Daily Archives: Jan 31, 2014
VIDEO – Yahoo mail hacked: What can you do?
San Francisco — Yahoo alerted users of its free email service Thursday that hackers slipped into accounts to loot information using stolen passwords. The California...
Syria peace talks in Geneva end in recriminations
Syria’s government and opposition have traded insults after a week-long peace conference in Geneva ended with no firm agreement. Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said the...
Michael Bloomberg appointed as UN special envoy for cities and climate change
Michael Bloomberg has been appointed as UN special envoy for cities and climate change. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wants the former New York City...
Edward Snowden leaks: Canada collected data from airport travelers
Canada's electronic spy agency, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), collected data from travelers passing through a major airport, the CBC reports. The CSEC collected information...
Alcohol blamed for Russian death rate
According to a new research, the high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka. The...
Jase Robertson draws think eyebrows on Willie Robertson’s face
Wednesday’s episode of Duck Dynasty showed Willie Robertson and the Duck Commander crew preparing for an all-nighter to fill a shipment order at the...
Phil Robertson reveals he believes in Bigfoot
Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson revealed he might have faith in something a bit more supernatural. “Once upon a time a long time ago, I was...
Back to the Future to become musical on London’s West End stage
The 1980s time travel film Back to the Future is set to become a musical on London's West End stage in 2015. Robert Zemeckis, who...
Zynga buys NaturalMotion for $527 million
Zynga has announced the purchase of UK game-maker NaturalMotion for $527 million. Oxford-based NaturalMotion has had a string of mobile game hits, such as CSR...
Amanda Knox will fight reinstated guilty verdict
Amanda Knox said on Good Morning America she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her in the 2007 murder of British roommate Meredith...
Sochi Winter Games 2014: Winners to get Chelyabinsk meteorite medals
Parts of Chelyabinsk meteorite will be embedded in special commemorative medals that will be given to the 10 gold medalists at the Sochi Olympics...
India’s most popular small cars fail crash tests conducted by Global NCAP
According to Global NCAP, five of India's most popular small cars have failed crash tests. The tests by Global NCAP showed that if involved in...
Dmytro Bulatov: Ukraine leading activist says he was abducted and tortured
Ukraine’s leading activist Dmytro Bulatov, who vanished for eight days, says he was abducted and tortured before being left to die in the cold. Dmytro...
Meredith Kercher’s family news conference after Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito verdicts
Members of Meredith Kercher’s family have said they "are still on a journey to the truth" and may never know what happened to her. It...
Raffaele Sollecito stopped by police near Austrian border
Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox’s Italian ex-boyfriend, has been stopped by police near the Austrian border following the reinstatement of his guilty verdict for the...
Pope John Paul II relic found without blood
Italian police recovered a stolen gold and glass case that once contained the blood of the late Pope John Paul II, only to find...