Move over, Al Sharpton. There’s a new — more conservative — reverend on the political scene. “We don’t have a black advocate on the right,” said Dr. Darrell Scott, the Cleveland pastor who is a member of Donald Trump’s transition team. “Think about it: Jesse Jackson —...
We’re sorry to spoil your weekend, but Earth is overdue a massive asteroid strike and ‘there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it’. The jolly outlook has come from a Nasa scientist, who warned that humans don’t have a defence for an ‘extinction level event’. Horse called Party Till...
Her husband campaigned on a promise to restore “hope,” but now that he’s turning over the White House to Donald Trump that’s evaporated, according to Michelle Obama. “We feel the difference now. See, now, we are feeling what not having hope feels like,” the first lady told Oprah Winfrey in an...
The family of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher have launched a new "Keep Fighting" initiative which they hope will be a "force for good in the world". The not-for-profit organisation comes almost two years after Schumacher was involved in a serious skiing accident, which left him...
They were like the golden tickets in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: only a few of them, sent out into shops in secret. But instead of getting you an audience with Willy Wonka, these £5 notes will give you an extra £49,995 of value if you manage to find them. mad friday.png UK wakes with massive hangover...
It’s probably just dawned on you – it’s the last weekend before Christmas. And you haven’t done your shopping yet. The realisation is setting in. You’ll have to head out – with MILLIONS of other shoppers. That’s right folks – get set for chaos of epic proportions as today is,...
The Pentagon says a Chinese warship has seized a US Navy underwater drone collecting unclassified data in international waters in the South China Sea. The incident has prompted a formal démarche from the United States and a demand for its return. It is the first such seizure in recent memory and took took place on 15...
President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of his bankruptcy lawyer as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel was cheered by right-wing Israelis Friday as an early Hanukkah gift and by Palestinians as a death knell for an independent state. Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate David Friedman, president of American...
Chinese naval forces have carried out live-fire drills in Bohai Sea close to the Korean peninsula as Beijing turns more assertive in expanding its military footprint in the region. For the first time, J-15 fighters were shown launching missiles during the exercises. China's Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier...
It is feared that rough sleepers may have burned to death in a massive fire that devastated a mill near Manchester. The fire at Maple Mill in Oldham has been raging for more than 12 hours and fire chiefs have said there is a chance people may have been sleeping inside. Around 100 people were evacuated from their homes after the...
BRUSSELS — The European Union has earmarked hundreds of millions of euros for the northern African nation of Niger as part of its efforts to stop migrants from reaching Europe. Niger is a main transit route for people moving from Western Africa to Libya, where many board unseaworthy boats to cross the Mediterranean to...
US President-elect Donald Trump has revealed who will sing the National Anthem at his Inauguration Ceremony in January. And during his time in office, he's had audiences with the likes of James Taylor, Common, Emmylou Harris, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Jose Feliciano, Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna, to name a few. But...