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Suicide Bombers Attack US Base In Afghanistan Killing One
A spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan says that a suicide attack on a major US base in Jalalabad had killed at least one other person.Speaking in...
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Pesticides Could Be Hurting Your Memory
Exposure to even low levels of organophosphates in pesticides can cause lasting harm to the brain, scientists have concluded.A review of 14 separate studies has shown that chemicals can reduce memory...
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Americans Are Actually Least Likely To Be Killed In A Terrorist Attack
Western Europeans have for the past ten years been 19 times more likely to be killed by a terrorist attack than Americans, a new study has found.The first Global Terrorism Index showed that in the...
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Australian Researchers Just Created A Piña Colada Pineapple
Researchers in Australia have created a new "piña colada" pineapple that tastes like a coconut.The scientists, from a government agency in Queensland, have spent ten years trying to develop a new...
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The GOP Could Learn A Lesson About Attracting Immigrant Voters From Canada
The 1984 presidential election was conservative America’s greatest triumph.Ronald Reagan won every state except Walter Mondale’s Minnesota. Yet here is an astonishing fact.If you break down the votes...
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How Serial Killers Flaunt Their Evil In The Open
In 1978, a pretty young drama teacher named Cheryl Bradshaw found herself on an American TV show called The Dating Game.You can watch the episode in the video below. Cheryl had to ask suggestive...
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The 10 Easiest Foreign Languages For English Speakers To Learn
More and more Brits are finding their first job abroad.But how difficult is it to pick up the language?Anne Merritt reveals the 10 easiest to learn from scratch.AfrikaansLike English, Afrikaans is in...
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Birds Are Using Cigarette Butts To Stave Off Pests
Birds are lining their nests with cigarette butts to repel pests and keep themselves warm, according to research.Wild birds have long protected their nests from mite invasion by importing...
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Climate Talks Are On Brink Of Collapse As Anger Rises Against Qatari Hosts
Climate change: Anger is growing against the host country of Qatar, which has the largest carbon footprint in the world per person, for failing to take action on climate change and cut its...
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See What Happened When Angelina Jolie Met With Syrian Refugees
Angelina Jolie meets with Syrian refugees in Jordan who had fled from conflict in their home country.UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie travelled to the Jordan - Syria border to meet frightened and...
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Hamas Is 'Beginning To Become More Accepted Internationally'
The return of Khaled Meshaal, Hamas's exiled leader, to Gaza is a sign that the organisation is becoming more accepted by the world, says Diplomatic Correspondent Alex Spillius.The Islamist group's...
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The Best Travel Destinations This December
Good excuses for a December break, from migrating butterflies in Mexico to Santa spotting in Lapland.Edinburgh - for HogmanayNo city parties quite like Edinburgh on New Year’s Eve.It’s very much a...
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These Are The World's Booziest Vacation Destinations
This week a judge in Toronto ordered a travel agency to refund 19 holidaymakers after their trip to the Riviera Maya in Mexico was ruined by urinating Canadian students celebrating spring break.The...
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Wikipedia Has Figured Out A New Way To Stop Vandals In Their Tracks
In a small but fundamental change to Wikipedia, a tool which protects articles from malicious vandalism while simultaneously permitting good-faith edits has gone live on the English Wikipedia.When a...
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Richard Branson Just Bet $1.6 Million That Virgin Atlantic Will Still Exist...
Sir Richard Branson has thrown down a £1m challenge to Willie Walsh about the future of Virgin Atlantic.He has been spurred into action by suggestions from Mr Walsh, chief executive of International...
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The Best Places To Ride Out The Mayan Apocalypse
So the apocalypse is nigh, according to some.With the end of the world approaching, as predicted by the Mayan calendar, there has been panic candle buying in Sichuan, China, reassurances issued from...
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Teenager Almost Dies After Swallowing Magnetic Tongue Stud
A schoolboy was just hours from death after swallowing magnetic tongue studs designed to look like a piercing.Michael Delaney, 15, needed life-saving surgery after accidentally swallowing the studs,...
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A French Chef's Guide To The Best Pâtisseries In Paris
For fans of cakes and confectionery, Baking Mad pastry chef Eric Lanlard gives his guide to the best patisseries in Paris.I don’t have a sweet tooth but, for me growing up, the most exciting part of...
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Men In Tights: 'Meggings' Are Taking Manhattan By Storm
Men’s tights, for so long the preserve of ballet dancers and runway models, are taking Manhattan by storm and could soon be seen on the street of Britain.When trendsetters speculated what would be the...
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Susan Rice's Departure Is A Blessing In Disguise For Obama
Susan Rice’s decision to step aside as an unofficial Secretary of State candidate is a political blow for President Barack Obama, but one he should not rue.Ms Rice wasn’t only felled by her handling of...
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