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Colombian peace deal critic to face fiery leftist in presidential runoff   Conservative Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Colombia’s Marxist rebels, won Sunday’s first-round presidential election, setting up a runoff next...

Ads don't work so websites are using your electricity to pay the bills Alex Hern   Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, using computers rather than eyeballs on ads to generate...

11 Biggest Hoaxes of All Time Larissa Klaus History may not always repeat itself, but it does come up with some really strange myths and legends as to why some things just can’t be explained. While...

Che Guevara's legacy still contentious 50 years after his death in Bolivia by Laurence Blair in La Higuera and Dan Collyns in Santa Cruz   The remote village where the Argentina-born revolutionary was executed is now a...

5 Self Improvement Tips You Need to Try to Live Your Best Life by Dale Harris   According to a recent study, a shockingly sad 85% of people say they suffer from a lack of self-confidence. To make...

Physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76     Physicist Stephen Hawking sits on stage during an announcement of the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, New York, April 12, 2016. (File photo) (Reuters Archive)   Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain some...

Crack and cheese: do pleasurable things really affect your brain like drugs? Dean Burnett   Claims that cheese, sex and Facebook affect your brain in the same way as drugs fundamentally misunderstand how it all works. ...

Iranian rescue teams find site and wreckage of crashed plane   The Aseman Airlines ATR-72 crashed into Mount Dena in southern Iran on Sunday. The airline said all 65 on board Flight EP3704 were killed, including...

Princess Diana's brother says he was lied to over princes following coffin Earl Spencer claims royal officials told him William and Harry wanted to join funeral cortege but later found this was untrue. https://youtu.be/6fNlpbS1b-M?t=56 The brother of...

MOUTHWATERING FOOD TOUR OF ATHENS     Food is such an important part of experiencing another culture and if you can manage to work this food tour of Athens into your visit, you won’t be disappointed. What you...

Francesca Bellettini has achieved the impossible with Saint Laurent   Renaming a world-famous brand is never advisable. However, under Francesca Bellettini’s guidance, the rebadged Saint Laurent has been remarkably successful. During tumultuous economic periods, purse strings are...

Winnie Mandela was a hero. If she’d been white, there would be no debate Afua Hirsch   Peaceful protest did not end apartheid: it took revolutionaries. And it shouldn’t be difficult to choose between a system...

White House to release explosive Republican memo   Despite strong objections from his own administration, US President Donald Trump is set to approve publication of a secret memo alleging abuse of power in the FBI's probe...

Basque nationalists confirm vote against Spanish PM Rajoy Basque Nationalist Party party confirmed it will vote against Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence motion. The Leader of the Basque Group in the Spanish Parliament,...

Greek style butter beans "Γίγαντες"   Leer en Español     Greek style butter beans "Γίγαντες" 300gr of butter beans (left to soak in water the night before) 2 big carrots 2 pieces of celery 1 red tomato 1 onion 1 clove of garlic 1 cup...

Altering human heredity? Researchers repair disease-causing gene A research team led by Oregon Health and & Science University reported on Wednesday that embryos can help fix themselves if scientists jump-start the process early enough. However,...

5 Ways to Know You Need Drug Rehab   Have drugs or alcohol taken over your life? Your immediate answer may be “no, of course not.” You could quit anytime you want. While you may say that...

The 10 best books of 2017 so far, according to Amazon Mara Leighton   One of life’s greatest pleasures is opening up a good book for the first time and not setting it down until you’ve excavated...

Six candidates approved to contest Turkey's presidential election   Ankara has confirmed six candidates who will stand in the presidential election on June 24, as the nation heads to the polls to elect both their new...

Can Venezuela Be Saved? By WIL S. HYLTON MARCH 1, 2018 As a nation unwinds, Leopoldo López, the opposition’s most prominent leader, sits under house arrest and contemplates what might still be possible. Since the publication of this...

Vertical gardens in Bogota can lead to greener future   Planners in Bogota say the Santalaia building in the Colombian capital sets a good example to increase green zones in urban areas. In the middle of one...

Landmarks around the world light up for Chinese Lunar New Year   Thousands across the world have celebrated the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year by lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish...

Meat your maker – how fake flesh could save the world   Author: Emily Cashen   The Impossible Burger bleeds like real meat, and even dedicated carnivores can’t tell the difference. Meat substitutes have finally reached the level...

Morocco's long celebrated tradition of carpet weaving lives on   Morocco's carpet weaving industry employs around 20 percent of the country's 10-million workforce, mainly in small, medium sized businesses. The small town of Taznakht in the south...