News
A Portuguese Municipality Offers Cash For Babies
A Portuguese municipality is offering 5000 Euros per new baby. Due to an exodus of young adults and low birth rates the town officials have come up with a plan to keep hold of and […]
Year: 2015
Middle East
Netanyahu Cabinet Members Reject Two-State Solution
Israel’s right-wing politicians and key advisers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet laid the groundwork to formally abandon a two-state solution with the Palestinians and call instead for annexation of the occupied territories. The proposals […]
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Report: Government ‘Rebranding’ Unemployment As Psychological Problem
A new report claims that unemployment is being “rebranded” as a psychological disorder by the government. Sounding like something from Orwell’s 1984, the Wellcome Trust-backed report says that those that do not exhibit a “positive” […]
Entertainment
Screen Legend Christopher Lee Dies
Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93 after being hospitalised for respiratory problems and heart failure. The acting legend, known for a variety of films from Dracula to The Wicker Man through to […]
Sci/Environment
Yacht Concept Will Double As Boat and Plane
Russian engineers have developed an amazing new yacht prototype that doubles as a plane. Although it won’t be available until 2050, the possibility has got some people excited. Specifically, millionaires – but for those who […]
Sci/Environment
Video: NASA Discover Potential Means of Finding Martian Life
Life on Mars is something NASA has been searching for over the span of decades. Not that they are looking for current life forms, but rather evidence of life that once existed. A recent discovery […]
News
MH370: Mathematician Theorizes What May Have Happened
Relatives remain in mourning over the loss of their loved ones on Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 as conspiracies circulate and people continue to wonder where did the plane go? How does a world so technologically […]
News
Police Shut Down 7 Year Old Girl’s Lemonade Stand For Lack of Permit
Texas police really need to chill – they shut down a lemonade stand set up by two little girls on Monday. The sisters aged 7 and 8, were trying to raise money for a Fathers […]
Middle East
New US Military Base To Open In Iraq
President Obama has ordered the deployment of 450 U.S. troops to Iraq in order to bolster the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group. While it appears to be a small deployment, the troops will […]
News
RAF And Russian Military Jets In Another Confrontation
British RAF Typhoons have yet again come face to face with Russian military aircraft, as they intercepted and shadowed two Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea. Earlier in May, the British Airforce were ordered to escort Russian […]