About 500 migrants are feared dead after their ship was rammed by another boat near Malta last week, a migration body said. Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers. They said the boat had left Damietta in Egypt in early September. News of the sinking near Malta emerged as another vessel carrying 250 people sank off the coast […]
Zimbabwe is to introduce a bank-note worth Z$100bn in response to rampant inflation – but the note will barely cover the cost of a loaf of bread. Some Zimbabweans are already calling for higher denominations in a country where the official annual inflation rate has exceeded 2,200,000%. Independent economists believe the real rate is many times higher. Zimbabwe’s meltdown has left at least 80% of the population in poverty, facing […]
A list of 5 million Gmail addresses and passwords appeared on a Russian Bitcoin forum Wednesday It is still unclear how anyone obtained the vast collection of usernames and passwords. Google says its servers were not breached. The list appears to be a collection of passwords exposed in previous hacks — likely on users’ own computers, not Google’s systems. “We have no evidence that our systems have been compromised,” said […]
A surge in atmospheric CO2 saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in 2013, according to new figures. Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between 2012 and 2013 grew at their fastest rate since 1984. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that it highlights the need for a global climate treaty. But the UK’s energy secretary Ed Davey said that any such agreement might not contain legally binding […]
Washington: A new study has observed that infants who sleep on animal fur in the first three months of life are less likely to suffer from asthma in later childhood. The study at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Munich suggested that microbial environment in animal skin and fur could have a protective effect against asthma and allergies. The researchers collected information on exposure to animal skin during […]
Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to win her sixth US Open and 18th Grand Slam title. The American, ranked one in the world, won 6-3 6-3 at Flushing Meadows in New York. After a poor start from both players, Williams steadied herself to take the first set and found something approaching her best form to dominate the second. The victory moves her to joint-fourth in the all-time […]
New Delhi: Chica, ‘the Spider Dog’, has become the latest rage on YouTube as a hilarious video of the pooch chasing terrified people on the streets has gone viral. The video titled — “Mutant Giant Spider Dog” — has amassed over 44 million views in just three days on the YouTube and the lightning speed at the which the clip has gone viral has just taken everyone by surprise. The […]
Patty Aubrey, life coach and strategist behind the phenomenal growth of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series and Jack Canfield Companies, prescribes a few success mantras for women Make an ‘I Want’ List Whether its a relationship, a job, a house or a family—make an ‘I want’ list, and make it as specific as possible. When we’re young, we don’t have a lot of I don’t wants, because we don’t know […]
US veterinary surgeons operating on a sick dog got a shock when they discovered the cause of their patient’s malaise – 43 and a half socks. The 64kg Great Dane had an affinity for chewing socks but no-one knew he was swallowing them whole, a spokeswoman from the animal hospital said. The vets, who operated on the dog in February, said that it was the most socks they had pulled […]
Clive Palmer, one of Australia’s richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic. The mining billionaire told Australian media that construction would start at the end of next year. It would be ready to set sail in 2016. The plan, he added, was for the vessel to be as similar as possible to the original Titanic in design and specifications, but […]
