INSTAGRAM is stepping up its crackdown on anti-vaccination lies. Inaccurate and misleading anti-vaccination messages on social media are thought to be one of the reasons why vaccination rates have dropped in recent years, with an estimated 169 million children around the world missing out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, according to recent numbers […]

It’s not unusual these days for Israel to be denounced on college campuses as a racist state that should be boycotted for its mistreatment of Palestinians and other violations of human rights. But New York University’s response last week to such a call is unusual, and hopeful. More On: nyu Student claims NYU has allowed ‘extreme anti-Semitism’ on campus Former […]

Former prosecutor Chris Darden, who famously served on the OJ Simpson murder trial and was representing the man accused of killing Nipsey Hussle, has decided to withdraw from the rapper’s murder case — saying he and his children are receiving threats. The 63-year-old defense attorney announced the move in a Facebook post Friday. “I am on my way to appear […]

A 20-year-old Rhode Island college student is dead after the car she was riding in flipped in East Boston, killing her and injuring another passenger — while the driver allegedly fled the scene. Amber Pelletier of Central Falls was pronounced dead at the scene of the deadly rollover crash at about 1:15 a.m. on May 5, the Boston Police Department […]

WOULD-BE next PM Matt Hancock was mocked today as he posed looking like David Brent from The Office. The Health Secretary delivered a speech dressed in a tight T-shirt tucked into jeans as well as a jacket. He was deliberately dressed down because the event took place in a Soho art gallery. Mr Hancock was talking about the effect of […]

This May 4, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government shows a launch of a missile in the east coast of North Korea. Experts say North Korea’s latest launches suggest it may have acquired or cloned a short-range missile the Russian military has long earmarked for export. It’s still unclear if the North bought them or built them […]

New cinema has DOUBLE BEDS instead of seats (and don’t worry if you’re on the back row… the sheets are changed after every film finishes!) The ‘VIP bedroom’ cinema screen opened on Thursday May 9 in Switzerland  It is part of Cinema Pathé in the northern municipality of Spreitenbach The company say they are not worried about hygiene or inappropriate activity  All […]

SOUTH Africa's ANC political party is set to suffer its worst election result since the end of Apartheid – on the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s historic rise to power. As the country's national election nears a final tally, The African National Congress party has been projected to win just 57 per cent of the votes. This is enough to […]

NOT all negative emotions are necessarily bad – they can actually direct your behaviour in useful ways. If you’re stuck in traffic and running late, anger might motivate you to find an alternative route, which will then relieve your stress. But anger is less useful if you’re in the same situation, but stuck on a motorway with no option to […]

TRAVELLERS living on an illegal site could be there for years after filing an official planning permission request to make it their home, The Sun Online can reveal. People in Little Hadham, Herts – which is home to bankers and judges – are furious after the travellers each paid £3,000 for football-pitch sized plots of land. During the Bank Holiday […]