If travel broadens our horizons and horror heightens our senses, then the two combined pack a powerful punch. From a temple crawling with thousands of rats, to an island swarming with flesh-melting snakes – question-and-answer site Quora uncovered some of the most disturbing, bone-chilling and goosebump-inducing places on...
German researchers have developed a diagnostic test that can accurately detect the Zika virus in humans. Until now, the only way to determine if someone had the illness was to wait to see if the disease’s distinctive symptoms appeared. Genekam, a German biotechnology company, has created technology that can not only...
Japan says it has deployed two Patriot missile interceptors in Tokyo to counter North Korea’s activity. The deployment comes amid reports that Pyongyang is preparing for a space rocket launch. Two ground-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) launchers were installed near the Defense Ministry’s headquarters on...
Human traffickers are taking advantage of Europe’s refugee crisis to find sex and labor slaves, particularly children, Europol says. The EU police’s chief of staff told the Observer that some 10,000 minors have gone missing since crossing into the EU. Thousands of underage refugees have reportedly disappeared...
He's in Australia filming his latest blockbuster Hacksaw Ridge, but it isn't all work and no play for Mel Gibson. The 60-year-old actor-turned-director was seen packing on the PDA while enjoying a romantic waterside stroll with his much younger girlfriend Rosalind Ross, at the weekend. The pair were admiring the view...
British funnyman Peter Serafinowicz has turned his comic talents towards sending up the controversial Republican presidential candidate With more than 500,000 people signing a petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from the UK, perhaps the presidential hopeful needs a new way of addressing us Brits. And funnyman...
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President Obama has already introduced a new type of retirement account: the myRA. In his 2017 budget, he plans to further tweak the retirement account system. Here are some of the 401(k) and IRA changes Obama is proposing: Pooled 401(k) plans. Setting up and managing a 401(k) plan can be burdensome for small businesses. Under...
Ireland is a joy. And not just because of the ineffable beauty of its local bays, gulfs, islands, valleys and cliffs. The country’s unique history, culture and mythology also play their part. Everything here breathes freedom. Each castle, moor, windmill and seemingly ordinary path have a legend of their own, which is...
Dozens of masked man went on an anti-immigrant rampage in Stockholm in an apparent retaliation for the stabbing death of a young Swedish woman at a refugee center earlier this week, local media reported. The crowd of some 40 to 50 people went on a violent spree on Friday night at around 9 p.m. local time in and around the...
Amidst a torrent of grey, toxic water, these are the men who call themselves ‘miners’ as they risk their lives in search for gold and jewellery in a garbage-filled gorge. The water spews from a drainage tunnel and surges along the ravine, tumbling along trash that has fallen from Guatemala City’s landfill...
IT is the question every politician hates. A curly one that none of them want to answer. The T question. What about trust? Hillary Clinton’s time came exactly a week out from the first votes being cast in the race to the White House. This young millennial voter from Iowa had a question for the frontrunner. “It feels...