8 h. ago Tycoon 'reveals' what happens when you die after lightning bolt traveled down phone line and 'killed' him

New York Times bestselling author Dannion Brinkley, 74, said he knows what happens when we die after he encountered three near-death experiences of his own.

Events

1 week ago The shocking reason why you must alert a flight attendant if you drop your phone down the seat

While it may seem like a minor inconvenience, losing your phone on a plane can actually become a serious safety concern - and there's a terrifying yet rational reason behind it.

Events

1 week ago Passenger’s lost phone causes Air France flight to cut short nine

The Caribbean-bound flight made a U-turn after a passenger’s phone went missing

Politics

2 w. ago Here’s what you need to know about your rights when entering the US

Trump’s hardline immigration policy is sweeping up even visa and green card holders into detention centersTell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, he has carried out the hardline immigration policies he promised on the campaign trail.Trump’s administration sent migrants to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba – with little access to legal counsel – and singled out two pro-Palestinian academics for deportation. The administration also failed to return El Salvador-destined deportation flights in potential violation of a court order. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searchedFrance’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled”, Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister of higher education and research, said in a statement on Monday to Agence France-Presse published by Le Monde. “This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” the minister added. Continue readin...

Politics

2 w. ago Top actress 'paid £400k to have feet tickled by kinky tycoon', 'virgins' escort boss reveals

EXCLUSIVE: The site – which recently made headlines for fascilitating the sale of a 22-year-old Manchester resident's virginity for £1.6million – revealed they currently have around 82,000 women on their books worldwide

Economics

3 w. ago ‘We love watching the landscape respond to each season’: why hiking long

Tackling a long-distance walk like the Thames Path or South Downs Way in short sections makes it manageable – and more spontaneous, tooIt is 7.30am. The sky is a pink-and-gold blur, and the breeze is invigorating. It’s a perfect day to walk from my London home to the source of the River Thames. I’m travelling light – phone, sandwich, water bottle – so I need nothing but a pair of capacious pockets. I have been walking the 185-mile Thames Path National Trail, with my friend Rhiannon, for more than four years. We do it bit by bit, a section at a time. No need to carry a heavy backpack. No need to book a hotel or pitch a tent. No need to use up weeks of precious holiday. No need to fret about whether we may fall out, or whether one of us will prove more ruggedly resilient than the other; nor any of the myriad factors that must be considered when planning a long-distance hike with a companion. And yes, we’re always back in time for a night in our own beds.T...

Politics

3 w. ago Primordial surf: ‘microlightning’ in mist may have sparked life on Earth, study finds

Tiny lightning streaks in fine spray can power chemical reactions that generate molecules for life, scientists sayCharles Darwin thought it started in a warm pond. Others point to comets that ploughed into Earth. And some suspect a bolt from the blue, a lightning strike into the ocean.How life started on Earth may forever be a mystery, but new research proposes a radical idea: that crashing waves and waterfalls may have kicked off the process by throwing up mists of water. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Revealed: Property tycoon who secured £4MILLION taxpayer grant to fix cladding on his apartment blocks is convicted fraudster who fleeced pensioners out of thousands

Scott El Paraiso and Ross Spencer, both 41, were used to sweeping the board at industry awards events, and their business appeared to be booming.

Economics