Burmese leader will lead delegation to international court of justice next month Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to The Hague to defend Myanmar against allegations of genocide, her office has announced. The Burmese leader, once an icon of democracy but now tainted by her association with what UN investigators have lodged a 46-page application […]
Some apartments from Britains biggest retirement builder have collapsed in value due to hefty charges When Tony Crosss father was the first buyer at a McCarthy & Stone retirement development in Folkestone, Kent, he thought he was getting a bargain. The sales rep offered him an early bird discount, knocking 3,000 off the cost of […]
David Holmes, diplomat at the US embassy in Kiev, says Trump did not give a shit about Ukraine and only cared about what would benefit him politically Donald Trump personally kept up pressure on Ukraine to carry out investigations he had requested in a phone call with a senior US diplomat, who then observed the […]
If you’re not already on board with the comfort trend, then what are you doing with your life? Truly though, the fact that you can wear comfy clothes and it’s considered fashionable is a total win in my book, especially as we move into the colder months. And to make it that much more stylish […]
Women are listing their gender on Instagram as “male” in order to cheat a potentially sexist algorithm change that took place earlier this year. The Instagram community guidelines state that nudity and inappropriate content is not allowed on the platform. “This includes photos, videos, and some digitally-created content that show sexual intercourse, genitals, and close-ups […]
President intervenes in military justice cases of service members accused of killings in Afghanistan Donald Trump has pardoned a former US army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a suspected Afghan bomb-maker and a former army lieutenant who had been convicted of murder after he ordered his men to fire […]
In the midst of heavy snowfall in St Martin la Plaine, France, a cunning little critter made a daring escape. Broken branches heavy with snowfall provided a red panda with the perfect opportunity to climb out of his enclosure into a nearby tree. St Martin la Plaine Zoo, which is located south of Lyon, announced […]
Astronomers have produced the first global map of the geology of Titan providing a complete look at the different environments present on the surface of this moon of Saturn. The paper, published in Nature Astronomy, highlights six key different environments and how the methane cycle shapes them. Like water shapes Earth, on the way-below-freezing surface […]
English-American poet W. H. Auden once wrote that the most beautiful melodies are simple and inevitable. And he might have been right in more ways than one. New research suggests that human songs from cultures from around the world share universal characteristics. The idea of universal characteristics in human songs across cultures is not new. Music is […]
A new NASA study has confirmed that water vapor is present above Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons, suggesting that below the ice there may be liquid water – a necessary ingredient for life. Europa (along with Enceladus) may be the best candidate for life in the Solar System. Below the surface of Jupiter’s sixth-closest moon, there might be […]
