Britain

The Fortingall Yew, the oldest tree in Britain, happens to be male. But it recently sprouted red berries, a sign that at least part of the tree has changed its sex.

A British parliamentary panel questioned Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the newspaper that first published many of the documents leaked by Edward Snowden. He was asked about his love of his country, and he defended his newspaper as acting to help the public understand what its government was doing.