The US Military Strategy For Defeating ISIS In Iraq Just Leaked
A major Iraqi fightback against the jihadists of ISIS will not start until next spring, according to leaks of Washington's strategy for the war.Iraqi ground troops will lead a counter-offensive in the...
View ArticleA New Study Suggests That Humans Are Getting Smarter
A new study from the University of Aberdeen suggests that Britons have been getting smarter every decade. Is it true — and if so, why?Since we all know that kids today are stupid and modern education...
View ArticleItalian Town Accused Of 'Apartheid' For Separate Bus Proposal
A northern Italian town has been accused of introducing "apartheid" after its mayor put forward a proposal to run a separate bus line for Roma people.The controversial initiative to operate a double...
View ArticleAmanda Knox Is Now A Reporter In Seattle
Amanda Knox, the American woman twice convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, has begun working as a cub reporter on her local newspaper in Seattle.The 27-year-old has...
View ArticleTurkey's New Presidential Palace Is Absurd
Turkey’s new president has been accused of behaving like a “sultan” after he installed himself in the biggest residential palace in the world, built for a price tag of £384 million.Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleHong Kong Police Did A Massive Sex Club Raid After Charging A British Banker...
Four days after two Indonesian sex workers are found dead at the home of University of Cambridge graduate Rurik Jutting, police crack down on Hong Kong’s red light districtDozens of police raided...
View ArticleHere's What We Know About The Man Who Says He Shot Bin Laden
For all of his professional life, Rob O'Neill lived in the shadows.Indeed, his job was not to be seen. He would stalk Taliban leaders in Afghanistan and hunt down targets in Iraq. On over 400 different...
View ArticleGORBACHEV: 'The World Is On The Brink Of A New Cold War'
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, has warned that the world is edging closer to a new Cold War, in comments made on the eve of celebrations to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall."The world is...
View ArticleLenovo: Smartphone 'Hypergrowth' In China Is Over
Lenovo Group Ltd. said the era of “hypergrowth” is over in China’s smartphone market after the company reported its slowest sales growth in six quarters.Shares fell to their lowest since June 24 after...
View ArticleNanny Describes Chilling Encounter With Banker Accused Of Killing 2 Prostitutes
Just minutes before meeting one of two Indonesian women he is alleged to have murdered, British banker Rurik Jutting invited another woman back to his luxury Hong Kong flat but she turned him down...
View ArticleThis Is The World's First 3D Printed Laptop
If were wondering what useful object you could actually print with that much-hyped 3D printer you bought, or just fancy making your own laptop computer but are not sure where to start, the Pi-Top is an...
View ArticleNestle Says Sorry After Tweeting That Abducted Mexican Students Thought Dead...
Nestle has been forced to apologize after joking about the disappearance in Mexico of 43 trainee teachers, whose abduction and probable murder has outraged the nation.The students were abducted on...
View ArticleBanker Buys Iconic London Skyscraper For $1.1 Billion
The Gherkin, one of London’s most recognizable skyscrapers, has been bought by the billionaire Brazilian banker Joseph Safra, in a deal thought to be worth more than £700m ($1.1 billion).Safra, who has...
View ArticleRussia Has Sent A Convoy Of Warships To Australia's Northern Maritime Border
Russia has dispatched a convoy of warships to Australia’s northern maritime border in what some in the country are calling a “puerile” display of Moscow's military muscle — and just weeks after...
View ArticleChina May Be Secretly Sending Oil To North Korea
China is secretly providing North Korea with oil, with shipments over the border either intentionally omitted from its export statistics or broadly identified as aid, according to South Korean...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Is Training In Prison With One Of South Africa's Most...
Oscar Pistorius has been training in prison with a notorious Czech fugitive who is charged with kidnapping and attempted murder.In a letter sent to prison officials, Radovan Krejcir complained that his...
View ArticleFad Diets Don't Work
Popular diets such as Weight Watchers are no more effective than living healthily for weight loss and are unlikely to provide long term health benefits, a study as shown.Researchers at McGill...
View ArticleWidow Takes Extreme Measures To Prove To T-Mobile That Her Husband Is Dead
A widow took her dead husband’s ashes into a mobile phone shop to get them to cancel his monthly contract.Maria Raybould, 56, was threatened with bailiffs by T-Mobile and ordered to pay a cancellation...
View ArticleAward-Winning Musician To The Stars Exposed As Welfare Cheat
An award-winning musician to the stars has been exposed as a benefits cheat after being spotted playing guitar alongside boyband JLS on the Xtra Factor.Joseph Ross’s $36,000 benefits scam was rumbled...
View ArticleNASDAQ Boss: British Tech Firms Should List In The US
British tech firms tempted to go public are being urged to go to the US, where - it is claimed - they can get proper analyst coverage, find more suitable investors and raise more money...
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