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Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp
LOS ANGELES — Johnny Depp has played a loopy pirate, a mad hatter and a demon barber. But will he be a convincing Donald J. Trump? The humor website Funny or Die on Wednesday began streaming a 50-minute comedy that finds Mr. Depp portraying the businessman turned politician, full-blown comb-over and all. Kept a secret for...
That’s what happens when dad is Nigerian and mother is Russian!
It is Naira Oganesyan`s project "The Beauty of mixed blood" Our contemporaries relate differently to intermarriage. But if you think about, and dig deeper, then we all have ancestors of other nationalities. Naira Hovhannisyan has long wanted to create а photo project about children whose parents...
‘People aren’t dumb’: Sanders attacks Clinton’s effort to distance herself from Wall Street
Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she said that Wall Street donations wouldn’t influence her decision-making. The Vermont senator argued that she shouldn’t “insult the intelligence of the American people.” In the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate,...
China plans to open 1st ‘meltdown-free’ nuclear power plant by 2017
China says it is planning to bring a safe nuclear power plant that will not suffer from meltdowns online in November 2017. It would be the world’s first high-temperature, gas-cooled pebble-bed nuclear plant built on an industrial scale. China’s Nuclear Engineering Construction Corporation wants to introduce a high...
The Titanic sails again: Inside the lavish £300million replica of doomed ocean liner, which is due to set sail in 2018
If this replica of the RMS Titanic ever sets sail, it will look eerily similar to the ill-fated ocean liner that remains the most famous ship of all time. These captivating side-by-side images show how the planned Titanic II will stick to the incredible detail of the original ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean more than 100...
Conservative porn? Ted Cruz’s campaign ad accidentally features adult movie star
A presidential campaign ad by Ted Cruz promoting “conservative values” and attacking rival candidate Marco Rubio has accidentally starred a former porn actress, who said appearing in the spot was “cool.” The Republican Texas senator, who has championed religious rights in his run for the White...
800 Greek farmers storm Agriculture Ministry in Athens, police deploy tear gas (VIDEO)
Police in Athens have used tear gas to disperse a rally of farmers protesting against pension austerity measures as they were pelting the Agriculture Ministry with stones. A larger protest demonstration is due to start later Friday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s formerly left-wing government plans to raise pension...
Zika virus linked to miscarriages in two US women – CDC
Two American women who contracted the Zika virus while traveling abroad miscarried after returning home, the Centers for Disease Control said on Thursday. The Washington Post reports that “It’s absolutely possible for an infection, whether it be viral or bacterial, to result in a miscarriage,” according to Zev...
Israel reveals robotic anti-submarine, mine-hunting warship (VIDEO)
An Israeli defense company has unveiled a prototype of the ‘Seagull’ robot warship for anti-mine and anti-submarine operations. The ship is a 12-meter long USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel) with replaceable mission modules. Two Seagull vessels can be operated using a single control system, from the shore or from manned...
Let them talk: Listen to gravitational waves make noise as black holes collide (VIDEO)
We cannot see or feel gravitational waves, which have only just been confirmed to exist, but there is a way we can “hear” them. When two black holes collide, here is the noise they make, or rather the waves. The sound can be variously described as birds chirping, bubbles popping, wind howling in a desert, or even...
‘Masked gang’ of 7 men arrested near Calais for attacking Iraqi refugees with iron bars
Seven masked men mostly from Calais have been arrested by French police on suspicion of attacking Iraqi Kurds with iron bars in a nearby refugee camp. The victims were reportedly waiting by the road to board trucks traveling to the UK. The alleged perpetrators, aged between 22 and 44, are accused of attacking four migrants from...
NATO sends warships to Aegean Sea to combat migrant trafficking
NATO is sending war ships to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece deal with people smugglers and stem the flow of migrants, the alliance’s top commander has announced. Three military vessels from NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 2 have been ordered to “start to move now” and head for the Aegean sea to...