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An Arizona woman accused of sending 65,000 text messages to a man after a first date has attempted to justify her actions, claiming "I felt like I met my soulmate". Jacqueline Ades, from Phoenix, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stalking and harassing a man she met online. According to…
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The original cast of beloved 1970s TV series The Love Boat has reunited for one last cruise more than 40 years after the show premiered. On Friday morning, cast members including Gavin McLeod (Captain Merrill Stubing), Ted Lange (Isaac Washington) and Bernie Kopell (Dr Adam Bricker) appeared on the Today show…
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Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced that politician Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed after falling out with the government, will receive a full royal pardon from the country's king. The move is expected to pave the way for Anwar, who faces charges of corruption and sodomy, to eventually take…
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A video of a US police officer choking a black man outside a Waffle House has now gone viral. An officer, reportedly Frank Moss, was filmed grabbing 22-year-old Anthony Wall by the neck outside the restaurant in Warsaw, North Carolina, before pushing him against a window and subsequently wrestling him…
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Last night, I went to see a play in a basement. Before the evening was out, I’d accidentally killed 2000 people and wiped out half of one of Britain’s oldest cities. And that’s not to mention the furious argument I had with a complete stranger, or the women’s rights rebellion…
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Seven people, including four children, have been killed in Osmington, Western Australia, in what is believed to be the country's worst mass shooting since 1996. At a press briefing, WA police commissioner Chris Dawson said that a “horrific incident” had occurred at a rural property about 20km north of the…
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US President Donald Trump has announced that his much-anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place in Singapore on June 12. The president announced the details in a tweet, in which he said: "The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong-un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th.…
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The British government has offered an unprecedented formal apology to Libyan dissident Abdelhakim Belhaj. Belhaj was apprehended in Thailand in 2004 thanks to information provided by MI6. He was sent back to Libya where he was tortured in prison for six years on the orders of Muammar Gaddafi. British Prime…
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The Malaysian politician Mahathir Mohamad is soon to become the world's oldest leader at the age of 92. He emerged victorious in the 2018 election, ending 62 years of rule by the incumbent coalition. The Barisan Nasional Party, led by Najib Razak, was unseated by Pakatan Harapan after securing 121…
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British soccer player Wayne Rooney looks set to join MLS side D.C. United from English team Everton, in a deal worth almost $17 million. It is understood that the striker and former England captain has agreed a deal in principle with D.C. United which would see him play Major League…
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Singer Ariana Grande is single again. The 24-year-old artist has been dating rapper Mac Miller since August 2016, but now the couple have made the sudden decision to split up, to the great shock of their many fans. The celebrity couple allegedly broke up because their work schedules kept them…
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A 104-year-old scientist who vehemently campaigned for the legalisation of euthanasia has ended his life at a Swiss clinic, after giving one final powerful statement on assisted suicide. David Goodall, a respected Australian botanist and ecologist, died Thursday at the Life Circle clinic in Basel, Switzerland, after administering a lethal…
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A premature baby was accidentally decapitated inside his mother's womb when a consultant gynaecologist carried out a botched birth on an NHS maternity unit. A medical tribunal heard how Dr Vaishnavy Laxman should have given the 30-year old patient an emergency Caesarean section, as the baby boy was in a breech…
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American singer Teairra Marí has spoken out against revenge porn after her ex-lover leaked explicit photos of her on her own social media account. The songwriter, known for her song Make Her Feel Good, vowed to fight for justice after images of her engaging in sexual acts surfaced on Instagram…
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Jordan Peele, the director of the Oscar-winning Get Out, has announced his next movie on social media. On Tuesday May 8, he took to Twitter to reveal the poster, release date, and title of his second film, titled Us. The tagline accompanying the poster simply states: "A new nightmare from…
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Jada Pinkett Smith has opened up about her regret over dating Will Smith when he was still married to his first wife, Sheree Zampino. Smith's wife of 20 years spoke of her shame after inviting Zampino as her first guest on her new show, the Red Table Talk, in an episode…
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An English teenager has been left with second-degree burns after taking part in the 'Deodorant Challenge', with disturbing images of her severe injuries posted on Facebook by her mother. Mother Jamie Prescott from South Gloucestershire, England, wrote about the incident on Facebook, in a post that has since been shared…
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A group of students at Warwick University have been suspended after sending a number of disturbing messages that used racial slurs and made jokes about rape. Eleven male students were reportedly given precautionary suspensions after an anonymous party issued an official complaint to the English University, submitting 98 screenshots from…
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The woman President Donald Trump has nominated to lead the CIA is to be questioned by US senators regarding the use of illegal interrogation methods, which she supposedly endorsed and then covered up. Alleged Gina Haspel war crimes apparently include the torture of prisoners in secret black sites in Thailand in…
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American retail corporation Walmart has confirmed it has agreed a deal to buy the controlling stake India's largest online retailer, Flipkart Group, in a deal worth $16 billion. In a statement, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said that the lucrative Indian market was the driving force behind the purchase: "India is one of…
