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The problems plaguing Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid
IT is the question every politician hates. A curly one that none of them want to answer. The T question. What about trust? Hillary Clinton’s time came exactly a week out from the first votes being cast in the race to the White House. This young millennial voter from Iowa had a question for the frontrunner. “It feels...
Two-wife minimum? The polygamy hoax that spread from Iraq to Eritrea
A false rumour that men in Eritrea would be legally obliged to marry at least two women went viral this week. But it's a hoax that has hit at least four countries to date, and actually began in Iraq, where it wasn't as implausible as it seems. When a far fetched story about enforced polygamy in Eritrea began...
Rock star David Bowie leaves $100m in will
Rock star David Bowie left an estate valued at about $100m (£70m), according to his will which has been filed in New York. Half will go to his widow, Iman, along with the home they shared in New York. The rest is shared between his son and daughter. It was also revealed that Bowie had requested that his ashes be scattered...
Crimea in World War II (Photos)
In 1944, Russian forces led by Marshal Fedor Tolbukhin attack the German army in an attempt to win back Crimea, in the southern Ukraine, occupied by the Axis power. The attack would result in the breaking of German defensive lines in just four days, eventually sending the Germans retreating. Crimea was the territorial plaything...
United Nations confirms 69 cases of alleged abuse in 2015 peacekeeping missions
THE UN human rights office says it has turned up six more cases of alleged sexual abuse against children by European troops in Central African Republic, including a seven-year-old girl who said she had to perform sexual acts on soldiers in exchange for water and cookies. A UN team recently interviewed five girls and a boy who...
Black German woman learns a shocking family secret: Her grandfather was a Nazi
Atlanta, Jennifer Teege thought she knew the hard truths of her life: that her German mother left her in the care of nuns when she was 4 weeks old, and that her biological father was Nigerian, making her the only black child in her Munich neighborhood. But the hardest truth came to her years later on a warm August day in...
Thousands protest against Vienna ball funded by far-right party (PHOTO)
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Austrian capital of Vienna chanting pro-refugee slogans to protest the annual Academics’ ball. The event, attended by German-language student networks, is deemed to be a meeting place for nationalists. Several protests were announced for the night of the ball, which is...
The man who created Paris
In the 19th Century George-Eugène Haussmann completely redesigned and rebuilt the French capital. Jonathan Glancey describes how the city of today was born. Paris remains one of the world’s most visited cities, and of those tens of millions drawn to its remarkably compact centre each year, the Marais district...
Malaysia 1MDB scandal: Investigators say about $4bn may be missing from fund
About $4bn (£2.8bn) may have been stolen from a fund owned by the Malaysian state, a prosecutor says. The 1MDB fund was set up in 2009 to pay for major new economic and social developments in Malaysia. Last year, Swiss authorities opened an investigation into 1MDB after it amassed more than $11bn (£7bn) of debt....
25 Things You Don’t Know About Donald Trump — «I Do My Own Hair»
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has never been one to hold back what's on his mind, especially in recent months. Back in May 2010, Trump, then the host of The Celebrity Apprentice, opened up to Us Weekly with 25 fun facts about himself. He revealed some of his favorite foods, how he gets to work every day,...
This Is What The Fight For Gay Couples’ Rights Looks Like In Italy
Italy is the last country in Western Europe without protections for same-sex couples, but its Parliament takes up a bill next week that could change that. Next week, Italy’s Parliament is scheduled to take up a law that would allow same-sex couples to enter civil unions. Tony Gentile / Reuters Italy is the only country in...
Facebook Parental Advisory: Sweden eyes 16yo age limit for social media
Soon Swedish teenagers may find sharing pictures on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat awkward under parental supervision as Stockholm plans to introduce an age limit for social media use. The Swedish government said Friday it is going to launch a special commission on implementing the EU Data Protection Directive. At the meeting...
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