Diplomatic language has gone out of the window in the standoff over Britain’s departure from the European Union, with a U.K. government delegate calling one top EU official a “stupid boy.” Interested in Brexit? Martin Callanan, Minister of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union of the United Kingdom, said ahead of an EU meeting that EU Commission […]

Chinese city hands out 17,000 free smart watches to pupils to help their parents track their whereabouts The gadgets have microchips guided by China’s navigation system Beidou  They have been offered to students in more than 60 schools in Guangzhou Parents can receive their children’s real-time locations on their smartphones Youngsters can also call their parents using a single button […]

THIS is the incredible moment a huge eagle and a fox go to war over a rabbit. The stunning image shows the fox being lifted into the air by its winged nemesis as both refuse to let go of their prey. The image was taken in the US and the photographer says the heartstopping scene ended with the eagle eventually […]

Water firms must cut customer bills by £50 each and invest an extra £6million a DAY for next five years says regulator Ofwat Ofwat said the five-year price review is the ‘most far-reaching’ ever undertaken Said firms must provide better services and increased investment at same time Other new targets include cutting pollution incidents by more than a third  Customers […]

How is cultural orthodoxy enforced? According to some, cultural orthodoxy emanates invisibly from the powerful as a means of reinforcing and cementing their control over society. But you don’t need a complicated theory to explain the transmission of cultural orthodoxy throughout the land. These days, you can simply watch the mobs form, then see how they terrify those who didn’t […]

A DEADLY Ebola epidemic in Congo that's killed more than 1,600 people was last night declared an international health emergency. The World Health Organisation (WHO) finally confirmed the crisis on Wednesday after a case of the virus was found in a city of 2million people. At least 1,676 people have died since August last year – more than two thirds of […]

LOUIS Vuitton boss Bernard Arnault has overtaken Bill Gates as the second richest person in the world with a fortune of £86billion ($107billion). France's richest man added £31billion to his personal wealth in the past year, launching him into the exclusive $100billion club for the first time. Arnault, chief of luxury goods maker LVMH, is now £160million ($200million) richer than […]

President Trump on Wednesday repeated the claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud by illegally marrying her brother. Trump made the statement while responding to a question from a reporter from the One America News Network before leaving for a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. Reporter Emerald Robinson asked the president “if the administration was looking into possible […]

A LODGER of Fred and Rose West feared she would be next on the murderer's list – after Fred took her down to their cellar. Jayne Hamer was given a tour of the House of Horrors cellar in the couple's Gloucester home before deciding to leave. The depraved pair abducted, tortured, raped and murdered young women over 20 years – and […]

Italian police and FBI agents have cracked down on a Palermo-area Mafia clan with ties to the U.S.-based Gambino crime family. Police said that around 200 officers including FBI agents fanned out in Sicily and in the New York area Wednesday, arresting 18 suspects in Italy and one in the United States. Palermo Police Chief Renato Cortese told reporters that […]