More than one billion smartphones were shipped last year, with Samsung extending its lead as the world’s biggest vendor, a new survey has showed. According to market research firm IDC, 1.004 billion smartphones were shipped last year, marking a 38.4% increase from the previous year. South Korea’s Samsung accounted for the bulk of that figure, followed by Apple and China’s Huawei. Smartphones made up more than half of the 1.8 […]
In the village school of Kuyu, in the heartland of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, more than 20 children put up their hands when asked if anyone in their family has eye problems. “My mother has lost vision in one eye and the other is causing her big problems,” says one boy. “She can’t see where she’s going.” Another child says her grandmother is blind in both eyes and is forever pulling […]
Body found of US tourist trampled to death by elephants” Park rangers in Thailand have found the body of an American tourist who was apparently trampled to death by elephants in a reserve outside …Thailand Elephants ‘Trample’ American Tourist – Sky News An American tourist has been found dead in a reserve in Thailand … of the body were broken, so we assumed she was trampled by elephants …American Tourist […]
Fuhrer ‘fled to Argentina and then Paraguay before settling in Brazil’ Hunted for treasure with a map given to him by Vatican allies, book claims Author Simoni Renee Guerreiro Dias claims fascist actually died aged 95 Claims he had a black girlfriend to disguise his fascist background Says her suspicions increased after she photoshopped a moustache onto the grainy picture and compared it to photos of the Fuhrer He is […]
Daniel Sandford in Kiev: ”Nobody knows how long [the truce] will hold” Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in protests that have gripped Kiev for two months. One of them, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, has said he will lead pro-EU protesters “on the attack” if snap elections are not called. Mr Yanukovych has asked the speaker of parliament to hold […]
Baby totters up and down ledge – at one point hanging feet over 50ft drop A baby came just inches from death after being filmed crawling along the window ledge on the eight-floor of an apartment block. Shocking footage appears to show the baby tottering perilously close to the edge of the building. For some three minutes, the toddler is seen making its way uneasily across the ledge without any […]
Motorist took unorthodox shortcut by crossing the Yellow River in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, in sub-zero temperatures All alone surrounded by ice, this off-road driver took the ultimate shortcut across a river. The mystery motorist took a somewhat risky detour in Mongolia by ignoring the nearest bridge and instead driving directly across the ice. A similar situation in Britain would see firemen rushing to the scene in seconds, but the driver […]
People attend a demonstration in Madrid on June 16, 2013 against austerity policies and record high unemployment. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Michael Marmot says austerity has increased youth unemployment in Europe Marmot argues that unemployment is bad for mental and physical health He says resulting social marginality, poverty and homelessness harm health Unemployment should be a key consideration in macro-economic policy, Marmot says Michael Marmot has led research groups on health […]
The police ordered a shutdown of four Metro stations from 9 am to 1 pm in the wake of AAP’s protest on Monday. NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and seven of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Monday will go ahead with ‘dharna’ in protest against the Delhi police despite prohibitory orders by the cops banning unlawful assembly in the area. However in a setback to the commuters […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The law required women to get an ultrasound and see the image “Today’s court ruling protects the rights of women,” an ACLU spokeswoman says Supporters of the law had argued that it would promote childbirth A North Carolina law that made women who wanted an abortion get an ultrasound and then have the image described to them is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday. “The Supreme Court […]
