Panda

LONDON (AP) A giant panda has learned the hard way that his new enclosure is protected by an electric fence. Visitors at Edinburgh Zoo were worried Tuesday after watching male panda Yang Guang run back to his den after being zapped by the barrier. The panda…

We all watched the moment the country has anticipated (many with dread) for the past month; confirmation that the mop-headed, zip-line swinging, Brexiteer buffoon Boris Johnson would be announced as our next prime minister, dragging us feet first out of the E…

So that is what a very British coup looks like. A middle aged Tory matron, Cheryl Gillan MP, Dame of the most excellent order of the British Empire, dressed in a sort of kaftan with nautical motif, reading out some numbers in the main hall of the Queen Elizab…

A right-wing pro-Brexit campaigner has been handed a suspended prison sentence and been banned from an area around parliament for hurling abuse at Remain-supporting MP Anna Soubry. James Goddard, a self-styled yellow-vest protester, was filmed calling the fo…

Convictions for so-called honour crimes perpetrated against women have plummeted in the past five years, The Independent can reveal, amid a nationwide crackdown aimed at bringing those responsible to justice. The offences include coercive control, forced mar…

America is sweating this weekend, blanketed by a heat dome that spread from the middle part of the country to the Great Lakes and the East Coast. New York is hotter than New Delhi, Washington feels like Death Valley and Cincinnati is warmer than Nairobi. Mi…

Canine breeders who owned the largest puppy farm in Scotland and are thought to have burnt the corpses of dead dogs have been convicted of animal cruelty offences. Frank James, 53, and Michelle Wood, 29, kept over 100 animals in disgraceful conditions at far…

The HS2 high-speed rail project will cost up to £30bn more than expected, an internal review has warned raising fresh questions over whether Boris Johnson will axe it. The final bill for building the network is likely to be between £70bn and £85bn not the £5…

A China tour by Pragues Philharmonic Orchestra has been cancelled and the city zoos long-held dreams of hosting a panda shattered in an escalating feud between a maverick Czech mayor and Beijing.  China is furious at Zdenek Hib, 38, the citys anti-establishm…

A teenage student's body was found trapped in thick slurry at a building site two days after he vanished on a night out, an inquest has heard.  Marcin Porczyk was "camouflaged" in the mix of building materials before he was eventually found by workers at the…