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Chinese Millionaire Is Selling Canned Fresh Air
This is a story that shows how deliriously capitalist China has become (for good and bad).Rapid industrialisation has covered northern China in a dense pea soup of toxic chemicals.In the past, the old...
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The Awards Season Guide To Black Tie
I blame celebrities for nearly killing off this elegant evening dress code known as Black Tie.The Golden Globes heralded the start of the annual massacre.And at almost every luvvie love-in up until the...
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Financial Advisor: Strategies Like 'Higher Risk = Higher Return' Are Meaningless
Investors should be wary of believing market adages warns one financial adviser.1. “Never Confuse Brains with a Bull Market”When stockmarkets are flying, making money feels easy, but it is important to...
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Family Tortoise Survives In Locked Store Room For 30 Years Before Being Found
A family found their missing pet tortoise in a store room – more than thirty years after they lost her.Manuela disappeared from her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1982 and despite a lengthy search...
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Ashton Kutcher: Playing Steve Jobs Was 'Terrifying'
The 34-year-old actor helped unveil the premiere of the biopic jOBS on Friday at the closing film of the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.Kutcher plays the Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs from the...
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Facebook And Twitter Battle To Rid Themselves Of Ads For Prostitutes (FB)
Sex workers are openly using Facebook, Twitter and other social media to openly advertise their services.Prostitutes and escort agencies have created hundreds of unrestricted pages on Facebook, causing...
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The US Can Legally Spy On The Any Foreign Data Stored In American 'Clouds'
Personal information uploaded by British computer users to cloud services such as Apple’s iCloud and Google’s Drive can be spied upon by US intelligence without the need to apply for a warrant, it has...
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Chinese Hackers Have Targeted The New York Times Over Wen Jiabao Investigation
The New York Times has claimed that Chinese hackers have "persistently" attacked its computers over the past four months following the an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao's family's fortune.The...
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North Korea Placed Under Martial Law Ahead Of Expected Nuclear Test
North Korea has been placed under martial law and Kim Jong-un has told his front-line troops to "be ready for a war," according to South Korean media reports.In an emergency meeting of his top defence...
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Dakota Fanning Laughs Off Marc Jacobs Ad That Was Banned For Being Too Sexy
Teen actress Dakota Fanning reveals that she and Marc Jacobs laughed off the fuss surrounding her banned Oh, Lola! ad.All grown-up actress, Dakota Fanning, has been talking to US Glamour magazine about...
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Taiwan's First Barbie Cafe Is Open For Business
The first Barbie-themed restaurant has opened in Taiwan, where Barbie dolls were originally manufactured.Barbie has inspired many things in her 54-year existence: little girls’ imaginations, artwork...
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Dogwalker Finds Rare Whale Barf Worth Up To $150,000
Ken Wilman, 50, was walking along Morecambe beach in northern England when his dog, Madge, discovered a large, hard smelly rock.Upon returning home he looked the object up online and realised that...
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Sheryl Sandberg: Future Moms Are Wrecking Their Own Careers
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg argues in a controversial new book that women's lack of commitment, even before they have a family, is why so few make it to the top. Is she right?In a sea of blue and black,...
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Google Glass Will Send Sounds Straight Through Your Skull (GOOG)
Google Glass, the web giant's augmented reality spectacles, create sound by sending vibrations directly through the wearer's skull, it's been revealed.Documents filed with American regulators show the...
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Russia's Old Soldiers Remember The Country's Bloodiest Battle
Russia has marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad with memories of survivors and fallen soldiers as President Vladimir Putin warned the country can be 'invincible'.Safron Ryzhakov, 90,...
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North Korea Is 'Preparing For Two Nuclear Tests' At The Same Time
North Korea is preparing to carry out two nuclear tests, either simultaneously or in rapid succession, to demonstrate to the world the advances it has made in its weapons programme, according to...
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Twitter Blew Out Facebook In Last Night's Super Bowl
Super Bowl XLVII was close on the pitch, but the battle of the social networks was a walkover, with Twitter being mentioned in half of all adverts aired during coverage on the US television network...
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North Korean Video Simulates Attack On US City
North Korea, poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video on YouTube depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile attack.The footage was...
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The Humble Sea Urchin Could Hold Key To Tackling Climate Change
The humble sea urchin could hold the key to turning harmful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into chalk on an industrial scale, British scientists have revealed.At the moment, pilot studies for Carbon...
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Somali Terrorist Group Gets Its Twitter Privileges Back
Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab militants, who have used Twitter to announce assassinations and bombings, are back on the microblog service two weeks after their account was suspended."Our new account...
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