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Christie to head up Trump transition team
Chris Christie finally has a role in the Donald Trump campaign besides standing behind him and inspiring any number of social media memes about whether his appearances with the presumptive GOP nominee are similar to a hostage video. The New Jersey governor is now Trump’s Transition Team Chairman, according to a release...
“Twin Sitters” 22 Years After: 56-year-old Actors shocked their appearance and new hairstyle
All your favorite "nanny" David and Peter Paul will celebrate their 56th anniversary. ...
Three Journalists Kidnapped in Syria Return to Spain
Three Spanish journalists who had been kidnapped in Syria nearly a year ago returned home to Spain Sunday, the Spanish government said. The three journalists, Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre, went missing in last July near the northwest city of Aleppo. They had all been working for different Spanish media...
Canada wildfires: Hopes raised in battle to contain blaze
The battle to contain the wildfires in west-central Canada has reached a turning point, partly thanks to drizzle and favourable winds, say officials. One minister warned much work lay ahead but "we may be turning a corner". A fifth of homes in the oil sands city of Fort McMurray have been destroyed and more than...
Shock as Austrian Chancellor Faymann quits
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has resigned after losing the support of Social Democratic party colleagues. Mr Faymann came to power in 2008 but has faced criticism within his party since the far right won the first round of presidential elections last month. He told a news conference that Austria needed a chancellor who...
Cameron ‘MANIPULATED spy chiefs into claiming Brexit would threaten national security’
DAVID Cameron has been accused of "manipulating" former spy chiefs into warning that Britain’s security will be at risk if it leave’s the European Union. Lord Evans, former director of MI5, and Sir John Sawers, former chief of MI6, claimed in a joint article that a Brexit would hinder the UK's ability...
Enraged German protesters DEMAND ‘Merkel MUST GO’ following liberal immigration policies
FURIOUS protesters have demanded that German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigns because too many immigrants have reached the country. Thousands of ‘Merkel Must Go’ demonstrators marched through Berlin on Saturday waving banners reading: “No Islam on German soil" and “refugees not welcome". Police...
Killer Ian Brady ‘has REVEALED where he buried Keith Bennett’s body to close friend’
EVIL mass-murderer Ian Brady has reportedly revealed where he buried victim Keith Bennett's body to his close friend. Dr Alan Keightley, who speaks to Brady every day, says the twisted killer told him information that he has refused to divulge to police. Brady has allegedly finally revealed where the 12-year-old's body...
BREAKING: British TV crew arrested in North Korea and interrogated for eight hours
A BBC TV crew has been detained and interrogated in North Korea for "improper reportage" about Kim Jong-Un An entire BBC crew, including Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, has been detained in Pyongyang and interrogated for an alleged inappropriate description of leader Kim Jong Un. He was one of three BBC staff, along with...
China’s ‘Ivory Queen’ accused of being a smuggling kingpin
A 66-year-old bespectacled Chinese woman may not be most people's idea of an ivory smuggling kingpin, but that's exactly what Tanzanian investigators say Yang Fenglan is. She is accused of leading one of Africa's biggest ivory smuggling rings, responsible for more than 700 elephant tusks worth $2.5m (£1.7m)...
Greek PM defends pension and tax reform
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defended controversial new pension and tax reforms approved by parliament. The measures are needed to unlock further international bailout money, to be discussed at a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers on Monday. But they are deeply unpopular with Greek anti-austerity...
Cards Against Corruption: A game about the Philippines
It's no secret that corruption remains a rampant problem in the Philippines. Bribery, embezzlement and nepotism are all issues that have plagued the nation for decades, but how does this affect the way young people feel about the upcoming 9 May elections? To find out, I created a set of fun cards about the Philippines based...