Yearly Archives: 2014
Village pranks neo-Nazis into hastening their own demise
They keep coming back year after year. Since the 1990s, neo-Nazi demonstrators invade the village of Wunsiedel in south Germany every November to commemorate...
40 arrested as Mafia rites captured on video
For the first time, police in Italy claim they have obtained video of a secret swearing-in ritual for the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate – the...
Bankruptcy becoming a Ginuwine prospect
After an extremely quiet divorce from his now ex-wife, Solé, Ginuwine is one step away from filing for bankruptcy.
According to the R&B crooner's lawyer, Bruce Beckner, the...
Skirmish erupts as SA Parliament okays Zuma excesses
Four MPs sustained minor injuries in clashes with riot police hours after parliament absolved President Jacob Zuma over the use of some $23m (£14m)...
New railway to boost mining by mid-2016
Zambia may soon have another private railway line that would link the country with Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Chingola in the...
Rap seems just a Tinchy bit effete right now
Part of me wonders why someone who makes his living in the macho in-your-face world of rap and hip-hop but is, in reality, reticent,...
Bill Cosby facing new ‘date rape’ allegations
Almost a decade after he settled out of court with a woman who made similar accusations, several women have come forward with allegations of...
President’s son stole to fund playboy lifestyle
The millionaire playboy son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will have to give up $30 million in assets after allegedly stealing money from...
Ugandan pop star suffers ‘revenge porn’ attack
A Ugandan singer has come to rue the day she let a boyfriend take compromising photos of her.
Desire Luzinda may face arrest after nude...
UK announces first anti-slavery commissioner
The Home Secretary has appointed Kevin Hyland as the UK’s first ever Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Mr Hyland, the former head of the Metropolitan Police’s world...
