Opinion

In many countries, "mistaken belief" and "implied consent" -- whereby permission is not expressly granted through words or writing but implicitly through actions or circumstances -- are not legally valid defences in sexual offence trials.

There is a particular arrogance and ignorance in the lie told from a podium. Not the desperate lie of a cornered person, but the slow, unhurried lie of someone who knows the microphone is on, the cameras are rolling, and the consequences for them are negligible.

Andy Burnham will on Monday become Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade, with an in-tray overflowing with challenges that have trounced his predecessors and little time to make his mark.

Vote-counting was underway after people in the Atlantic archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe, regarded as a model of democracy in Africa, cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election.

An Italian court is set to rule in the case of a bridge collapse eight years ago which killed 43 people and shone a spotlight on Italy's crumbling infrastructure.