New Zealand man hired as an unpaid intern by the UN in Geneva has been forced to live in a tent
A 22-year-old New Zealand man hired as an unpaid intern by the United Nations in Geneva has been forced to live in a tent because he cannot afford the high cost of accommodation in the Swiss city. David Hyde has been sleeping on a patch of ground overlooking Lake Geneva not far from the the […]
French Couple Who Died In The Desert Would Take One Sip Of Water And Give Their Son Two
A French couple who died while hiking in a New Mexico desert on a 100-degree day may have kept their 9-year-old son alive by giving him extra water rations, Otero County Sheriff Benny House said. Ornella Steiner, 51, and David Steiner, 42, of Bourgogne, France, were found dead last week off a hiking trail in […]
British SAS Troops Dressed In US Uniforms And Joined US Special Forces On ISIS Abu Sayyaf Overnight Raid In Syria
British SAS soldiers were reportedly part of the US special forces mission that saw Islamic State commander Abu Sayyaf killed and his wife captured during an overnight raid. The secret raid was revealed in May this year but was announced by the White House as a US special forces operation, in which Sayyaf was shot […]
Germany Has Profited 100 Billion Euros From Greece’s Crisis
Germany, which has taken a tough line on Greece, has profited from the country’s crisis to the tune of 100 billion euros ($109 billion), according to a new study Monday. The sum represents money Germany saved through lower interest payments on funds the government borrowed amid investor “flights to safety”, the study said. “These savings […]
South African Scientists have excavated 400-year-old tobacco pipes from Shakespeare’s garden and found them to contain cannabis residue
Ernest Hemingway famously coined the phrase, “Write drunk; edit sober,” but centuries earlier William Shakespeare may have preferred a different substance to get the creative juices flowing. Scientists from South Africa have excavated 400-year-old tobacco pipes from Shakespeare’s garden and found them to contain cannabis residue, The Independent reported. The pipes were analyzed in Pretoria, […]
A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union’s living standards and social infrastructure: Philip Hammond
A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union’s living standards and social infrastructure, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, saying the bloc was unable to take in millions of people seeking a new life. Hammond’s comments, some of his most outspoken on the subject yet, underscore how the British government is […]
Dutch survivor of Japanese concentration camp calls for recognition of history
For Berthe Korvinus, a 77-year-old Dutch woman who spent more than four years of her early childhood in Japanese concentration camps in Indonesia, her experiences during the war have become a driving force to fight for justice for all victims. “In the year marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, I […]
China, U.S. And Russia Developing Controversial Military Programs To Wage War In Space
The world’s most worrisome military flashpoint is arguably not in the Strait of Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Kashmir or Ukraine. In fact, it cannot be located on any map of Earth, even though it is very easy to find. To see it, just look up into a clear sky, to the no-man’s-land of […]
14 Year Old Schoolboy Who Stabbed A Teacher In The Stomach And Called Him N****a To Spend Less Than 3 Years In Jail
A teenager who stabbed a supply teacher in a racist attack before boasting about it on Facebook could be free within three years. The 14-year-old, who a judge ruled cannot be identified, was overheard calling Vincent Uzomah a ‘b******’ and a ‘n*****’ before he stabbed him in the stomach at Dixons Kings Academy in Bradford […]
French Couple Die While Hiking In US Desert, 9 Year-Old Son Survives
A French couple died while hiking in the New Mexico desert but authorities rescued their nine-year-old son before he too succumbed to the heat, authorities said Friday. David Steiner, 42, and Ornella Steiner, 51, both from the town of Bourgogne near Reims, had been hiking in the White Sands National Monument on Tuesday afternoon when […]
