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Southern U.S. welcomes hairy ‘crazy ant’ invasion in Florida, Texas,...
Hairy crazy ants are on the move in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The flea-sized critters are called crazy because each ant in the horde seems to scramble randomly, moving so fast that...
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Rescuers dig for life after tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma
Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people. Passengers flying...
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Muslim religious leaders meet with Holocaust survivors in Poland
Muslim religious leaders from across the globe met with Holocaust survivors and their saviours in an emotional encounter Tuesday at Warsaw’s synagogue, as part of an anti-genocide programme that...
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Obama does not want Fox News reporter James Rosen prosecuted: spokesman
President Barack Obama does not want journalists prosecuted for doing their jobs, his spokesman said Tuesday, amid a furor over a Fox News reporter caught up in a Justice Department leak probe. The...
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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor: ‘You gotta thank the Lord’
With the number of atheists continuing to rise, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday afternoon learned the danger of assuming on live television that his interviewee is a Christian. “I guess, you gotta thank...
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Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill
Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday reluctantly withheld an amendment to the comprehensive immigration bill that would protect binational same-sex couples. “And I say this with a...
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Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary reignites debate over controversial composer
To some he will never be more than a narcissist, an antisemite and a misogynist. To others he is an undisputed musical genius and towering intellect. Richard Wagner, often described as one of the most...
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Conservatives in Britain call for rejection of same-sex marriage bill
Conservative opponents of gay marriage have invited the House of Lords to reject the bill after 133 Tory MPs, including two cabinet ministers, defied David Cameron to vote against the measure. As a...
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Senate committee approves comprehensive immigration reform bill
The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for...
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Gun lobbyist Larry Pratt: They will take our guns if they pass immigration...
Gun Owners of America executive director Larry Pratt warned earlier this month that immigrants would take away American’s guns, Right Wing Watch reported Tuesday. Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania,...
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Jon Stewart mocks eccentric crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford
Toronto mayor Rob Ford was simply trying to clean up his city by smoking all the crack cocaine in it, according to Jon Stewart of The Daily Show. Stewart on Tuesday night was delighted to learn of the...
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Polish doctors carry out world’s first life-saving face transplant
Polish doctors carried out the world’s first life-saving face transplant, the centre’s spokeswoman said Wednesday, weeks after a 33-year-old man was disfigured by a machine in a workplace accident. “It...
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Most houses and public buildings in ‘Tornado Alley’ lack storm shelters
Seventy-five percent of the world’s tornadoes occur in the United States, yet few people who live in “Tornado Alley” bother with the trouble and expense of a proper shelter from the storms. Mel...
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Pope Francis calls on Christians to accept the good works atheists perform
Citing biblical scripture from the Gospel of Mark, Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned those who sought to drive a wedge between atheists and believers. “The Lord created us in His image and likeness,...
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Allosaurus dinosaur chomped like a bird of prey, say scientists
At first glance, a nearly 30-foot long, 150-million-year-old dinosaur may not seem to have much in common with a modern-day bird of prey, but according to new research, the Allosaurus and the falcon at...
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British ‘Tea Party’ UKIP surges, putting pressure on Tories and Cameron
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage arrives in Westminster, London, May 3, after a successful night in the local council elections. David Cameron’s Conservative Party is being...
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Obama to begin process of closing Guantanamo Bay: report
President Barack Obama plans to resume transfers of inmates from Guantanamo Bay to other countries in a fresh bid to close the controversial US prison, The Wall Street Journal reported. In the coming...
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Kim Dotcom might sue Twitter, Google and Facebook over copyright infringement
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was considering taking legal action against tech giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook for infringing copyright on a security measure he invented....
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House passes bill to speed construction of Keystone XL Pipeline
US lawmakers agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama’s approval for the $5 billion project. By a 241-175 vote, the...
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The impact of the electric car: infographic
Ever wondered what the impact of electric vehicle is so far? Well, wait no longer. An infograph recently released from vroomvroomvroom.ca shows some interesting numbers. In 2012, 62,400 electric...
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