World newsMacedonian president killed in plane crashMacedonia's president was today killed when his plane crashed in thick fog in a mountainous part of southern Bosnia.
Boris Trajkovski, president since 1999, was flying to an international investment conference in the Bosnian city of Mostar when the executive jet dropped off radar screens. Police said they had found the plane's wreckage but no sign of survivors.
On hearing the news, Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonia's prime minister, cancelled a meeting in Dublin with his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern. Read More...
The ObserverMusicReviewOl' Dirty Bastard, Osirus: The Official Mixtape (Sureshot/ All City)
All forms of popular culture have a habit of exaggerating the gifts of their fallen heroes. But more than most, hip hop's morgue is full of corpses who have acquired a stature in death that their work probably did not warrant in life. Hip hop's latest casualty, Ol' Dirty Bastard - the clown prince of Staten Island's groundbreaking, nine-strong Wu Tang Clan - recently joined the urban music pantheon. Read More...
Australia newsHandmade ‘villages’ of spoons that first sprouted on nature strips have brought welcome enjoyment, especially for children, amid the coronavirus
During the first wave of the coronavirus, one could barely walk a block in an Australian suburb without seeing a teddybear peeking through a window.
Aimed at brightening children’s days as the world around them became increasingly gloomy, the uplifting activity slowly died out as the pandemic dragged on. Read More...
