Everybody Is Panicking At America's 'Ground Zero' For Ebola
'Ground zero' for Ebola in America is a small first floor flat in a drab looking complex in the northern Dallas suburb of Vickery Meadow.Behind the door of number 614 at the Ivy Apartments is where...
View ArticleMurdered Aid Worker's Brother Lashes Out At The British Government
The British government "could have done more" to save Alan Henning, the British aid worker beheaded by Isil jihadists in Syria, his brother-in-law has said.His comments followed the release of a video...
View ArticleThis 'Security Princess' Is Google's Secret Weapon
She is Google's top secret weapon, charged with guarding the world's most valuable brand.Parisa Tabriz is the company's card up the sleeve – a young professional hacker they call their "Security...
View ArticleNew Finance Chat Platform That Wants To Replace Bloomberg Has Attracted...
A new online chat platform aimed at financial firms has already attracted more than half a million user requests, potentially making it bigger than Bloomberg’s messaging service, its chief executive...
View ArticleColorado Governor: Cannabis Legalization Was 'Reckless'
The governor of Colorado, the first US state to legalize cannabis for recreational use, has said the decision of his voters was "reckless."John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who is seeking re-election for a...
View ArticleNoted Chinese Poet Is Going To Jail For Posting A Photo Online Of An Umbrella
A Chinese poet is facing up to three years in prison after security forces raided his Beijing home and found him in possession of an umbrella.Until last month, when major pro-democracy protests broke...
View Article6 Charts That Explain What's Going On In The Global Economy Right Now
The International Monetary Fund has released its latest health check on the global economy.In the second of its twice yearly World Economic Outlooks, the Fund has revised down its expectations for...
View ArticleThe German Model Is Ruinous For Germany And Deadly For Europe
The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal in Kiel is crumbling. Last year, the authorities had to close the 60-mile shortcut from the Baltic to the North Sea for two weeks, something that had never happened through two...
View ArticleThis British Airline Is Giving Us A Vision Of The Future Of Flying
Flying as a family may soon be an experience parents can almost look forward to – at least if the new vision of Thomson Airways is to be believed.The company has revealed a five-year plan for its...
View ArticleElementary School Children Were Caught Selling Their Grandparents’ Legal...
Cannabis dealing has come to a school playground in Colorado where the recreational use of marijuana has been legal since the beginning of the year.A 10-year-old boy was reported for selling a bag of...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi Has Rescued More Than 83,000...
Kailash Satyarthi's work made a difference to the lives of hundreds of thousands of children – and yet until he won the Nobel Peace Prize, on Friday, he was not a well-known figure outside of India.The...
View ArticleHere's How Websites Spy On Us
How do websites know who I am?Typically, every time you visit a website, a little text file is left in a folder on your computer. These data are called "cookies". They log which websites you visit and...
View ArticleThe Love Affair With Barack Obama Is Truly Over
Six years after offering hope and change, polls show the American public has fallen out of love with their president — so where did it all go wrong?Barack Obama romped to the presidency of the United...
View ArticleHere's What Europeans Are Asking Google To Remove From Searches
From a media professional to a former clergyman, here's what people are requesting to be removed from Google search results.United Kingdom:*An individual asked to have removed links to articles on the...
View ArticleThe Ebola Epidemic Threatens The Global Chocolate Market
Fears are growing that the Ebola epidemic could spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo into neighboring Ivory Coast and Ghana, where 60pc of the world’s cocoa is farmed, causing prices to surge...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Go On Vacation With Google Glass
Talking on your phone in the street has become accepted behaviour. Talking to your phone in the street is a different matter. So I’m feeling more than a little self-conscious as, in the middle of the...
View ArticleAn Important Al Qaeda Fundraiser Was Once An Employee Of The Qatari Government
The Qatari government employed an al-Qaeda money man despite him being officially designated a terrorist by the US.Salim Hasan Khalifa Rashid al-Kuwari channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars to...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Buys 700 Acres In Hawaii For More Than $100 Million
Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly paid more than $100 million for a swathe of land in Hawaii where he will create a private getaway befitting one of the world's richest men.The Facebook chief executive...
View ArticleUS Military Admits ISIS 'Has Tactical Momentum' As Jihadist Siege Of Kobani...
The US military admitted last night that Isil "has tactical momentum on several fronts" as jihadist forces continued to make advances in both Syria and Iraq.American warplanes dramatically escalated...
View ArticleTomato Juice Is A Weirdly Popular Drink On Flights
Who knew the divisive power of the humble tomato? A straw poll of Telegraph Travel writers, asking about their in-flight tomato juice consumption, produced these strikingly polarized answers.“Tomatoes...
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