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| The week in wildlife – in pictures Two common frogs mating next to a pile of spawn, a sure sign that spring is under way, in Hailsham, East Sussex, UK. Photograph: Ed Brown/ ... in northern New South Wales. A species of quoll devastated by foxes has been returned to the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in almost 50 years.
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| IMF bailouts in Africa gain only marginal success The confluence of shocks that has hit African countries in recent years has led to a strong increase in the number of International Monetary Fund bailouts in the region. The total agreed amount of the IMF's outstanding programmes with Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries rose nearly fivefold between ...
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| London slump shrinks north-south divide in house prices Growth in house prices in the capital is expected to slip below the national average, continuing a slide triggered by the Brexit vote. This will result in further downgrades in parts of the city with the greatest concentrations of luxury flats, the experts said. Meanwhile, major regional cities such as Manchester ...
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| A Deaf Romance on Broadway in "Children of a Lesser God" In 1976, Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched, in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") signed a message to her deaf parents. Three years later, Jane Fonda, accepting for "Coming Home," signed in recognition of "the invisible handicapped." And, in 1987, Marlee Matlin signed her speech when she became ...
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Thousands flee Eastern Ghouta in largest single-day exodus Thousands of civilians have fled the besieged Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, in what is believed to be the largest exodus in one day in the country's seven-year war, as deadly air strikes continue. Faced with the prospect of more deadly government bombardments, thousands of civilians ...
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| Russian spy: Conspiracy theories and denial in Russia Russian commentators and social media users have responded to accusations of their state's involvement in the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK with denial and conspiracy theories. British Prime Minister Theresa May was unequivocal in her address to parliament saying it was "now clear ...
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| Bloomberg's Week in Pictures Protesters in New York demanding more diversity at the Fed were more than matched by students calling for measures to curb gun violence in Washington. And as China's President, Xi Jinping, voted to extend his term of office at the National People's Congress, we discover that the cult of Mao Zedong ...
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