LEAVING the EU is the only way to stop UK benefits being spent on “gypsy palaces” in Romania, it was said last night. Critics now claim Europe’s “open borders” are to blame as migrants continue to tap Britain’s welfare state. The fresh call to control who can enter the UK came after it was...
THOUSANDS of jobs are under threat after industry giant Tata announced proposals to sell off all its UK assets. The steel firm's European holding company has been told to "explore all options for restructuring", including the prospect of offloading part or all of its UK operations. It had been unanimously agreed...
A top Australian university has rejected claims it is trying to rewrite the nation's colonial history. Students are being encouraged to use the term "invaded" rather than "settled" or "discovered", and avoid the word "Aborigines". The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Indigenous...
The world's most famous footballer donates a pair of his boots to a charity auction, what's not to like? Plenty it seems, depending on the cultural context, as Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been discovering after his generous gesture managed to upset some Egyptians. It was only a few weeks ago that Messi was widely...
How many years have passed since the participation of Evelina Bledans in the project "Masks show" but the figure of the star is not different from what it was iin the show. And apparently, aware of this, the actress does not hesitate to pose in a bikini. So recently she shared a new photo from a holiday in Thailand....
SICK Islamist fanatics gloated over the death of a peaceful Muslim shopkeeper allegedly murdered by a fellow Muslim after wishing Christians a happy Easter, it emerged today. Radical Islamists attacked Asad Shah online — even posting "congratulations to all Muslims" — and gloated over his death after he...
EUROPE must beef up its air patrols along Russia's border in response to the worst tensions with Moscow since the Cold War, NATO'S top commander has said. The military alliance's current force includes just eight jets patrolling the skies over the Baltics, and NATO chiefs have admitted this would not be enough were...
Scientists say a 305 million-year-old fossil is the closest relative to "true spiders" ever discovered — but is not itself a spider. Easily pre-dating the dinosaurs, the 1.5cm creature lived alongside the oldest known ancestors of modern spiders but its lineage is now extinct. The specimen was dug up decades ago...
Shandra Woworuntu arrived in the US hoping to start a new career in the hotel industry. Instead, she found she had been trafficked into a world of prostitution and sexual slavery, forced drug-taking and violence. It was months before she was able to turn the tables on her persecutors. Some readers may find her account of the...
Myanmar's new president has been sworn in, the first elected civilian leader in more than 50 years. Htin Kyaw from the National League for Democracy (NLD) takes over from Thein Sein, who introduced wide-ranging reforms during his five years in power. Although NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency, she...
At first their relationships was founded only on art. They even discussed the fact that there should be no work romances. But fate decreed otherwise. Once the media learned about the forbidden relationships of couple, Valery and Albina was rained down with a barrage of criticism, because Meladze had a...
Nice one Piers! If a male reporter tried to claim this was 'battery', he'd be rightly mocked. Toughen up, @MichelleFields. https://t.co/JuysRTwRTJ — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 29 марта 2016...