State government offices in Alabama and Mississippi will be closed on Monday in commemoration of Confederate Memorial Day, in honor of Confederate soldiers who perished fighting in the Civil War. The day marks the April 26, 1865, surrender by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman ...
The British travel provider is offering cheap summer holidays in 2017. Teletext Holidays has deals for less than £500 to several of the hot...
A new poll released days before the vote said Emmanuel Macron and Ms Le Pen would make it through to the final runoff with 24 and 23 per cent of the vote.Francois Fillon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon would come in joint third position with 19 per cent of first-round votes each, but would both be knocked ou...
Cutting out certain amino acids - the building blocks of animal proteins - extended the lives of mice by starving tumours. Removing two in p...
One explosive argument between two lawyers on a Monarch flight to Spain was recently caught on camera. The pair of passengers got into a heated row over an armrest. But that’s not the most common igniter of sky-high fights. The primary cause of passenger conflict on planes, and where in the world i...
The most senior Republican in Congress added that the US did not want to use military options in regard to the reclusive country but that it...
People who are overweight are also more likely to develop cancer of the oesophagus or upper stomach.The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer revealed those who reported being overweight at the age of 20 were about 60 to 80 per cent more likely to develop the disease in later life compar...
However, the benefits of chocolate depends on the type of chocolate people choose from the supermarket aisles. Dr Naila Arebi, Consultant Ga...
There are three things that impact the taste of your coffee on a slight.Two of them are to do with the way the coffee is made.The water is moved about in tanks, meaning the it sits in containers for a long time.Obviously this long stint in a musty container is not going to make for very fresh water....
Public Health England said the disease causes 2,000 to 3,000 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in England and Wales each year.Around 15 per cent of cases are acquired while people are abroad.However the condition is often very difficult to diagnose. This is why many Lyme patients are often misdiagnose...
The Leierkasten in Munich is well-known locally as a brothel, but unwitting tourists keep turning up expecting a gourmet meal after online r...
President Hassan Rouhani said during an event showcasing military hardware broadcast on state-run television: "The strengthening of the capability of the Iranian armed forces… is only for defending the country and we will ask no one's permission to build up the armed forces, and to...
Tension is growing in the Korean Peninsula as North Korea has warned it could trigger a nuclear war with the US “at any moment”.Yet despite the looming threat of an armed conflict in Asia, thousands of North Koreans will gather tomorrow to pay tribute to their eternal leader Kim Il-sung...
The barefooted man had no idea what was coming for him as he strolled out of an internet cafe in Thailand. Located in the Wiset Chai Chan District of Ang Thong, the shop was fitted out with a series of computers and chairs, as well as a camera overhead. Security footage captured from three angles re...
Ambassador Louis-Alkiviadis Abates, director general for international economic affairs, ministry of foreign affairs, claimed the ailing European project will have to fight harder than ever to maintain its membership.Ahead of the EU’s 60th anniversary, Jean-Claude Juncker admitted Brexit represents ...
Researchers looked at all 12 available studies on body mass index (BMI) and migraine, involving almost 300,000 people.When theu compiled all of the results and adjusted for age and sex, they found that obese people were 27 per cent more likely to have migraine than people of normal weight.People who...
A study by the International Currency Exchange (ICE) has revealed the eye-watering mark ups applied to food and drink on both planes and trains. Airlines are charging more than three times the regular price on some items served in the cabin.Train lines aren’t much better, charging almost triple on ...
Oxford University researchers found that greater consumption of fresh fruit was linked with a lower incidence of diabetes, as well as reduced occurrence of complications in people with diabetes.Although the health benefits of diets including fresh fruit and vegetables are well established, the sugar...
At least 200 people have been injured as massive crowds attempted to reach the city centre to demonstrate outside the Supreme Court of Justice.The streets of Caracas and several other Venezuelan cities have been the scene of running clashes in recent days, with police firing tear gas, rubber bullets...
Dortmund are scheduled to play AS Monaco in the Champions League quarter-final this evening. But the club announced there was an explosion n...
