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US Open 2016: Dustin Johnson wins first major amid farcical finish at Oakmont
Dustin Johnson has claimed his first major — but only after a farcical end to the US Open that drew criticism from Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. Johnson played his last seven holes knowing he had to review a possible rules infringement after the round. He shot 68 to finish five under but was then penalised a shot for...
Sick pensioner WALKS FREE after downloading more than 1,000 child porn photos
A PENSIONER who downloaded more than 1,000 images of child porn has walked free from court after a judge said it was “not in the public interest” to jail him. But the lung cancer patient defended his actions and told police it was “morally wrong” but not illegal. He claimed none of the children...
Julian Assange backs Vote Leave and blasts ‘undemocratic’ European Union
JULIAN Assange has taken a swipe at David Cameron for using the European Union as an “excuse” for making his own laws as he backs a Brexit. The Wikileaks founder, who has lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for four years, gave his support to the Vote Leave camp just days before the EU referendum. Mr Assange...
Refugees at highest ever level, reaching 65m, says UN
The number of people displaced by conflict is at the highest level ever recorded, the UN refugee agency says. It estimates that 65.3m people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of 5m in a year. This represents one in every 113 people on the planet, the UN agency says....
MH370 search: Photos of possible personal items released
Campaigners for families of those on board missing flight MH370 have released photographs of personal items that washed up on a Madagascar beach, hoping to identify them. Some 20 items found include purses, backpacks and part of a laptop case. There are no labels identifying them as belonging to the 239 people on board the jet...
Italy elections: Big wins for Five Star protest party
The anti-establishment Five Star Movement has made big gains in Italy, winning mayoral races in Rome and Turin, early results show. Virginia Raggi will become Rome's first female leader, in a victory seen as a blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his centre-left Democratic Party (PD). PD has secured Italy's financial...
15-летняя дочь Веры Брежневой взорвала Интернет откровенными фото с отдыха
Соня Киперман, 15-летняя дочь популярной певицы Веры Брежневой, все больше становится похожа на свою маму в плане повадок и внешности. По крайней мере откровенные фотографии с...
Anton Yelchin, Star Trek’s Chekov, killed by his own car
Anton Yelchin, the Russian-born actor who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles, police say. It struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive at his Studio City home, pinning him against a brick postbox pillar and a security fence. He died shortly after...
World’s seven best places to retire
These days most of us can expect our retirement to last for more than a couple of decades. So, with life expectancy on the rise where you choose to spend those twilight years is more important than ever. A growing number of pensioners are seeking far-flung destinations. They’re lured by hours of sunshine, a slower...
Does a cold office make you more productive?
For thousands of years, achieving a comfortable room temperature in hot climates was a constant struggle. People tried all sorts of tricks, from hanging wet mats outside their windows to having slaves fan air over a pile of snow through a hole in the ceiling. I had a colleague who’d get so hot, sometimes he’d run...
David Cameron EU Question Time: PM attacks ‘untrue’ Leave claims
David Cameron has urged people not to vote in the EU referendum on the basis of what he said were "completely untrue" claims from the Leave campaign. The PM dismissed warnings over an EU army, the prospects of Turkey joining and the cost of the UK's membership. In a special edition of Question Time, he said the UK...
Алсу показала фото с отдыха и подросших дочерей
Новогодние каникулы прошли у звезд по-разному: кто-то решил поработать, а кто-то, как Алсу, отправился в жаркие страны. 31-летняя певица провела праздники в Таиланде вместе с семьей,...