WASHINGTON — Spring is closer than you think, and here’s a sure sign: Daylight saving time arrives this weekend. Most Canadians will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night. Daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. You may lose an hour of sleep, but daylight saving time promises an extra hour of evening light for many months ahead. It’s also a […]
FEARS that a missing airliner carrying 239 people could have been blown up by suicide bombers travelling on stolen passports increased last night. Two men from Austria and Italy, listed among the passengers on a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, were not on board, officials in both European countries said on Saturday, and at least one of them had had his passport stolen. The revelation came as distraught relatives were told […]
Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing millionairess wife Xiu Li, 51, after 21 years Couple met on a blind date while he was a teacher and she was a student Couple suddenly became rich in 2011 when Li’s idea of building shopping centres into Chinese air-raid shelters made her £1.1billion They traded modest semi in South Norwood for £1.5million home in Surrey Mr Hawken doesn’t like being rich and ‘isn’t in […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Missing plane crashed off the southern coast of Vietnam, Asian media report “We have no idea where this aircraft is,” Malaysia Airlines vice president says In Beijing, relatives gather in a hotel Flight was carrying 239 people, including 2 infants A missing Malaysia Airliner carrying 239 people crashed off the southern coast of Vietnam, Vietnamese and Chinese state media reported Saturday, both citing Vietnam’s military. More than half […]
Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with flight MH370, which was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The aircraft never made it to Chinese airspace as John Sudworth reports from Beijing International Airport Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared […]
On March 2nd, 2014 Matthew McConnaughey won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Dallas Buyers Club. What I most liked about the Oscars was actually his speech. It was powerful and resonated with me. In his acceptance speech, he mentioned: There are three things that I need each day. One, I need something to look up to, another to look forward to, and another is someone to chase. […]
Lydia, a satellite-tagged 15ft, 2,000lb great white, is currently 1,000 miles from the coast of Cornwall and Ireland She has swam 380 miles in 72 hours and is near the mid-Atlantic ridge If she swims over the mid-Atlantic range she will be the first recorded great white to cross the Atlantic They are the undisputed predators of the ocean, armed with razor-sharp teeth, capable of reaching speeds of 35mph – […]
Facebook wants to buy WhatsApp, but its bid has run into trouble Facebook’s purchase of mobile messaging service WhatsApp has been opposed by privacy groups. Mark Zuckerberg’s firm is planning to buy the company for around £11bn. Opponents want US regulators to stop the deal until Facebook provides more information on what it plans to do with the personal data of WhatsApp’s users. But Facebook said it will operate as […]
Some farmers struggling because of the drought have started selling their cattle Australia’s Queensland is suffering its most widespread drought on record, with almost 80% of the state now included in the list of affected areas. Queensland received little rain in February, which is normally the wettest month of the year, local officials say. This contrasts to three years ago, when much of the state was flooded, forcing thousands to […]
Malaria parasites – seen here infecting red blood cells – and mosquitoes do not like cold temperatures Warmer temperatures are causing malaria to spread to higher altitudes, a study suggests. Researchers have found that people living in the highlands of Africa and South America are at an increased risk of catching the mosquito-borne disease during hotter years. They believe that temperature rises in the future could result in millions […]
