The art of the fail: Trump may be forced into embarrassing U-turn on TPP

Donald Trump’s announcement this week that his administration would consider re-entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is seen by many as a token gesture at best and an embarrassing climb-down at worst. Economist and CEO Michael Pento and Asia-Pacific strategic and economic policy specialist Sourabh Gupta spoke to RT.com about both the motivations […]

Google Maps Street View: Young man caught in very embarrassing situation

Google Maps Street View was created 11 years ago in a bid to map every street in the world. Whilst many countries ban the famous cameras such as Russia and China, many roads have since been revealed. The iconic 360-degree cameras take images of the paths and buildings and stitch them together to make the […]

Kim Jong Un may not have an airplane capable of taking him to meet Trump — and it could get ’embarrassing’

REUTERS/Damir Sagolj North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump are poised to meet for the first time. Although details of the specific time and location of the summit are unclear, an international destination could pose a problem for Kim. Some experts believe North Korea’s aircraft may not be able to handle a […]

China has started ranking citizens with a creepy ‘social credit’ system — here’s what you can do wrong, and the embarrassing, demeaning ways they can punish you

REUTERS/Stringer The Chinese state is setting up a vast ranking system system that will monitor the behaviour of its enormous population, and rank them all based on their “social credit.” The “social credit system,” first announced in 2014, aims to reinforce the idea that “keeping trust is glorious and breaking trust is disgraceful,” according to a […]

Saturday Night Takeaway: Dec Donnelly suffers embarrassing slip-up as he presents solo

Dec was presenting the show alone for the second week in a row after Ant stepped down from his TV commitments following his drink-drive charge last month. He appeared thrilled to be hosting the final instalment from the Sunshine State as he began the show with a musical number. However as he greeted the audience […]

Embarrassing Comm Games blunder

ENGLAND is listed as an African nation in the official Gold Coast Commonwealth Games program in an embarrassing blunder ahead of tonight’s opening ceremony. Its capital is not London but Banjul, according to the glossy 130-page program which contains an official welcome from the Queen. The nation that gave us the entire Commonwealth, not to […]

BBC Breakfast: Carol Kirkwood red-faced as she FORGETS host's name in embarrassing gaffe

The BBC weather presenter looked slightly sheepish after she began her forecast this morning and called host Roger, “Yorkshire”. The embarrassing blunder came as Roger and his co-host Naga Munchetty noted that many viewers were waking up to snow this morning. Roger noted: “Good morning if you’ve just joined us, it’s quarter past eight and […]

WSJ issues embarrassing correction for claiming Moses struck ‘Iraq’ for water, not ‘a rock’

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 […]

Beach wedding fail – awkward sunbather captured in THIS embarrassing situation

A revealing photo posted on Instagram has gone viral after a half-naked sunbathing women has been captured photo-bombing an intimate family moment. The sunbather, who allegedly refused to move from her prime sun-soaking spot was captured on the beach in Adelaide, Australia. The photo, posted on Instagram page S**t Adelaide by an Adelaide resident, highlights […]

Google Maps Street View: Man is caught in this embarrassing predicament by his girlfriend

Google Maps Street View was created in 2007, two years after Google Maps, to be able to map the world for everyone online. It is has since become the tool for people for directions and finding a destination. Yet the 360-degree cameras, whilst attempting to map the routes, will often catch innocent bystanders on camera. […]