Washington (AFP) – Nearly 100,000 Russian forces have massed on Ukraine’s border, a top Ukrainian defense official told an American audience Thursday, giving a number far higher than US military estimates. “Almost 100,000 soldiers are stationed on the borders of Ukraine and in the direction … of Kharkiv, Donetsk, ” Andriy Parubiy, chairman of Ukraine’s national security council, said via a webcast from Kiev. “Russian troops are not in Crimea […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: There are “indications” the train’s driver dozed off, union official says Almost all of the 32 people hurt have been released from hospitals, official says Video from the train and station wil be examined by investigators Blue Line train passes end of line, moves up escalator A federal investigator said he’s never seen a train climb an escalator like the one that jumped the tracks at Chicago’s O’Hare […]

Golda Humphrey, 79, went to hospital with a badly broken leg While she was there she developed a large scab on her nose Doctors told her it was a reaction to the medication she was taking Staff at the unnamed hospital nicknamed her Pinocchio She was eventually diagnosed with skin cancer and had to have surgery She is now considering taking legal action against the hospital It is not possible […]

The 54-year-old is suffering from a terminal cancer He’d spent much of his adult life working at the Dutch zoo The man, known only as Mario, asked that his hospital bed be wheeled into the giraffe enclosure so he could say goodbye One giraffe approached Mario, giving the dying man a kiss   This is the touching moment a giraffe bid a sad farewell to a dying worker who’d spent […]

For every Bill Gates there’s an Andrea Lewis. When a firm hits the big time, the company’s founder, of course, strikes it rich. Yet early employees such as Lewis, a technical writer-turned-freelance journalist, don’t fare too badly, either. Thanks to the Microsoft stock options she was awarded in the software giant’s early days, Lewis’s net worth has been reported to be around $2 million. Many of the world’s wealthiest individuals […]

Could the president sitting down to record a comedy website video harm national security? Bill O’Reilly thinks it could. The Fox News host blasted President Barack Obama’s mock interview recorded two weeks ago with comedian Zach Galifianakis to help promote enrollment by young Americans in health insurance plans mandated by the Affordable Care Act. “The interview was a farce, and some believe demeaning,” O’Reilly said on his “Talking Points” program. […]

The pilots of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were previously involved in a security breach in which they took pictures with two Australian teenage girls in the cockpit. Source: Australian Current Affair As the mystery deepens around Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and speculations intensify, focus shifts to the pilots of the missing plane. Just who were they? According to a CNN report, “All right, good night,” were the last words anyone heard […]

  Smokers who kick the habit appear to benefit from an improved mood, according to a new review of past studies. On average, quitting smoking was associated with improvements in mental health similar to taking an antidepressant drug, a team of UK researchers found. “The main message is that when people stop smoking, they feel better than they did when they were smoking,” Dr. Paul Aveyard, one of the review’s […]

  There are now 40 ships and 34 aircraft from nine different nations taking part in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the seas off Vietnam and Malaysia. Cmdr William Marks from the US Seventh Fleet, which is taking part in the search, said the difficulty was in covering such a large area, spanning hundreds of kilometres. “Just from the air we can see things as small […]

Stuart Hutchinson, now 19, started suffering from headaches in 2011 Doctors repeatedly failed to notice he had brain cancer He was just 24 hours from death when medics discovered a giant growth It took two operations and 33 session of radiation to get rid of the tumour Recently Stuart discovered another growth but was told it was a cyst After seeking more advice he was told it was another tumour […]