A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Japan 175 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant Screen shot 2017 09 20 at 11.02.47am Less than 24 hours after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake pummelled Mexico City, another tremor has occurred off the east coast of Japan. … Continue reading
A company is seeking female cleaners to clean houses in the nude – for £45 an hour. London-based Naturist Cleaners has raised eyebrows after adverts appeared on Facebook this week asking for women to offer their services for members of … Continue reading
Bradley Moss and Amy BzuraPhoto: Instagram A Manhattan couple are between a rock and a hard place. Bradley Moss and Amy Bzura were scheduled to walk down the aisle last month, but never made it to the altar. Now the … Continue reading
France Says Truck Attacker Was Tunisia Native With Record of Petty Crime Local paper Nice Matin names suspect as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a French Tunisian man, 31, from Nice French, Americans, Armenians and Ukrainians among confirmed dead – dozens more … Continue reading
An underground network of concealed tunnels and rooms, seven native pythons being kept without licenses, drugs and weapons were allegedly uncovered following a police operation in Queensland. Dozens of people have been charged with alleged drug offences after 46 … Continue reading
Nasa’s missing hyphen; the extra ‘s’ that could cost £8.8 million; and recipes for disaster Peter Robins 7 February 2015 (spectator.co.uk) In Paul Gallico’s 1939 novel The Adventures of Hiram Holliday, the hero’s journey is set in motion by a … Continue reading
An alcoholic mother was beaten by a mob in India after she was caught slicing off and eating her two-year-old daughter’s scalp. Toddler Bharati Mondal was rescued by her uncle Dablu after he heard her screams in Gopalpur, West Bengal. He … Continue reading
“When I realized there was nothing to do to bring that boy back to life I thought I had to take his picture … to show the tragedy,” Nilufer Demir, a photographer with the Dogan news agency, told broadcaster CNN … Continue reading
Mexico has been badly shaken by a photograph of a woman squatting on the grass and grimacing in pain as she gives birth to a child. It’s not that the photograph is so dreadful, although one feels for her pain … Continue reading
Steve Jobs wouldn’t, and for good reason too. In a January 25, 2015 Sunday article, New York Times reporter Nick Bilton said he once assumingly asked Jobs, “So your kids must love the iPad?” Jobs responded: “They haven’t used it. … Continue reading