Digital danger: ‘The bad guys are trying to steal your privacy, too’ Cyber criminals will still be out in force in 2014, but privacy is expected to come to the forefront of digital concerns. Along with scams, cyber security firms see a continued risk to citizens’ privacy with basic activities such as posting on social media sites, downloading apps on their smartphones and, of course, through indiscretions. “The bad guys […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS European Space Agency’s Gaia has been tasked with making a 3D map of the Milky Way Telescope so sensitive that makers say it could measure a human thumbnail from Moon One of Gaia’s objectives is to help in hunt for exoplanets Mission applauded for building up most accurate charts of the cosmos What do you need to map a billion stars? A billion-pixel camera certainly helps. Scientists hope […]
As the US debates how to reform its immigration system – and deal with roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country – wealthy foreigners already have a legal route to a new life in America. A visa programme called EB-5 offers overseas investors the opportunity to get permanent residence – a green card – in return for $1m (£614,000). In areas with high unemployment, the visas are available […]
Do you load your Christmas tree with angels the kids have made out of loo rolls and multi-coloured baubles that have been hanging around in the loft for the past 20 years? Or are you determined to go for the latest and chicest look? And can anyone tell the difference between them anyway? We asked top Christmas tree decorator Sharon Creates — who has dressed trees this year for one […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mira Sorvino takes a behind the scenes look at Cambodia’s child sex trade Karaoke bars are often fronts for prostitution in Phnom Penh, the country’s capital When a club hostess is asked to bring in younger girls, she obliges Girls are shown messages from others who escaped life from these covert brothels Late one night, after dark, we met up with Don Brewster — head of Agape International […]
A woman reveals her bizarre obsession with dressing up as a pony and galloping around a field in the upcoming season of My Strange Addiction. Nicole, 31, is addicted to Pony Play, a form of role play that sees her putting on a mask, hooves and a bit and pretending she is a horse as she rolls around in hay. She is just one of the stars who offer a […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Winter storm “Alexa” has brought snow and rain to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Region is home to thousands of people who have fled the civil war in Syria One out of every four people living in Lebanon is now a Syrian refugee Many are living in makeshift camps, with little but flimsy tents to keep out the cold Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley thought life couldn’t get much […]
Mira’s Cambodia Journal – Day One: Arrival in Cambodia Editor’s note: Mira Sorvino, a human rights activist and Academy Award winning actress, went to Cambodia with the CNN Freedom Project to expose child sexual exploitation. This is an edited journal from her week in the country. We have just landed in Phnom Penh, to begin one of the most important journeys I have ever embarked upon. I have been an […]
Beach-side houses and a lifeboat hut in Hemsby, Norfolk, swept into sea along with a popular cafe at Caister-on-Sea Local authorities in Norfolk have said there was a risk of further flooding, particularly in Hunstanton area Police warn of the danger of flood ‘sightseeing’ after people seen watching drama with children on their shoulders Devastated residents watched their cliff-top homes disappear into the sea when last night’s tidal surge hit […]
