Ushuaia, Argentina – 30ft waves had battered a cruise ship through the night, crippling her and leaving the ship no choice but to return to port travelling at a slow speed of just four knots. Engine damage was the main concern after it ran into trouble in rough seas, located in the northeastern area of [...]
Europe – After the captain of a flight from Toulouse in France that was headed for Casablanca, Morocco had announced that the flight would be making an unscheduled stop, a 100 strong group of passengers staged an onboard mutiny. The routine journey that should normally take approximately 90 minutes was about to be changed when [...]
Egypt, Sharm El-Sheikh – A 70 year old German woman was killed by a shark in the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. A lifeguard managed to get the lady onto a reef but she was severely injured, having lost a leg and arm. Earlier in the week four people were hurt but not killed [...]
Sydney, Australia – The first A380 Qantas plane will be taking off en-route from Sydney to London since the airline company was victim to a mid-air engine explosion leading to the company grounding all flights until necessary checks and precautions were taken. Among the 450 passengers that were onboard was the company’s chief executive, in [...]
UK – A recent boost in revenue for the car giant Jaguar Land Rover has paved the way for the opening of thousands of new jobs for the car manufacturing production process. The UK branch has already announced over 1,500 new positions. The company had previously planned to shut down at least three of its [...]
US – The latest introduction of the body-scanner is being introduced into airports across the country at an alarming rate. They have the capability of being able to see through your clothing, but you can object to this and then find yourself being subjected to a stern ‘pat-down’ by security, including the young and old. [...]
Argentina – A journey that has involved students from London’s imperial college have recently completed an historic journey, which started in Alaska and finished in Argentina, all completed in an electric sportscar. The SRZero car managed to reach a top speed of 124mph and took seven seconds to get from 0-60mph completed a 16,000-mile journey, [...]
No sooner did the Honda CRZ splash onto the US market did it make its presence felt by bumping off the Toyota Camry Hybrid off of the EPA’s Top 10 overall most fuel-efficient cars in the country. In fact, the Honda CRZ made two impressions on the EPA list, landing in spot number 4 for [...]
Japan – Electronics giant Sony Corp has recorded a huge jump in its profits mainly due to the rising amount of sales of Vaio laptops and Playstations. Despite a 26.3bn loss from a three month period leading to September last year, for the same time period this, year the company boasted a profit of 31bn [...]
Madrid, Spain – Spain’s latest Siesta championship that was held in a shopping mall in Madrid has finished with the winner being crowned a siesta champion. Pedro Soria Lopez, a 62-year-old Ecuadorian won the competition after managing to convince the judges that he was asleep for a total of 17 minutes and won £890 for [...]
California, US – Authorities from Santa Barbara County have said how a 19-year-old boy was fatally bitten by a shark in the sea, approximately one hundred yards out near the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Lucas McKaine Ransom had been studying chemical engineering at the University of Claifornia in Santa Barbara. He had been out on [...]
World – Over 1.5 million cars have been recalled by car manufacturing giant Toyota to repair a brake fluid leak which can over a long period of time ruin the braking capabilities. The flaw in the braking system could cause the a leak of the brake fluid from the brake master cylinder which would in [...]
New York, US – A federal jury has awarded a man $18.5 million for being wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, after spending just over two decades in jail. The 49-year-old, Alan Newton, has been battling the courts since 2006 when he was released and cleared due to DNA evidence in his [...]
Uganda, Africa – A Ugandan Newspaper has been slammed for publishing a list of known homosexuals and their addresses and calling for them to be hanged. The Rolling Stone Newspaper, which has no ties to the American publication of the same name, has sparked anger amongst activists groups and has left people in fear of [...]
Germany – Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor has said in a speech in Potsdam that the nations previous intentions and methods of trying to incorporate multiculturalism into society have “utterly failed”. She is under the belief that the country has “kidded itself” that the system is in fact working. The most recent comments from the [...]
Madrid, Spain – The Islazul shopping mall in Madrid has been the venue for a Spanish national siesta championship in attempts to bring the siesta back to life. Due to the current fast-paced way of life, people tend to have less time to take their much-needed afternoon nap. Businesses tend to stay open at lunchtime [...]
New York, US – A ‘lost’ Michelangelo painting, which hadn’t been completed, depicting Jesus and Mary, could have possibly been unearthed in a family home from behind their sofa. It once hung on their wall but after it had been knocked down by the children’s tennis ball, it got wrapped up and stored away behind [...]
London, UK – According to the latest research, which involved over 50,000 participants associated with social networking, revealed that the country with the lowest amount of digital friends is Japan. The recent study intended to find online trends of behaviour from users spread across the globe and found that Malaysia ranked number one for having [...]
The Pagan Druids have most recently become officially acknowledged as a religion, which will come under the Charity Law permitting it genuine status. “This has been a long hard struggle which has taken us five years to complete,” stated an announcement coming from the Druid network. The recently awarded non-profit position signifies the druid faith [...]
Ready to grow your own garlic, and claim bragging rights to “real” organic products for the kitchen? Well, then, contact Deanna Stanchfield and purchase a garlic package from her for a measly few dollars. She will send you a half-dozen bulbs of garlic from her Swede Lake Farms which she tends with partner Scott Jentink. [...]
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