В древней Руси самыми завидными невестами считались девки высокие и толстые. Поэтому худым приходилось для обмана женихов надевать по десять юбок и фартуков. При этом рост и вес...
BRUSSELS wants to put a lid on the migrant crisis by inviting even more of them into mainland Europe, according to reports. A European Commission plan is said to reveal migrants from Africa and the Middle East will be awarded US-style green cards, meaning they could bring their families too. The immigrants could also be granted...
Певица решила порадовать публику нестандартными фото с отдыха в Дубаи. В итоге в некотором смысле шокировала своих фанатов. Фото полуголой певицы без макияжа быстро...
Кубинским морским службам посчастливилось обнаружить в Карибском море одну из прошлых жертв Бермудского треугольника – пропавший без малого век назад американский корабль....
A MINISTER has claimed giving hundreds of millions of pounds to Nigeria every year in aid is an “absolutely tiny” amount. Junior aid minister Nick Hurd told MPs the £250million-a-year fee given to the so-called “corrupt” African state was a drop in the ocean because its economy is so large. He...
Euroscepticism is on the rise across Europe, new research has suggested, with little more than two weeks to go before Britons decide whether to remain within the EU. Nonetheless, the Pew Research Center report found that a slim majority — a median of 51% — of respondents across 10 EU countries still favoured the EU....
US President Barack Obama will not attend a memorial to the late boxer Muhammad Ali on Friday, the White House says. Ali died last Friday at the age of 74 in hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. World leaders will be among thousands attending Friday's procession and memorial service in Louisville, Kentucky, where Ali was born. The...
Гоша Куценко (Российский актер) рассказал о личной трагедии: рак оставил его без родителей, которые умерли с разницей всего в три месяца. Причем мама актера страдала той же формой...
Police in Papua New Guinea have opened fire on students protesting against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. Several students were injured and opposition MPs said four were killed, but this has not been independently confirmed. The students were marching from their campus in the capital, Port Moresby, towards parliament where...
On occasion, cars in television and film become full-fledged, inextricable characters in the narrative, commanding allure to match – even outshine – their human counterparts. Some, however, burn brighter than others, becoming cultural touchstones in their own right. BBC Autos visited Quora.com, the online question...
Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women — the Democratic nomination for president. "Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone," she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. She hailed "the first time in our nation's history that a woman will be...
When a road accident occurs, bystanders will usually try to help the injured, or at least call for help. In India it's different. In a country with some of the world's most dangerous roads, victims are all too often left to fend for themselves. Kanhaiya Lal desperately cries for help but motorists swerve straight past...