A Closer Look at the Panama Papers
Host Seth Meyers considers the corruptions scandals that have popped up around the so-called Panama Papers. This story, Meyers said, is important because it sheds light on how wealthy individuals and organizations around the world hid their money from the public and avoid getting taxed....
Yes, All American Alcohol Has to Be Radioactive
America has a long and storied history with regulating alcohol, which has left us with a high drinking age, and a very strange requirement that all alcohol be slightly radioactive. As Tom Scott explains, the requirement stems from the fact that all alcohol sold for human consumption has to be made from plant matter—no...
Zika linked to second autoimmune disorder similar to multiple sclerosis
The Zika virus has been linked to a second type of autoimmune disorder, according to a small study released today. Doctors have known that Zika is associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition in which the immune system attacks the nervous system, causing paralysis, since the Zika outbreak in French Polynesia in...
David Cameron blasts ‘deeply hurtful’ claims against his dad as he is grilled by MPs
DAVID CAMERON hit out at “deeply hurtful and profoundly untrue allegations” against his late father as he faced a grilling by MPs over his financial affairs. The Prime Minister today made a statement to the House of Commons, having last week seen himself dragged into a global offshore tax avoidance scandal. The leak...
Duchess dazzles in embroidered Indian-inspired dress for New Delhi garden party
THE Duchess of Cambridge went for an elegant look tonight in a £2,535 Alice Temperley outfit for the Queen’s birthday party in New Delhi. On the second day of the royal tour of India and after a wardrobe malfunction earlier when her dress nearly blew up in the wind, Kate changed into a loose fitting Temperley London...
Labour MP chucked out of Commons for branding PM ‘dodgy Dave’
FIREBRAND Labour MP Dennis Skinner was today booted out the House of Commons for branding the Prime Minister ‘dodgy Dave’. The 84-year-old was ordered to leave the chamber as David Cameron faced a grilling from MPs over the so-called ‘Panama Papers‘ scandal. Ex-miner Mr Skinner, who has been MP for...
Shoppers left horrified as man ‘wields SAMURAI SWORD’ on busy street in Coventry
A MAN wielding a samurai sword was wrestled to the ground by police after reportedly stabbing himself. Horrified shoppers in Coventry city centre looked on as a man dressed only in a pair of white trousers brandished the weapon before turning it on himself. Officers rushed to the scene on the busy high street after receiving...
Osborne, Corbyn and Johnson all publish latest tax records
Chancellor George Osborne and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have become the latest senior British politicians to publish details of their tax returns. Mr Osborne paid £72,210 in tax in 2014-5 on £198,738 in earnings, comprising his official salary, rental income and share dividends from his family firm. The Labour...
Indian temple blaze leaves dozens dead, hundreds injured
RESCUE workers are sifting through a Hindu temple in southern India where at least 110 people died when a fireworks display — an unauthorised pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong — swept through a temple packed with thousands for a religious festival. The death toll so far from the pre-dawn fire at the...
Actress Elena Korikova shocked aged appearance
Famous actress Elena Korikova shocked aged appearance. It was stated by the singer's fans....
Voices: Lenin statue is gone, but divisions remain in Ukraine
ZAPORIZHIA, UKRAINE As we slid into a taxi on a bone-chilling afternoon, the driver delivered the news: “Lenin kaput,” he said with a wide grin. “You want to have a look?” We rushed to a square on the Dnieper River where, for days, workers braved freezing winds to bring down a last vestige of Communist...
190 people in this Indiana town were diagnosed with HIV
AUSTIN, Ind. — From the start of the HIV outbreak here, health officials emphasized that nothing set Scott County apart from many other rural communities where opioid drug use had become an epidemic. This could happen anywhere, people were told. Many people here had viewed HIV as a big-city disease, something that might...