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‘REVOLUTIONARY’: KAEPERNICK LEAVES FOOTBALL
Snoop Dogg joined Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed” on Wednesday where he stated that Colin Kaepernick needs to make a decision between playing football and being a revolutionary, because he can’t do both. The San Francisco quarterback has been refusing to stand for the national anthem throughout the NFL...
British woman working as Santa tour guide in Lapland stabbed to death
An investigation is underway after a British woman who worked for a SanAn investigation is underway after a British woman who worked for a Santa tour guide operator in Lapland was found stabbed to death. The body of the 26-year-old woman, who has not yet been identified, was found in Kuttanen, Lapland, on 3 December. She is...
Hungry python gorged itself on three deer
16-foot long Burmese python has been found with three whole deer in its gut, a new study has revealed. The snake was trapped and euthanised in the Florida Everglades in June 2013. Researchers who conducted a necropsy on the creature subsequently discovered its record-breaking deer consumption, details of which have now been...
Japanese PM in historic visit to Pearl Harbor 75 years after ‘day of infamy’
After three quarters of a century Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be the first Japanese leader to visit the site of the attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the United States into the Second World War. During a live television broadcast Monday (5 December) Abe said he "will visit Pearl Harbor" along with President Barack...
Pizza shop gunman ‘probing Hillary Clinton conspiracy theory’
A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring from a pizza restaurant in Washington DC has been detained after firing an assault rifle inside the shop. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said police received a call on Sunday afternoon local time about...
The Sahara Desert used to be lush and full of vegetation – researchers find clues to what killed it
The Sahara Desert was a vast, rich grassland with plenty of rainfall just 6,000 years ago. Then it suddenly turned into the bleak and arid desert it is today. This transition was due to a shift in the circulation in the tropical atmosphere, researchers say. A new model of how tropical rain belts shift over time shows that a...
Joy as China shelves plans to dam ‘angry river’
Environmentalists in China are celebrating after controversial plans to build a series of giant hydroelectric dams on the country’s last free-flowing river were shelved. Activists have spent more than a decade campaigning to protect the Nujiang, or “angry river”, from a cascade of dams, fearing they would...
Donald Trump warns of ‘consequences’ for companies leaving US
Donald Trump has warned companies considering leaving the US that they will face consequences if they move. During a tour of the Carrier air-conditioning factory in Indianapolis, Indiana, the President-elect told workers that firms moving abroad would be "taxed very heavily" at the US border. :: Trump picks 'Mad...
The US’s military edge over Russia and China has come down to one plane
Since World War II, the US has dominated the skies in any region in which it wishes to project power — but recent competition from countries like Russia and China threaten to erode that edge, and only a small group of elite pilots maintain the US's edge in air superiority. Russia has deployed powerful missile-defense...
Trump thanks supporters, revives fiery campaign rhetoric in Ohio victory rally
President-elect Donald Trump held a raucous rally in Ohio on Thursday, celebrating his victory in the US presidential election. After thanking the crowd, Trump said, "America is going to start winning again, big league." The president-elect's remarks Thursday night closely resembled his campaign speeches, touching...
Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs has died aged 86
Andrew Sachs, who rose to fame in Fawlty Towers, has passed away at the age of 86 after a four year battle with dementia. The actor, best known for playing hapless waiter Manuel in the John Cleese sitcom, died in a care home last week and was buried on Thursday, his heartbroken wife has revealed. Melody Sachs, who cared for...
The Big Mac inventor has died aged 98
Across Boston, lovers of McDonald’s most famous sandwich, the Big Mac, are mourning the loss of the iconic fast-food creation’s innovator, who died yesterday at 98. Michael James “Jim” Delligatti owned a McDonald’s franchise outside Pittsburgh in 1967 when he created the double-stacked burger with...
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