Everest kicking off 72nd Venice film festival

Final preparations were being made on 1 September as the 72nd Venice film festival prepares to get going. The festival kicks off on 2 September with a gala screening of Baltasar Kormakurs Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley and based on the 1996 climbers disaster on the worlds highest mountain. Sep 2, 2015

Amal Clooney calls for Stephen Harper to intervene in Al Jazeera journalists case

The high-profile lawyer for detained Al Jazeera journalist and Canadian citizen Mohamed Fahmy, is calling on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to personally intervene in the case. Speaking to CBC in Cairo on 30 August, human rights attorney Amal Clooney said she got exemplary support from the Canadians on the ground but said she believes more can be done. Sep 1, 2015

Ocean Cleanup samples enormous oceanic rubbish vortex

Researchers returned on 24 August from mapping and sampling a massive swirling cluster of trash floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as the Dutch-borne crew works to refine a clean-up strategy it will roll out globally. Aug 24, 2015