Switzerland is the new route for EU-bound refugees
Refugees are finding new routes into the European Union. Swiss authorities have noticed a rise in border crossings from Italy. Ueli Maurer represents the right-wing SVP party on the Swiss Federal Council and, as finance minister, is in charge of the Border Guard Corps. He is most concerned about migration routes between...
BREAKING: Man ‘armed with bomb’ takes hostages inside city centre bank
The assailant is said to have taken people hostage inside a Citibank office and is demanding a negotiators. Police have reported the man is threatening to blow himself up, and has an explosive device. The Russian interior ministry claim the man is holding three of bank’s staff and one customer inside the...
A Formula 1 star is working as an Uber driver for a day
Formula 1's summer break is finally over, but McLaren-Honda's Stoffel Vandoorne is still waiting for a full-time seat to open up. Instead of piloting a Formula 1 car, he's spending the night in his home country as an Uber driver ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in a very, very fast McLaren. Despite only driving in...
World’s longest airship crashes in England on test flight — media reports
The world's longest aircraft, the Airlander 10 airship, has crashed during a test flight in Bedfordshire in central England, the Press Association reported on Wednesday. The BBC reported the airship, which undertook its first flight last week, had hit a telegraph pole. Hybrid Air Vehicles, the manufacturer of the...
Germany’s anti-immigration AfD party gaining allegiance
The three-year-old anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party has established a solid base among those Germans who demonstrate a political allegiance, a study showed on Wednesday. The study by the German Institute for Economic Research and Humboldt University reinforces expectations that the anti-immigration party will make...
Italy earthquake leaves many dead and wipes out town
Strong earthquake has struck central Italy, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. At least 37 people were reported dead in two hard-hit towns, where rescue crews raced to dig out survivors from the rubble. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3.36am local time and was felt across a broad swathe of central Italy,...
British schoolboy, 8, killed in grenade attack in Sweden
An eight-year-old school boy from Birmingham was killed after a hand grenade was thrown through an apartment window in Sweden. Yuusuf Warsame was killed in the south western city of Gothenburg on his way to hospital early yesterday morning, police have said. It is believed that he was visiting a family that lived in the...
Pioneering basejumper Alexander Polli dies after crashing into a tree
Basejumper Alexander Polli has died after crashing into a tree during a jump in France. According to French media reports the 31-year-old Italian-Norwegian died in the Brevent-Chamonix area of the Alps, close to Mont Blanc, in front of his teammates. He is believed to have crashed head first into the tree at an altitude of...
Homeless woman who insisted she was owed £76,000 is finally proven right
After 16 years of insisting she was owed $100,000 by the government, a homeless woman has finally been proven right. Wanda Witter has spent more than a dozen years on the streets while trying to convince people she was due the mammoth social security cheque. She would sleep near a McDonald’s in downtown Washington DC with...
Jokowi wants more sports to contribute medals
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi to focus on developing sports that could garner medals for Indonesia at international events following the success of the country’s performance at the recently concluded Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "Prioritize...
Татьяна Васильева в купальнике стала примером вечной молодости
Этим летом случился настоящий бум на раздевшихся знаменитостей, которым за 45 лет. Теперь в их рядах появилась и Татьяна Васильева, снимок в бикини которой на днях появился в Сети....
IS loses ground as Iraqi forces push back
As the Islamic State (IS) group loses ground in Iraq, the militants are showing strain in their rule over areas they still control, growing more brutal, killing deserters and relying on younger and younger recruits, according to residents who fled battleground territories. The accounts point to the difficulties the...