British transport workers are again in a strike mode. Aside from British Airway’s forthcoming industrial action by its cabin crew, London’s underground workers were on a 24-hour job walk off beginning Sunday night. Strikers belong to the Rail Maritime and Transport Union and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association protest plans by the City of London, [...]
A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 others in suburban Bratislava, the Slovak news agency reported Monday. TASR said the shooting happened on the streets of Devinska Nova Ves, on the outskirts of the Slovak capital, in the middle of the morning. It said the man, who has not been identified, [...]
Adolf Hitler may have been descended from both Jews and Africans, DNA tests are indicating. Journalist Jean-Paul Mulders and historian Marc Vermeeren used DNA to trace 39 of the Nazi leader’s relatives earlier this year, the Daily Mail said. The relatives included an Austrian farmer, indentified only as a cousin named “Norbert H,” the Daily [...]
A donkey forced to parasail over a southern Russian beach arrived in Moscow after a British newspaper bought her. “Anapka” will spend at least a month in Moscow before the newspaper decides what to do with her.
United Arab Emirates has said it will begin blocking some services on the BlackBerry mobile phones Service this October.It will affect BlackBerry services including email, messenging and web applications, comes after the UAE and Research in Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry phones company, could not agree on a way to make the phones comply with local laws.UAE [...]
The British royal family is set to unveil its new presence on the popular photo-sharing site Flickr. More than 600 images will be available for perusal Monday as part of the launch of the official “British Monarchy” Flickr account. The images, spanning generations, will be lumped into various categories for easier browsing. Each member of [...]
The International Court of Justice is due to issue its verdict on the legality of Kosovo’s independence from Serbia on Thursday, two years after the ethnic Albanian-majority province unilaterally declared its separation from Belgrade.
The Hague International Court of Justice published on Thursday the consultative report on the legality of Kosovo’s independence declaration. The rulling is not compulsory but is expected in the world because it can have serious repercussions over several separatist movements in the world. Romania did not acknowledge Kosovo’s independence and was among the 5 EU [...]