Government grants to help poor children in South Africa also play an important role in reducing HIV risk from “sugar daddies” who prey on teenage girls, a study said on Tuesday. In a wide-ranging probe published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers in Britain and South Africa...
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Researchers: Anti-AIDS programs help protect South Africa’s poor from infection from ‘sugar daddies’
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EPA may have underestimated U.S. methane emissions by 50 percent
U.S. emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — could be significantly higher than indicated in estimates by the US Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new study published Monday. The study found the EPA numbers could underestimate by as much as 50 percent the true...
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Okapi and Flufftail make ‘red list’ of species nearing extinction
The giraffe-like Okapi and the White-winged Flufftail, one of Africa’s rarest birds, are on the verge of extinction, conservation body the IUCN warned on Tuesday. In an update to its “Red List” of threatened species, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature said the...
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WATCH: ‘Living natural man’ berates Montana judge over not having a fishing license
A 52-year-old Montana man who repeatedly called himself a “living natural man” was found guilty on Friday of obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest, putting an end to a series of heated encounters between himself and a judge he accused of acting like a...
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Ryan O’Neal accused as Warhol painting trial opens
Los Angeles (AFP) – Ryan O’Neal snatched an Andy Warhol portrait of his ex-lover Farrah Fawcett from her home shortly after she died, even though he knew it was not his, lawyers claimed Monday. But as a long-awaited trial opened in Los Angeles, a lawyer for the veteran actor claimed he...
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Teacher could be forced to apologize for letter complaining about pre-K students’ odor
A longtime Buffalo, New York school teacher could be sanctioned for a letter admonishing parents in her pre-kindergarten class over several of her students’ body odor. The Buffalo News reported on Friday that in a handwritten letter sent on Nov. 14, BUILD Academy instructor Sharon D. Perry...
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‘Call me a n*gger’: Small-town mayor insults cops after drunk driving stop
Police in Monticello, New York have released footage of the town’s mayor cursing and threatening officers after getting arrested on drunk driving charges. WCBS-TV reported that the footage captures Mayor Gordon Jenkins after his arrest on Nov. 16, telling an officer not to call him...
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‘Fight Club’ producer Arnon Milchan reveals he was an Israeli spy and arms dealer
Hollywood producer gives interview in which he confirms earlier claims that he was an arms dealer The Hollywood producer behind box office hits including Fight Club, Pretty Woman and LA Confidential has spoken about his life as an Israeli secret agent and arms dealer, saying he was proud of working...
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British ‘slavery’ case kidnappers were Maoists
A couple who allegedly held three women as “slaves” in a London house for 30 years were prominent Maoist activists in the 1970s, according to media reports. The couple, named by British newspapers as Indian-born Aravindan Balakrishnan and his Tanzanian wife Chanda, were arrested...
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Launch of private SpaceX satellite delayed due to fuel system issues
The private US company SpaceX Monday postponed the launch of a rocket carrying a telecoms satellite. The launch with a Falcon 9 rocket had been scheduled for Monday from Florida. But the company said it has delayed it until Thursday because of unexpected readings in the fuel system. It was to be...
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National Security Advisor Susan Rice: Karzai U.S. may leave no troops in Afghanistan
US national security advisor Susan Rice told Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday that a delay in signing a troubled security deal risked the US pulling troops out of the country completely next year. The US said that Karzai had called for “new conditions” for signing the bilateral...
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UN food agency says alpaca, donkey, moose, reindeer and yak milk should be used to counteract high cow milk prices
Milk from a variety of animals including camels, llamas and moose should be more widely used to counteract high cow milk prices due to growing demand for dairy in the developing world, the UN food agency said on Tuesday. “There is huge scope for developing other dairy species,” Anthony...
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Scotland unveils blueprint for independence and its own defense force
An independent Scotland would keep Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch but create its own defence force, nationalist leader Alex Salmond said Tuesday as he unveiled detailed proposals ahead of next year’s historic referendum. Launching his regional government’s long-awaited “white...
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France to send troops as UN warns of chaos in Central African Republic
France said Tuesday it would send hundreds of extra troops to the strife-torn Central African Republic after the UN warned the country was descending into “complete chaos”. Calls were growing for an international reaction to the violence in CAR amid mounting warnings that the...
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Boxer Manny Pacquiao’s bank accounts frozen by Philippine authorities for unpaid U.S. taxes
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday authorities had frozen all his domestic bank accounts over allegations of unpaid taxes from lucrative fights in the United States, leaving him financially paralysed. “This is harassment,” the former eight-division world champion said in...
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Bruce Springsteen to release 18th studio album in January 2014
Bruce Springsteen on Monday set January 14 as the release date for his 18th studio album, a mix of cover versions, studio outtakes and re-recordings of old songs titled “High Hopes.” “This is music I always felt needed to be released,” said the US rock legend on his...
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China to send ‘jade rabbit’ lunar rover to the moon
China will launch its first ever moon rover early next month, state media said Tuesday, with the vehicle named “Jade Rabbit” in a nod to Chinese folklore. The name derives from an ancient Chinese myth about a white rabbit which lives on the moon as the pet of Chang’e, a lunar...
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Man attacked by tiger at ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin’s Queensland zoo
An animal handler was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after being attacked by a tiger at Australia Zoo, the Queensland institution made famous by the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin. The senior tiger handler was in a serious but stable condition after being bitten on the neck and...
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Children as young as 12 carrying out ‘shocking’ sexual violence against other children: report
Children as young as 12 are carrying out “shocking” sexual violence against other children, according to an official report published on Tuesday. The Office for the Children’s Commissioner for England warned that rape was considered “normal and inevitable” in some...
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‘Sovereign citizen’ defies authorities and seizes ‘abandoned’ Ohio homes
An Ohio family says a man took their home from them by going inside while they were out of town, changing the locks and laying claim to the property in court. The family told WLWT-TV that they found out after returning from a visit to a dying relative that Robert Carr had filed “quiet title”...
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