Albania, Angela Martini Angola, Jurema Ferraz Argentina, Yesica di Vincenzo Aruba, Priscilla Lee Australia, Jesinta Campbell Bahamas, Braneka Bassett Belgium, Cilou Annys Bolivia, Claudia Arce Botswana, Tirelo Ramasedi Brazil, Débora Lyra British Virgin Islands, Josefina Nunez Canada, Elena Semikina China, Wen Tang Colombia, Natalia Navarro Costa Rica, Marva Wright Croatia, Lana Obad Curaçao, Safira de [...]

One of the country’s top stores is to start its Christmas trading 145 days before the holiday. Selfridges in Oxford Street will launch its Christmas season on 2 August – its earliest-ever start for the store. People keen to plan ahead can purchase trees, crackers, fairy lights or even a £500 life-size donkey. The store [...]

CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines – A Tokyo-based syndicate has found a new modus operandi – passing off the skeletal remains of Filipinos as those of Japanese soldiers who died in the country during World War II. Guy Hilbero, tourism officer of Mabalacat, Pampanga and a known promoter of Philippine-Japan friendship in his town where the [...]

Among Christian feasts, Easter occupies the most important position equally with Christmas, if not more so. The Christian church agreed earlier to celebrate Easter, circa late 2nd century A.D., while Christmas officially remained a pagan feast until mid- to late 3rd century. As Christian feasts, Christmas and Easter actually have a lot in common, since [...]

MOSCOW – Russia’s president thought the country had too much time on its hands, so on Sunday he eliminated two of its 11 time zones. The changes mean that Chukotka — Russia’s eastern extreme, just across the Bering Strait from Alaska — is now nine hours ahead of Russia’s westernmost area, the Kaliningrad exclave sandwiched [...]

A man who assaulted a female police officer with his penis has been fined. Marium Varinauskas, 28, tried to strike the officer on the head with his penis when she was called out to his flat, but she got out of the way. Lithuanian Varinauskas admitted a charge of assault at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and [...]

Here’s the list of Forbes “World’s Billionaires”: 1. Carlos Slim Helu Age: 70 Fortune: Self made Source: Telecom Net Worth: $53.5 billion Country of Citizenship: Mexico Industry: Communications Marital Status: widowed, 6 children Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after [...]

A survey released on Monday showed that the Philippines was rated the fourth most corrupt of 16 major Asia-Pacific investment destinations. Indonesia Cambodia Vietnam Philippines Thailand India China Malaysia Taiwan South Korea Macau Japan United States Hong Kong Australia Singapore

(BBC NEWS) – A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world’s strongest beer – with a 32% alcohol content. Tactical Nuclear Penguin has been unveiled by BrewDog of Fraserburgh. BrewDog was previously branded irresponsible for an 18.2% beer called Tokyo, which it then followed with a low alcohol beer called Nanny [...]

The Philippines is among the top 10 countries in the world most at risk from terrorist attacks, according to global analyst Maplecroft: Iraq Afghanistan Pakistan Somalia Lebanon India Algeria Colombia Thailand Philippines

HONG KONG — It’s the Year of the Tiger, but Chinese fortune tellers say it’ll be a rough patch for the world’s most famous one: disgraced golfer Tiger Woods. Other predictions: trying times for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, turmoil in the financial markets, spikes in fire-related natural disasters and a crucial period for U.S. President [...]

Pull a buck from your wallet now and prepare to be amazed. We’re serious. Did you know a dollar bill has hidden pictures, flecks of color, and mysterious symbols? And that’s just the beginning. What do all those seemingly random letters and Latin phrases mean, anyway? The Basics: How much is a dollar worth? The [...]