British PM Boris Johnson probably wishes he had stayed indoors after coming under fire from a number of angry victims of severe floods in South Yorkshire during a walkabout to see howRead More…
Heavy rainfall has been blamed for the spread of vast amounts of pig’s blood into rivers along the Korean border this week, following a cull of some 47,000 hogs amid an outbreakRead More…
Russian hockey club Dynamo Moscow have offered disgraced Canadian announcer Don Cherry a job as an analyst that “can talk whatever he thinks” after he was fired for making “divisive” comments aboutRead More…
The Russian stock market has delivered the biggest returns to investors around the world this year. Global rate cuts and increased dividend payouts have been driving investor interest in Russia. The MSCIRead More…
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido have seized Venezuela’s embassy in Brazil. While embassy officials said they were “invaded by force,” Guaido’s “envoy” to the country has declared herself the newRead More…
The launch of Irish UFC megastar Conor McGregor’s own-brand ‘Proper No. Twelve Whiskey’ in Russian has not gone down well with local MMA veteran Alexander Shlemenko. McGregor launched the tipple in RussiaRead More…
Egyptian officials say UN Mideast envoy has arrived in Cairo after the worst escalation between Israel and Gaza militants in recent months. Nickolay Mladenov landed on Wednesday from Tel Aviv and isRead More…
Molotov-cocktail-wielding protesters have transformed a Hong Kong university into a weapons factory, according to police. Several local universities have canceled classes as they brace for more unrest on their campuses. Armed withRead More…
The Mighty Boosh actor Noel Fielding joked that a tattoo Barcelona star Lionel Messi has on his shoulder blade of his mother Celia bears an uncanny resemblance to that of himself, afterRead More…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, the current record-holder for the largest IPO in history, may sell up to US$15 billion of new shares during the planned secondary listing in Hong Kong. The Hangzhou-basedRead More…