Mother FEEDS her video-game addicted 13-year-old son who refuses to step away from his screen during marathon 48-hour sessions Lilybeth Marvel, 37, from the Philippines, is forced to feed her 13-year-old child Carlito is obsessed with a battle royale PC game called ‘Rules of Survival’ She filmed herself attempting to feed him during a marathon 48-hour session They have withdrawn […]

GIRONA, Spain (Reuters) – Catalan activist groups burned tires and tried to block highways across northeast Spain on Thursday as part of a day of protests against the trial of 12 separatist political leaders for their part in a declaration of independence in 2017. Eleven highways in Catalonia were affected by the protests, police reported, adding that they were working […]

The heartbreaking plight of endangered gorillas who are losing their hands to hundreds of traps set by starving local people Three-year-old gorilla was found weeping for her mother in the Rwandan jungle Rangers at the Volcanoes National Park cut her down and took her to her family Sir David Attenborough drew public attention to their plight 40 years ago But […]

YouTube paedophile ring that comments on ‘sexualised’ videos of children with millions of views exposed as advertisers pull their adverts from the site US vlogger says he has found a ‘wormhole’ into a ‘paedophile ring’ on YouTube Videos of children appear next to adverts from high profile companies, he said Firms including Nestle and the makers of Fortnite have pulled […]

Mind the trunk! Adorable Lab refuses to go anywhere without her best friend – a giant $12 cuddly elephant Piper, a chocolate Labrador from North Dakota, is inseparable from Elephant Owner Alex Naseth says Piper fell in love as soon as he brought the toy home Video of Piper refusing to get into the car without Elephant has gone viral  […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A heavily armed group of foreign nationals, who were arrested in Haiti on Sunday after days of massive anti-government protests, were handed over to U.S. authorities on Wednesday, Haitian and U.S. authorities said. It was unclear if all the members of the group, which reportedly included five Americans, a Serb and a Russian, were flown to the […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday that Russia had failed to grant its diplomats access to detained U.S. national Michael Calvey a week after the founder of Baring Vostok private equity group was detained in Moscow. The U.S. embassy said in a statement it had asked multiple times to visit Calvey in custody but had not received […]

England’s WORST place to live: Peterborough tops insalubrious list of ‘cr*p towns’ after it’s dubbed ‘biggest dump in country’ – so does YOUR local area make grim rundown of 2019? Home certainly isn’t where the heart is for residents of these ten cities and towns Table of ‘cr*p towns’ reveals areas branded ‘grotty’ and ‘run-down’ by inhabitants Top of list […]

Be careful what olive oil you’re dipping your bread into because it might be diluted with other oils not shown on the label. Food experts are predicting 2019 to be a bad year for fraudulent olive oils flooding the market. Bad weather and the spread of a bacteria that kills olive trees in Europe has resulted in years of bad […]

An upcoming festival in Winnipeg is hoping to bring a diverse group of films to the city. The Afro Prairie Film Festival, which is put on by Black Space Winnipeg along with Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque, celebrates black films that were created around the globe and in Manitoba. An organizer with the festival, which coincides with Black History Month, said […]