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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...
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...
Drunk customer leaves $1,000 tip, returns the next morning to take it back
People can be extra generous when they're drunk, and extra regretful when they're sober. Bee Anantatho owns a popular Thai restaurant, Thailicious, in Edgewater, Colorado. Thailicious has been in the neighborhood for several years, and the restaurant's customers have reportedly always been loyal. This weekend, one...
Turkey LGBT: Scuffles at banned Istanbul transgender event
Turkish riot police have fired tear gas and plastic bullets after transgender rights activists gathered in Istanbul in defiance of a ban on marching. Several dozen activists turned up and were surrounded by police, after which scuffles began, with one man reportedly tearing up a gay rights banner. The march was banned in order...
Man facing sex charge after 12 girls found living in his home
A Pennsylvania man faces charges including sexual assault after police say they found him living with 12 girls, including an 18-year-old and two children he fathered with her. Police in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, arrested Lee Kaplan, 51, on Thursday. Police said the girls living with Kaplan at his...
Could British EU Exit Be Watershed for Global Economy?
A British exit from the European Union could cause global market swings for a while. But that would soon pass. If we're lucky, that is. Much darker scenarios for the global economy are also being discussed by economists as they try to gauge the risks of Thursday's referendum for the wider world. While economists say a...
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,...
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