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Last weekend, yet another incident took place on a flight, this time from India to England. One woman, who claimed to be an "international criminal lawyer," went on a rant full of expletives which many are labelling as racist. Her outburst, which took place on an Air India flight from…
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An Australian man and his Thai wife have been sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle $216 million ($AU300 million) worth of drugs into Thailand. Luke Cook, 34, and Kanyarat Wechapitak, 40, were arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in December 2017 over a 2015 plot to smuggle half a ton of crystal…
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A 13-year-old boy in Thailand sadly died this weekend after being knocked out during a kickboxing match. Anucha Tasako, who had been practising martial arts since he was just eight years old, was not wearing a protective helmet during his Muay Thai match on Saturday. "Muaythai Krobwongjorn", a Facebook page which covers…
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It has been nearly ten years since a Brooklyn grand jury first handed one of many indictments against accused drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán, but now he is finally on trial for various drug conspiracy charges. Due to the potential dangers of the case, a jury was gathered from…
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Because it's so easy to hide behind a social media profile these days, the famous faces we see on Instagram aren't always what they seem to be. Take Emma Hallberg, for example: a 19-year-old self-described model and influencer from Sweden. She has just shy of 200,000 followers on the picture-sharing platform,…
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This year, Indonesia was struck by a number of calamities. In addition to a number of earthquakes which battered many of the small islands up and down the country, 2018 was also saw one of the worst aviation disasters in the country's history. On October 29, Lion Air flight 610…
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People say politics are ruining everything these days, from NFL games to late night talk shows to Broadway plays. Well, now politics are even ruining The Most Magical Place On Earth. Walt Disney World has banned a man for displaying a 'Trump 2020' sign while riding Splash Mountain. When passengers…
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Forget Marvel's The Avengers - the most ambitious crossover event in history is a photo of Prince Charles' entire dynasty. Think about it. You haven't seen all those royals assembled for a photo, have you? If you're American, and trying to comprehend the significance, imagine the very first photo of…
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Donald Trump and the free press have a combative relationship. When mainstream media outlets are critical of his administration, which is often, he dismisses their stories as "fake news." And at rallies, he's used dangerous rhetoric, branding the press "the enemy of the people." After Cesar Sayoc, an avid Trump…
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Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas were convicted at Birmingham Crown Court this week, after the law became aware that they were members of National Action, a far-right neo-nazi organisation that operates in the United Kingdom. The couple, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, were also known to have named their baby after Adolf Hitler.…
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Earlier this year, the entire nation of Australia was gripped in an unusual and horrifying series of fruit crises. Back in mid-September, members of the Australian public in all six states all reported chilling tales of needles being hidden inside fruits like strawberries, bananas and mangoes and sold at supermarkets…
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One very resourceful dad out in Washington State, USA, has found an... interesting way of sourcing his meat. Some might head to a supermarket or butchers for Christmas dinner, others will locally source their meat from a turkey farm, but 47-year-old Rafe Carroll just hits the road, serving up a…
