s territory, a BBC World Service investigation reveals. The junta still controls the major cities and remains “extremely dangerous” […]