For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives. The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined
Throughout the day politicians have been talking about the dire effects a euro exit would have on the economy with one senior former official in the outgoing government speaking of “massive food shortages, petrol rations and run on Greek banks.”
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A certain ingredient of some sunscreens may be tied to a higher risk of endometriosis, a painful condition in women in which uterine tissue grows in other areas of the body. The US researchers have found that small amounts of
Two years ago, when he signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, President Barack Obama bragged that he’d dealt a crushing blow to the extravagant financial corruption that had caused the global economic crash in 2008. “These
NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi. In
Angela Merkel’s ruling conservatives suffered a humiliating defeat in key elections in Germany’s most populous state yesterday when voters rejected her party’s austerity policies and handed a resounding victory to her pro-growth Social Democratic Party opponents. Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrats were shell-shocked by the
Half a million people are set to lose their disability benefits under government plans, it has emerged. The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said he was determined to introduce radical reforms to disability allowances that could slash the
The Health Service is spending around £1million a week providing repeat abortions. Critics said figures revealed yesterday show thousands of women are using the procedure as a form of contraception. It is not unknown for some women to have seven,
If California starts building a 130-mile segment of high-speed rail late this year as planned, it will enter into a risky race against a deadline set up under federal law. The bullet train track through the Central Valley would cost
STEVE Jobs may have been the lauded visionary behind some of the worlds best-loved tech devices, but Apple’s other Steve has confirmed he wasn’t exactly a team player. Instead, Jobs’ infamous “temperamental nature” even put him on the night shift
