Off With His Furry Head! Paris Brings Back Guillotine to Deal With Rat Invasion
February 13, 2018 at 02:48 PM
Municipal workers in a suburb of Paris are testing a special mini-guillotine designed for use against rats, bringing back an execution device not used in France since 1977. Read More »
German Police Association Advocates Total Legalization of Cannabis
February 07, 2018 at 10:50 AM
The group is calling for a rational drug policy based on promoting responsible cannabis use, rather than repression and arrest. Read More »
Mass Grave of the Viking 'Great Heathen Army' Uncovered in Britain
February 05, 2018 at 10:14 AM
Archaeologists have discovered 300 bodies in Derbyshire, believing it could be the burial site of war dead belonging to the Great Viking Army. Read More »
Huge rare emerald discovered in Russian Urals
January 30, 2018 at 02:25 PM
An emerald weighing more than 1.5 kg has been found at the Malyshevsky emerald-beryllium ore field, according to Russia's state hi-tech corporation Rostec. It is the largest stone unearthed at the mine in a decade. Read More »
Boris Johnson Urges Int’l Community to Unite Against DPRK's Nuclear Program
January 16, 2018 at 10:33 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on the international community to unite against North Korea's nuclear program, and to maintain diplomatic pressure on the country. Read More »
Refugees are ‘Muslim invaders’ seeking better lives - Hungarian PM
January 09, 2018 at 02:11 PM
Refugees in Europe are just “Muslim invaders” and economic migrants seeking better lives, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said, adding that the large number of Muslims in the EU had led to the appearance of ‘parallel societies.’ Read More »
The World Needs a Vagina Museum and This Woman Is On It
January 09, 2018 at 02:03 PM
Iceland boasts the world’s first penis museum, and now the English seaside city of Brighton will soon host a museum dedicated to that most culturally iconic of body parts: the vagina. Read More »
Do You Speak Spanish? Poll Reveals Britons' Push to Learn New Languages in 2018
January 02, 2018 at 07:55 PM
While the UK spent 2017 taking steps to distance itself from Europe, a new poll reveals that many Britons hope to expand their linguistic horizons in the coming year. Read More »
Meghan Markle must not get royal title – petition
December 29, 2017 at 03:23 PM
Meghan Markle is “unsuitable” for royalty, according to angry petitioners. They insist she must not get an official title when she marries Prince Harry. Read More »
Bringing jihad home? 300 British ISIS fighters ‘hiding out in Turkey’
December 28, 2017 at 02:05 PM
British jihadists are on the run, having been driven out of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) strongholds in Syria. Up to 300 of them are hiding out in Turkey, according to a Syrian-Kurdish intelligence officer. Read More »
