Suste Bonnen was given access to Copenhagen University Hospital Respected Danish photographer captures moment baby is given to mother Ms Bonnen followed 22 caesarean operations on the maternity ward ‘Bloody and gory’ images are ‘testimony to the magical wonder of life’  Warning: Graphic content A photographer has captured the wondrous, miraculous moment of birth – in all its raw and unglamourised glory. Taken before a mother has seen her baby […]

  South Sudanese troops are preparing to enter the rebel-held town of Bor, President Salva Kiir has said. Mr Kiir told parliament the army was “ready to move”, adding that the counter-attack had been delayed to allow US citizens to be airlifted out. Bor, in the restive state of Jonglei, fell to rebels on Wednesday. A week of ethnic violence has raised fears of civil war. UN humanitarian staff have […]

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley   Rosie has always had show-stopping lips, but the model’s signature pout has been looking extra puffy as of late. Renee Zellweger What happened to her face? The “Bridget Jones” star sported a very different face a recent movie premiere. Lara Flynn Boyle Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is almost unrecognizable in recent photos. Did she go under the knife? Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj’s hair color and style are […]

The pilot of a Mozambican airliner that crashed in Namibia last month deliberately brought the plane down, aviation experts in Mozambique believe. Mozambican Airlines flight TM470 left the capital Maputo bound for Angola on 29 November, but crashed, killing all 33 people all board. The Civil Aviation Institute said the pilot made a “deliberate series of manoeuvres” causing the crash. The pilot’s motives are unknown, and the investigation is continuing. […]

Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa’s sleigh in tow. But on Europe’s northern fringe, the migratory mammals are part of everyday life all year round as they roam the fells of Lapland – the Arctic   homeland of the indigenous Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and northwest Russia. Here are some interesting things you may […]

Catherine “Tina” Lancelotta had always been a whiz. When her husband started a masonry business, she was given the job of double-checking his math on cost estimates for customers. When she worked in the drapery department at Jordan Marsh department store, she could mentally tabulate the amount of fabric it would take to cover a window’s dimensions. For years, her go-to pastime was crossword puzzles, and she completed one each […]

  Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party has announced it will boycott snap elections set for 2 February. Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told a news conference it would not be fielding candidates, saying: “Thai politics is at a failed stage”. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called the election earlier this month in a bid to end weeks of mass protests. The head of the Thai army has warned the country’s political divisions […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Jo Becker: Outcry over Indian diplomat’s arrest overshadows issue of domestic worker abuse Becker: Routine strip search in U.S. is humiliating, degrading, and it’s rare in India She says domestic workers face slavelike labor, physical abuse, excessive hours Becker: Report found domestic worker abuse among diplomats who have immunity The uproar in India over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York is growing. Indians are protesting […]

For decades, both parties supplanted a push for higher wages with well-intended public aid. The result: calamity 2013 is the year many Americans discovered the crisis of the working poor. It turns out it’s also the crisis of the welfare poor. That’s tough for us: Americans notoriously hate welfare, unless it’s called something else and/or benefits us personally. We think it’s for slackers and moochers and people who won’t pull […]

  The United Nations says it fears casualties after attackers forced their way into a peacekeeping base in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. Rebels from the country’s second-largest ethnic group, the Nuer, attacked the base, targeting civilians of the majority Dinka ethnic community. South Sudan has been in turmoil since President Salva Kiir accused his ex-deputy Riek Machar of mounting a coup. The unrest, which broke out on Sunday, has killed […]