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Rock legends to play US ‘mega-festival’
Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the line-up of a US "mega-festival" this October. Called Desert Trip, the three-day event will take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California — the site of the Coachella music festival. Tickets start at $200 (£137) per day,...
German couple tortured two women to death, police say
Police in Germany investigating the deaths of two women say they were the victims of a couple who held them hostage and tortured them. They say a man and his ex-wife placed dating advertisements to lure the women to their home. The suspects — Wilfried W, 46, and Angelika B, 47 — were arrested last Wednesday and...
EU tensions as Turkey set to get visa waiver
If the European Commission makes the recommendation this Wednesday that Turks be granted visa-free travel in Europe's Schengen area as whispers from well-placed EU sources suggest, then it will do so holding its nose and its breath. The freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial and revising terrorism legislation to...
Big ass! Is it beautiful? (30 photos)
The cult of beautiful priests spawned unusual girls. Often such women leve in Latin America. But is it...
France’s Euro 2016 anthem sparks outrage for being written in ENGLISH
FRANCE’s Euro 2016 anthem has been branded ‘unacceptable’ after it was revealed the song is English. Leading politician Andrew Vallini reacted with horror to the French team’s official anthem. Chosen by the French Football Association, the song I Was Made For Lovin’ You by American rock band Kiss,...
Pension surge in run up to EU vote: Savers IGNORING scaremongering over Brexit
PENSION savers are ignoring EU referendum scare tactics and pumping more money into their retirement funds in the run up to June 23. They are brazenly ignoring Project Fear warnings of a financial slowdown if Britons vote to leave the European Union – because they do not think they are true. Sixty per cent of investors...
Is Indiana the last stand for Ted Cruz?
Indiana was supposed to be where Ted Cruz stopped Donald Trump's recent east coast winning streak. Like Horatius at the bridge, the Texas senator would turn back the Trump throng. Instead the primary on Tuesday could prove his final undoing. A Monday afternoon campaign event in the tiny town of Marion, Indiana (population...
Trump trouncing in Calif. by 34 points: Poll
Donald Trump is leading Ted Cruz by a whopping 34 percentage points — 54%-20% — among likely Republican voters in California, a SurveyUSA poll for KUSA found. That’s a significant gain for the Republican frontrunner, whose lead was only 8 percentage points in the last SurveyUSA poll a month ago. And it’s...
Does size REALLY matter? Survey reveals women’s ideal penis, and it may surprise you
PENIS size has long been the source of anxiety for many men around the world. Whether it’s from magazines, movies, friends or a combination of all three; many men have an underlying perception that penis size is somehow a measure of their masculinity. While the subject is discussed openly in popular culture, it remains an...
World War Three? North Korea planning war with West which could leave ONE MILLION dead
NORTH KOREA is planning to drag the West into World War Three by launching a murderous invasion of South Korea, it has been claimed. The devastating attack could leave one million people dead in "the most unforgiving battle conditions" according to former White House adviser Victor Cha. With the hermit state on the...
Do the Japanese run the best meetings?
If you want to get your point across in a meeting in Finland, keep quiet; and let your counterparts deliberate. Of course, that won’t work at all in, say, Canada. As more of us do business across cultures and far-flung offices, every meeting can feel like a riddle. What do the long silences, idle chitchat and...
Migrant crisis: EU ‘to grant Turkey visa-free travel’
The European Commission will grant Turkey conditional approval for visa-free travel within the EU's Schengen area. The move is part of a deal in which Turkey has agreed to take back migrants who have crossed the Aegean to Greece. But Turkey must still meet EU criteria, BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler says, and the deal must...