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Facebook paid small tax bill on big profits made outside US, figures show
Company channelled bulk of profits through Ireland and onto Cayman Islands, allowing to it pay just £238,000 to UK taxman Facebook has become the latest multinational to come under the spotlight for...
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Ron Paul blasts NRA plan for ‘Orwellian surveillance state’
Texas congressman and erstwhile Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is distancing himself from the National Rifle Association (NRA)’s plan calling for massively increased security in...
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Five festive video game cocktails
If you love good games and interesting drinks, we have the cocktails for you Last year, we teamed up with James Dance, owner of video game-themed bar Loading, to create a range of cocktails based on...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the science behind Santa’s visits
On his Twitter account on Christmas Eve, Hayden Planetarium director and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson noted that, “at the North Pole, where all lines meet, clock time has no meaning,” adding,...
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Gun sales soar as owners fear new regulations
US firearm sales have sky-rocketed since the Newtown school massacre, as debate over gun control rages and enthusiasts fear certain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines could be banned....
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General Motors recalls 119,000 trucks over hood latches
General Motors will recall 119,000 US vehicles because some of them may be missing a backup hood latch, the US automaker said in regulatory filings. GM did not say whether it was aware of any accidents...
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Does Einstein’s brain hold the secret to his genius?
A new study of the great physicist’s brain received a huge amount of media coverage, but some aren’t convinced by how it has been interpreted Albert Einstein’s brain fascinates scientists and the...
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Instagram hit with first class action lawsuit in Terms of Service flap
Instagram, the Facebook-acquired photo-sharing service has been hit by a class action lawsuit stemming from a change in its Terms of Service agreement last week. According to Reuters, the change...
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Veteran Microsoft strategy officer steps down
Microsoft announced on Monday that company veteran Craig Mundie has stepped down from his post as chief of research and will retire in the year 2014. Mundie, who was one of two executives who assumed...
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Federal court puts temporary block on Georgia abortion ban
A U.S. federal court in Georgia has temporarily suspended a state law banning nearly all abortions after the 20-week mark in a pregnancy, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement Monday....
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Three years after the quake, Haitian refugees fight Christmas misery
While people around the world celebrate the arrival of Christmas, residents of a refugee camp in Haiti say hunger and want will mark the holiday, like every other day of the year. “There are no...
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Drunken Brit drives stolen car on Dutch runway
A drunken British man was arrested Tuesday after driving a stolen car on an Amsterdam airport runway “for a few minutes”, police said. The unnamed passenger headed home for Christmas had pushed an...
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Police: Webster gunman wanted to ‘kill as many people as possible’
The man who ambushed and killed two firefighters in Webster, New York on Monday left a note saying he wanted to “burn down his neighborhood and kill as many people as possible,” police said on Tuesday....
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Famed riflemaker Kalashnikov in intensive care
Russia’s legendary rifle-designer Mikhail Kalashnikov has been hospitalised in intensive care after complaining of general weakness, his assistant was quoted by news agencies as saying Tuesday. The...
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Spike Lee: Seeing new Tarantino film would be ‘disrespectful to my ancestors’
The debate surrounding filmmaker Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained continued as the film opened Tuesday, with Tarantino’s fellow director, Spike Lee, telling Vibe Magazine he outright refused to...
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Policeman held in Bahrain over ‘slap’ video
A policeman in Bahrain has been arrested after a video showing him hitting a resident of a Shiite village was posted online, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. “The video shows the policeman...
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Radiation worries curtail kids’ exercise time in Fukushima
Children in Fukushima are getting fatter as outdoor activities have been cut in the area due to radiation fears after last year’s nuclear disaster, a Japanese government report said Tuesday. The...
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Egypt approves new constitution with 63.8% support
Egypt’s constitution was passed with 63.8 percent voter support in the two-stage referendum that ended last weekend, the national electoral commission said on Tuesday. Turnout was 32.9 percent of...
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Records show FBI monitored ‘Anarchist’ Occupy Wall Street protests
Newly-released records show the Federal Bureau of Investigations used counter-intelligence measures to monitor several Occupy Wall Street protests, at times labeling their actions as “Anarchist” and...
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George H.W. Bush still hospitalized after health ‘setbacks’
Former US president George H.W. Bush celebrated Christmas in a Texas hospital with his family Tuesday after a series of health setbacks that have delayed his release, his spokesman said. The...
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