Thousands strike in UK over pensions

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 As many as 1.5 million government workers, members of 11 unions, went on strike on Tuesday in protest of a government decision to reduce their retirement benefits, a change which would take effect in October. The strike closed thousands of schools, libraries and leisure centres, disrupted Continue Reading

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U2 fan ordered to destroy CDs

Thursday, August 14, 2008 A man living in South Wales, United Kingdom was ordered to destroy his entire music collection after creating a ruckus by listening to the music at an extremely high volume. Police seized his stereo equipment in a raid. Karl Wiosna, a 44-year-old resident of Graig in Continue Reading

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Time magazine refutes US President Donald Trump’s Twitter claim he was nominated Time ‘Person of the Year’

Monday, November 27, 2017 On Friday, US president Donald Trump released a tweet via Twitter claiming New York-based magazine Time had informed him they would “probably” name him “Person of the Year”. The claims made in the tweet, sent while Trump resided for the Thanksgiving season at his Mar-a-Lago club Continue Reading

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