A second witness at the murder trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has told a court in the capital Pretoria she was awoken by the sounds of a fight early on 14 February 2013. Mr Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to intentionally killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He shot dead the 29-year-old model and reality TV star at his home, saying he mistook her for an intruder. Estelle Van […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is no need yet to send Russian troops into Ukraine, but he has not ruled out doing so. Russia reserves the right to use “all means” to protect citizens in Ukraine, he told a news conference. Russian and Ukrainian troops in Crimea are involved in a tense stand-off. Mr Putin called the toppling of President Viktor Yanukovych in the capital Kiev an “anti-constitutional coup […]
Is it possible that you literally have a third eye that connects you to spiritual dimensions? The pineal gland is something that is spoken of the in the New Age community as being the intuition organ and the connection point between body and spirit, but very few people realize that the pineal gland is in fact a literal eye. The pineal gland is a pea-sized gland in the exact geometric […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: The U.S. suspends upcoming trade, investment talks with Russia, official says President Obama urges Congress to work with him on Ukraine aid GOP Rep. Royce: The best option would be economic sanctions to weaken the ruble A first step? Boycott the G8 summit in Sochi and kick Russia out of the group The Kremlin sends troops across the border, and the United States and its allies cry […]
Glassdoor, a website that offers an inside look at employee earnings and company reviews, has compiled a report that ranks where interns are compensated most generously. The results are revealing, and pretty shocking when we realize just how much some interns take home. Of course, compensation isn’t the sole factor that drives workers to seek internships. Most interns rank career growth as their motivation to work for free. Yet, unpaid […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Medecins Sans Frontieres has been banned from Rakhine State, Myanmar Myanmar’s government accuses it of bias towards the persecuted Rohingya minority The NGO says it provides care regardless of religious or ethnic affiliation Rakhine State is home to the majority of Myanmar’s Rohingya, a stateless Muslim group Medicins Sans Frontieres has been banned from operating in Myanmar’s strife-torn Rakhine State, following official accusations the aid organization is […]
Oh yes, another video of some poor schmuck being filmed while he is just ‘out to lunch’ after surgery. And by ‘out-to-lunch,’ I mean completely twisted from the effects of the anesthesia. In November of last year, 22-year-old Ben Salzman had to have routine surgery involving anesthesia at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. This hilarious video shows what happened when he woke up in the hospital, still under […]
Gravity cleans the board with SEVEN Oscars… but misses the big one Cate Blanchett is Best Actress for Blue Jasmine Matthew McConaughey named Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club as Jared Leto scoops Best Supporting Actor Disney’s Frozen wins Best Animated Feature It was an emotional night for the cast and crew of 12 Years A Slave, as the film took home the award for Best Picture at Sunday night’s […]
A snake has won a lengthy battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland, wrestling it, constricting it and then finally eating it. The incident at Lake Moondarra, near Mount Isa, was captured on camera by local residents on Sunday. The 10-ft snake, thought to be a python, coiled itself around the crocodile and the two struggled in the water. The snake later brought the dead crocodile onto land and […]
The political crisis in Ukraine remains on the front pages of Monday’s newspapers with many referring to the standoff as a “new Cold War”. Europe’s two biggest states were on the brink of armed conflict as Russia tightened its grip by surrounding military bases in Crimea, reports the Times. Ukraine mobilised for war with Russia amid Nato warnings of the threat to peace and security in Europe, says the Daily […]
