Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Poet Mary Oliver won many fans for her poignant reflections on life and nature US poet Mary Oliver, who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, has died at the age of 83. Her literary executor, Bill Reichblum, said she died from lymphoma cancer at her […]
Image copyright EPA/THAI IMMIGRATION BUREAU Image caption Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, pictured at Bangkok airport, says she “wants to be free” away from Saudi Arabia The UN’s refugee agency has said it is “very grateful” that officials in Thailand did not deport an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family at the weekend. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun […]
Image caption The CUBO housing units can be manufactured in a week, and built in just four hours A 23-year-old designer has won a top £50,000 prize after creating a low-cost bamboo house to address the Philippines’ housing crisis. Earl Patrick Forlales’ design takes just four hours to construct, and at £50/sq metre it’s highly […]
