Daily Archives: Jan 6, 2015
Brent crude oil price falls to lowest level since March 2009
Brent crude oil price has fallen to $51.12 per barrel, its lowest level since March 2009. It follows yesterday's 6% plunge in prices. The fall appeared...
Bob McDonnell sentenced to two years in jail for public corruption
Bob McDonnell has been sentenced to two years in jail for public corruption. The 60-year-old ex-Virginia governor was convicted on 11 charges in September 2014,...
John Boehner re-elected as House speaker as Republicans take control of Congress
John Boehner has survived a House rebellion by winning a third term as House speaker after Republicans took control of both chambers for the...
Istanbul: Female suicide bomber attacks Sultanahmet police station killing one officer
A female suicide bomber has attacked a police station in the tourist hub of Sultanahmet in Istanbul, Turkey, injuring two officers, the city governor...
Sunanda Pushkar death: Shashi Tharoor’s wife was killed by poisoning
Indian police are treating the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former minister Shashi Tharoor, as murder, nearly a year after her body was...
Ebola vaccine tested on healthy volunteers at Oxford University
A new Ebola vaccine is being tested on healthy volunteers at Oxford University. In September 2014, a separate trial of another Ebola vaccine got under...
North Korea makes progress in creating deliverable nuclear weapons
North Korea has made progress in creating deliverable nuclear weapons, South Korea's defense ministry has speculated. In a white paper, the ministry said enough time...
Dustin Diamond ordered to go on trial over Christmas Day stabbing
Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond has been ordered to go on trial over the stabbing of a man at a bar on...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch aborted
SpaceX has postponed an experiment to bring part of its Falcon 9 rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform. The space...
Joey Bada$$ charged with assault after punching security guard in Australia
An Australian court has charged Brooklyn rapper Joey Badass with assault after allegedly punching a security guard before a show near Byron Bay on...
Stephen Fry and Elliot Spencer to marry in Norfolk
The Hobbit’s Stephen Fry has confirmed he is to marry his partner, Elliott Spencer. The 57-year-old comedian and writer Stephen Fry has given formal notice...
Serbia: 18,000 cakes stolen from Kragujevac landfill site and resold on black market
18,000 cakes were stolen from a landfill site in the town of Kragujevac in central Serbia ahead of the New Year's holiday and resold...
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan to run for FIFA presidency
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan will challenge incumbent Sepp Blatter for FIFA presidency. The 39-year-old FIFA vice-president will stand as a candidate at the...