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A Chinese passenger was detained after he opened the emergency exit door while the aircraft waited at the airport. The man, identified by his surname Chen according to the South China Morning Post, was waiting to disembark the plane with the rest of his fellow passengers. With a large number of people on board restless […]
The American beat off the challenge of Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlory in a thrilling final round at Augusta. Reed headed into Sunday 14-under par at the top of the leaderboard but his nerves were tested to the maximum – mainly thanks to a superb charge from Spieth who finished the day eight-under […]
The UK Foreign Office denies claiming the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals came directly from Russia. Despite admitting it sent a tweet saying exactly that, and Boris Johnson making the same claim. The UK Foreign Office has admitted it deleted the tweet which directly stated that the nerve agent, identified […]
Published time: 29 Mar, 2018 01:20 The Wall Street Journal issued what may be the best correction ever for a story, which quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying Moses brought water “from Iraq,” instead of from “a rock.” The WSJ was trolled mercilessly on Twitter for the gaffe that had injected an unexpected […]
(credit: Furie v. Infowars) Matt Furie, the creator of the Pepe the Frog cartoon character, has now sued Infowars, alleging that a poster for sale on the conspiracy-minded website infringes his copyright. The poster contains the frog’s likeness alongside President Donald Trump and other conservative political allies, including Infowars’ founder, Alex Jones. The lawsuit, which was filed […]
REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool/File Photo A Japanese astronaut claimed to have grown 9 cm (3.5 inches) while in space, but later corrected that figure to 2 cm (four fifths of an inch) and apologized for spreading “fake news.” He said he was worried he may not fit in the seats of the spacecraft after his growth, but […]
(credit: Comcast) Comcast reportedly fired about 500 salespeople shortly before Christmas, despite claiming that the company would create thousands of new jobs in exchange for a big tax cut. Comcast apparently tried to keep the firings secret while it lobbied for the tax cut that was eventually passed into law by the Republican-controlled Congress and […]
Four states have sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, claiming she and her department ripped off thousands of students who filed debt relief claims after the collapse of the massive for-profit education company Corinthian College. The complaint, filed by Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D-California) in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on […]
Iraq’s prime minister formally declared victory over ISIS in his country on Saturday after three years of devastating conflict that killed tens of thousands of people and displaced over 4 million. The Iraqi leader said his forces were now in control of the border area with Syria, which had been one of the last areas […]
Japanese police found eight men on their shores who claim to be North Korean fishermen. The men don’t appear to be defectors, but rather their boat ran into trouble and went adrift. Last week, the Japan Coast Guard rescued three North Korean men on a capsized boat in the Sea of Japan, before they returned home […]
