The world has a fake news problem. And with the speed and scale of false information being spread across the internet, it can seem impossible…
BRIMMING WITH HISTORY
Salvaged from the Waterloo battlefield, Napoleon’s hat fetched €280,000 at auction
One of the most famous depictions of former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is him wearing one of his “bicorne” hats. Today, people are willing to…
FOR GOD'S SAKE
Ireland will vote in a referendum on its blasphemy law
People in the Republic of Ireland will be able to vote in a referendum on whether the nation can speak sacrilegiously about God or sacred…
HOLA
Step aside Trudeau, Spain’s new prime minister is nicknamed “Mr. Handsome”
Pedro Sánchez has taken over as prime minister of Spain, after Mariano Rajoy was ousted following a no-confidence vote in parliament. When Rajoy admitted defeat,…
ME WITHOUT EU
New US tariffs are a bad sign for Brexit Britain’s trade deal hopes
When the US today announced steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Mexico, and Canada, it also offered a warning about Britain’s…
NEW RADICALS
Why Europeans should be quick to investigate petty criminals for Islamic terrorism
On Tuesday, Benjamin Herman killed two police officers and a passerby in Liège in Belgium before being killed in a shootout. He also allegedly killed…
NO DEBATE
Despite Ireland’s abortion referendum, Northern Irish women’s rights are unlikely to change any time soon
The Republic of Ireland overturned the nation’s abortion ban in a historic referendum last week. However, women in Northern Ireland still encounter the strictest abortion…
SKILL-IT PLAN
These three skill sets will ensure you’ll never be out of work
The greater adoption of artificial intelligence and automation will undoubtedly reshape the workforce and the skills people need to stay employed. And according to a…
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Britain’s biggest high-street clothing shop has sounded the death-knell warning for the industry
As Britain’s biggest clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer is a bellwether for the health of the UK high street, and its bold move to close…
PUTIN THEIR FOOT DOWN
London is awash with Russian “dirty money” and it’s damaging Britain, say UK politicians
Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee released a report today (May 21) detailing how the UK has been a major beneficiary of Russian money since the fall…
PUTIN A SPIN ON IT
Putin: If a nerve agent had been used on the Skripals, they’d be dead already
Once again, Vladimir Putin tried to debunk Britain’s claims that Russia used a Soviet Union-era, weapons-grade nerve agent to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter…
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There are more female billionaires in the world, mostly thanks to inheritance
The number of billionaires around the world is growing, rising by 15% to 2,754 people in 2017 from the previous year, according to data by…
