Daily Archives: Dec 9, 2014
Mutant Giant Spider Dog is biggest trending video on YouTube in 2014
Mutant Giant Spider Dog, a short film featuring a dog in a tarantula costume, was the biggest "trending" video on YouTube in 2014, Google...
Hour of Code 2014: Barack Obama writes computer code with school group
President Barack Obama has written a line of computer code to help animate a character from Frozen animated movie. Barack Obama joined a group of...
Shadows in the Night: Bob Dylan’s 36th studio album to be released in 2015
Bob Dylan will release tracks originally recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra on his new album Shadows in the Night, the artist has...
CIA torture report details brutal interrogation program
According to a US Senate report, the CIA carried out "brutal" interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects in the years after the 9/11 attacks. The summary of...
Oscar Pistorius verdict appeal delayed
Judge Thokozile Masipa has delayed to December 10 her ruling on whether prosecutors can appeal against what they call the "shockingly light" sentence passed...
Robert Mugabe sacks Zimbabwe’s VP Joice Mujuru over murder plot
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has dismissed his vice-president, Joice Mujuru, after accusing her of plotting to kill him. Robert Mugabe also sacked seven other ministers...
AFI releases Top 10 List for 2014
The American Film Institute (AFI) has put 11 movies on its recently released top 10 list for 2014. The top includes coming-of-age tale Boyhood, Birdman...
Korean Air VP Heather Cho resigns over nut rage
Korean Air VP Heather Cho, who delayed a plane because she was angry with the way she had been served nuts by a flight...
Ken Weatherwax dies at the age of 59
Actor Ken Weatherwax, best known for playing Pugsley in the original Addams Family, has died at the age of 59. Ken Weatherwax suffered a heart...
Plane crashes into Maryland house killing 6 people
A private jet has crashed into a house in Gaithersburg, Maryland, killing three people on board and three on the ground, fire officials say. The...
CIA abuse report: US increases security at its facilities around the world
The US has increased security at its facilities around the world ahead of the release of a report expected to reveal details of harsh...
Serge Lazarevic: Last French hostage freed in Mali after three years
Serge Lazarevic, the last French hostage to be held by Islamist militants, has been freed after three years, President Francois Hollande has announced. Serge Lazarevic...