A new report out of University of Alberta in Canada claims that the health benefits gained from a compound found in red wine are equivalent to those you get while exercising. The […]
Glass of red wine has same health benefits of exercise
Welcome home, Edward Snowden?
NSA leaker Edward Snowden is reportedly in talks to return to the United States from Russia, where he was granted asylum in 2013. CNN’s Evan Perez reports.
Cop shoots, kills homeless man seconds after arriving
Prosecutors have released surveillance video showing Monroe, La. police officer Jody LeDoux shooting and killing a homeless man within seconds of the officer’s arrival on scene. Raymond Keith Martinez was reportedly drunk […]
Uruguay has sworn in Tabare Vazquez as President replacing the popular Jose Mujica
Uruguay has sworn in Tabare Vazquez as President replacing one leftist leader with another. As the outgoing but ever popular Jose Mujica presented him with the presidential sash, Vazquez was returned to […]
Estonia’s ruling pro-NATO coalition ‘wins’ tight election
Europe’s youngest prime minister Taavi Roivas has claimed victory in Estonia after his pro-NATO party took the lead in Sunday’s general election. Roivas who is 35 years old, is head of the […]
Special Series – Wukan Votes: Hope
After decades of corrupt rule, will a Chinese community’s remarkable experiment in grassroots democracy succeed?
Iraq: National Museum reopens
The museum as reopened its doors twelve years after devastating looted in the wake of the US-led invasion. The reopening date was brought forward as a response to the destruction of priceless […]
Venezuela says it has detained U.S. pilot
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says authorities there have detained an American pilot for allegedly recruiting Venezuelans to take part in a coup.
Hamburg wants to host the summer Olympics
Hamburg is up against Berlin in its bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games. Not all the city’s residents are behind the bid though.
What is ‘car park pimping’?
For the BBC’s Best Nightclub in Africa series, Radio 1Xtra’s DJ Edu travels to Botswana to see how restrictive alcohol laws have affected the music scene. Tracks used in this piece (in […]