There are some pretty crazy laws in the world – some of which may seem so bizarre that’s it’s hard to comprehend why they even came up with them.
It is not news that the Russians and the USA have a well entrenched rivalry when it comes to space exploration. Of late they have managed to bury the hatchet and work together at the international space station but it seems like there is trouble in paradise and the space station is being used as the bargaining chip.
Remember this email from a sorority sister at Delta Gamma in University of Maryland? Well it seems as if these American kids never learn. This time the email was sent out from a College of William & Mary fraternity brother, and it is much, much worse. Included below are some of the unbearable excerpts:
For those of you who can’t be bothered to watch Obama’s 2014 State of The Union address, here are the key points: to hell with congress; Obamacare is here to stay, and…
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the FLDS, is one of the most secretive and mysterious cults in America.
Yup, the ‘merican army is seriously considering replacing thousands of soldiers with robots in order to cope with sweeping troop cuts.
Originally created as an analogy for the threat of global nuclear war, the Doomsday Clock still hangs on a board in the University of Chicago – and still ticks over with doomsday predictions.
Uber, the company that’s revolutionised the personal driver, has made some changes you might want to see.
Spencer McKinley, just your average Grade School kid, has pulled off an unlikely buzzer-beater that most NBA players can only dream of. Get your eagle eye out, the magic happens around second 52.
The frigid conditions in the US are no longer a laughing matter, as cold air that was trapped in the Canadian arctic continues to spread across America, freezing whole cities in its wake.
Headlines about freezing temperatures in the Midwest, US are everywhere with it dropping as low as – 56 degrees in some areas. The cold front has been dubbed “the Polar Vortex” and is achieving epic feats like turning boiling water into snow and creating a steam effect on Lake Michigan.
After Barack Obama delivered a stirring speech celebrating Mandela’s life, he saw it fitting to celebrate by taking a little presidential selfie with Denmark’s foxy prime minister, Helle Thorning-Shcmidt.
A man who is as well-known and distinguished as Nelson Mandela has obviously been credited for dozens of on-screen appearances, but surprisingly, he’s only been featured in one major motion picture.
You would expect the US nuclear launch code to be an impenetrable series of digits, numbers and symbols. It is, after all, the code that unleashes one of the most devastating weapons known to humankind.
In 2010, Amazon set up a call centre in Cape Town to service British, American and German clients. It was quite cool, you know, being an essential part of an international, first-world-run industry. That is, until you learn the real reason they came here.
Everything is bigger and better in America – even the mall-brawls. Fists, war cries, blood, and ambulances are all included in the the Thanksgiving shopping experience that Walmart offers its customers.
Those little cameo appearances on QI, The Tonight Show and The Late Show seemed to have really done the trick for Trevor Noah’s career – as it has just been revealed that he will star in his very own US sitcom.
Our collective fascination with the extra-terrestrial is never-ending. We always seem to be able to come up with new ways of tricking ourselves into believing that there are indeed aliens floating around earth. Whether it’s crop-circles, weird lights in the sky or strange things in the water – we are constantly reminded that more often than not, we’re just spooking ourselves. This time, it’s the American drones that are to blame.
The Destroyer. You don’t have to look very far beyond the name of this beast to know that it’s the US navy’s most intimidating weapon. It’s basically an entire army floating in the sea, capable of causing enough damage to completely ruin a small city. And now, the US Navy has just plopped it’s newest destroyer into the sea – the USS Zumwalt.
Did you know that the US Government shutodown ended with the House stenographer being dragged out of the room while ranting about freemasons and God? We didn’t. We bet you didn’t either. Just enjoy that.
With America on the verge of dropping bombs on Syria, we thought we’d bring you a taste of what Obama’s speech might sound like when he announces they’re going to war.
Things are tense between Syria and America right now. That may be the under statement of the century, but what isn’t making it any better is the dare the Syrian president’s 11-year-old son posted on Facebook, daring America to attack.
Are you a bit lost as to what’s going on with this Syria situation everyone’s talking about? Well, it’s time to get up to speed. The US are blaming the Syrian government for the shocking chemical attack we saw outside the capital of Damascus last week. They’ve got some shaky evidence backing them up, but […]
A petition on ‘We Are the People’ is trying to get 100,000 signatures so that White House staff will consider Miley Cyrus’ song ‘Party In The USA’ as a replacement for the country’s national anthem.
Accused of hacking on “a global scale,” China is set to embark on its first ever digital war games. Washington and the Pentagon have been accusing the country of engaging in cyber hacking attacks on the United States Military.
An undercover CIA agent has been caught red handed trying to recruit a Russian citizen. Ryan Christopher Fogle was caught on Monday with what seems to be very unconvincing disguises, cash, a compass and a map of Moscow, among other things.
Author, Mike Brodie has spent years documenting the phenomenon of train hopping in the US, and he’s found that most train hoppers are middle class kids. Mike Brodie is one of them, Brodie left home when he was 17 years old and has never looked back.
Murder accused, TJ Lane pleaded guilty last month to murdering three teenage boys in a school shooting at Chardon High School in Ohio on February 27 2012. While in court yesterday, Lane removed his light blue button up shirt to show off a t-shirt which had “KILLER” scribbled onto it. As the Ohio judge sentenced […]
While the United States, of America, still grapples to come to terms with the worst ever school shooting in its history, a newspaper went and did the unthinkable yesterday.
The US government is on the verge of announcing its $16 trillion debt, a figure that is 104% of the nation’s gross domestic product. That’s right folks, the US’s debt has officially overtaken its economy.