Rights and freedomPakistan This article is more than 1 year oldPakistan court acquits man who killed sister after parents’ pardonThis article is more than 1 year oldWaseem Azeem acquitted of murdering Qandeel Baloch after his parents pardoned him under Islamic law, lawyer says
A Pakistani man sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for strangling his sister, a model on social media, has been acquitted of murder after his parents pardoned him under Islamic law.
Tennis This article is more than 2 months oldRuud rails at Paris Masters schedule as Sinner pulls out after late-night winThis article is more than 2 months oldItalian withdraws citing fatigue after finishing at 2.37amFellow player criticises ‘joke’ scheduling of tournamentOrganisers of the Paris Masters are facing heavy criticism over their scheduling after Jannik Sinner withdrew following a late-night finish.
The Italian fourth seed, one of the most in-form players in the world, did not conclude his second-round victory over Mackenzie McDonald until 2.
Book of the daySigmund FreudReviewA gripping account of how colleagues and admirers spirited the psychoanalyst from Nazi-controlled Vienna to London
By the spring of 1938 everyone in Sigmund Freud’s circle, apart from the great man, could see that the game was up. In March, the Nazis had annexed Austria, putting the founder of psychoanalysis – known to them as “a Jewish pseudoscience” – at enormous risk. By now Freud was 82, terminally ill and determined not to panic.
Taylor Swift … Realising she’s forgotten to copyright This Sick Beat for athlete’s foot treatments, too. Photograph: Mario Anzuon/ReutersTaylor Swift … Realising she’s forgotten to copyright This Sick Beat for athlete’s foot treatments, too. Photograph: Mario Anzuon/ReutersTaylor Swift This article is more than 8 years oldTaylor Swift applies to trademark 'This Sick Beat'This article is more than 8 years oldStar protects a number of phrases from her 1989 album – so don’t think about using them on non-medicated scalp preparations or wind chimes
Norway This article is more than 12 years oldThe Bookseller of Kabul author cleared of invading Afghan family's privacyThis article is more than 12 years oldNorwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad, who spent months with bookseller Shah Muhammad Rais, tells of relief over rulingIt provided a compelling picture of the life of an Afghan family living under the tyranny of the Taliban and became the bestselling nonfiction book in Norwegian history, before being denounced as inaccurate and invasive by its main characters.