May 5 2011
Believe it or not, one in 20 British women doesn’t know how to boil an egg or prepare a breakfast. This is according to a survey which has also revealed that the typical woman can cook only seven dishes from scratch half as many as their mums were...
Mar 28 2011
A Chinese man, in his thirties, has died after a three-day online gaming session in which he did not sleep and barely ate. He slipped into coma and was rushed to a nearby clinic, but he was pronounced dead. The man had spent more than $1500 on...
Mar 26 2011
At the start of the World Cup South Africa captain Graeme Smith finally snapped when he was asked yet again about his team’s reputation for choking in the big games. “So you have been out in the middle, you will understand that?,” Smith...
Dec 3 2010
A crosswalk sign in the US, which shocked many when it showed the middle finger instead of the full hand signal, has now been fixed. The signal at a crosswalk in Spokane, Washington, was showing the “Walk” and “Don’t Walk”...
Dec 3 2010
After a secret ballot of 22 delegates in Zurich, FIFA, soccer’s governing body, awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively. The verdict came amid allegations of corruption and bribery ahead of the pivotal vote, with...
Dec 3 2010
Muslims in many parts of the Islamic world overwhelmingly reject al Qaeda, support a large role for their faith in government and believe democracy is preferable to any other kind of political structure, according to a new survey released by Pew...
Dec 3 2010
President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Friday to personally deliver holiday greetings to U.S. troops stationed there. The president, who is expected to remain on the ground there for roughly three hours, is slated to address...
Jun 25 2010
Want to climb the corporate ladder? Well, then forget polishing educational skills and long hours of hard work, for a good dress and killer heels are more than enough to do the trick . That’s the conclusion of a leading fashion expert, who says...
Jun 24 2010
Women indulge in sex not for love and passion, but for various other “unromantic” reasons— including relieving themselves of boredom, out of pity for a man and even to cure a migraine headache—says a new book.
Jun 24 2010
LaToya Jackson has claimed her brother Michael was murdered because he was “worth so much more dead than alive”. Speaking during a TV interview, the singer demanded what she called “the truth” surrounding the star’s...