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Brighton and Hove starts petition to ‘leave Britain and Remain in the EU’ after Brexit
ENRAGED Remain campaigners in Brighton and Hove have waged an online campaign for the city to gain independence from Britain and become “the Monaco of the UK”. Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for a referendum for the East Sussex city to break away from the rest of the county in the wake of the...
VW US settlement ‘to cost $15bn’
German carmaker Volkswagen has reportedly reached a $15bn (£11.3bn) settlement with US car owners after admitting it cheated emission tests. The deal would offer to repair or buy back the affected diesel vehicles and pay owners compensation, according to sources close to the talks. Last year, US regulators discovered that...
Reality Check: Have Leave campaigners changed their minds?
On the fifth day after the referendum in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, the Reality Check team looks at some of the claims and promises made during the campaign by Leave campaigners who now appear to have modified their positions. Immigration The campaign claim: Immigration levels could be controlled if the UK...
Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update
Microsoft has agreed to pay a Californian woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update left her computer unusable. Teri Goldstein said her Windows 7 computer had automatically tried to update itself to Windows 10 without her permission. She said the update had made her machine unstable, leaving her unable...
Они боролись до последнего! Шокирующие кадры крушение палубного учебно-тренировочного самолета
Перед вами старые кадры, на которых запечатлено крушение палубного учебно-тренировочного самолета вертикального взлета Як-38У. Бесстрашные летчики пытались до последнего момента...
Belarusians naked in the national interest
When President Alyaksandr Lukashenka urged Belarusians "to get undressed and work till you sweat", there was every reason for his passionate appeal. After all, the country is experiencing one of the worst economic situations in decades. With the value of the rouble plummeting and rampant unemployment, what else there...
Супер лайфхак – как наточить лезвие на бритве!
С этим советом можно экономить на покупке сменных лезвий! Самыми популярными у мужчин являются бритвенные станки Gillette. И совершенно не зря, их качество на высоте, как и...
Пугачева прощается с одним из своих детей
Влад Пугачев прилетел в Москву после лечения в Израиле. Племянник Примадонны провел там год. Четыре года он был парализован, но его поставили на ноги. Знаменитая тетя создала все...
England 1-2 Iceland (Humiliated and Outplayed England bows out of Europe twice in a week)
England suffered their worst humiliation since they were knocked out of the 1950 World Cup by USA in Brazil as Iceland shocked them in the last 16 of Euro 2016. Manager Roy Hodgson resigned after the abject embarrassment of losing to a nation ranked 34th in the world — and with a population of just 330,000 — despite...
‘I am gay — but I wasn’t born this way
Is sexuality purely the result of our biology? Brandon Ambrosino argues that simplistic explanations have ignored the fluid, shape-shifting nature of our desires. “You can’t be gay.” She was on top of me. It wasn’t a command — it was a challenge. You so obviously cannot be gay, was her implication,...
Brexit: Cameron to face EU leaders after vote to leave
David Cameron is to meet European Union leaders for the first time since the UK voted to leave. The UK prime minister will discuss the implications of the Brexit vote and the way ahead at an EU summit in Brussels. German, French and Italian leaders said on Monday there could be no "formal or informal" talks on a...
Does Brexit leave the Kremlin smiling?
Amid the chaotic aftermath of the Brexit vote, with both the United Kingdom and Europe in turmoil, one world leader is widely seen as benefiting from the dramatic turn of events. "Brexit is a win for Putin," announced Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. Writing in The Washington Post, McFaul said:...