TVs are an ugly room decoration when they’re not in use, featureless black slabs our sofas point towards. I’d rather look at a bunch of peaceful fish swimming around. But oh all the moisture those aquariums pump out – I can’t face the mould and mildew. But wait, what’s this? An aquarium app for my…
A creature described as the “loneliest duck in the world” has appeared on the remote Pacific island of Niue, a tiny nation with a population of 1,600 that – until now – had no ducks. The mallard, nicknamed “Trevor” after Trevor Mallard, a New Zealand MP, startled locals after arriving on the island earlier this…
The Witcher Netflix series will reportedly be adapted by the driving force behind Marvel’s Daredevil and Defenders shows. Writer and producer Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will, according to Variety, be the showrunner and executive producer for The Witcher. She co-wrote and co-executive produced Daredevil and Defenders. The Witcher Netflix series was announced in May. It’s a…
The two Russians charged with attempted murder in the Salisbury nerve agent attack have claimed they were visiting the town’s "famous" cathedral as tourists. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were interviewed by the editor-in-chief of state-funded RT – formerly Russia Today – Margarita Simonyan who said she had "spent an evening" with the suspects. Read the…
Starting today, Destiny’s mysterious weekly vendor Xur will arrive at 5pm UK time on a Friday. That’s 9am Pacific time, midday Eastern and 6pm in Europe. The change comes as Destiny 2 as a whole moves to a 5pm UK time weekly reset on Tuesdays – although until today it wasn’t totally clear that Xur…
Friends, family and the top tiers of US politics lined up to pay tribute to politician and celebrated war veteran John McCain after his death on Saturday. "Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family," his office said in a…
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More than 800 road bridges in France are at risk of collapsing within a few years, according to a survey carried out for the Transport Ministry that has raised alarm following the Genoa tragedy. The July report, commissioned by the ministry from two private consultancies, predates the Italian motorway bridge collapse in which four French…
The United States announced it will not be suspending any more "war games" on the Korean peninsula amid souring relations with Pyongyang. In the wake of Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un on June 12 the US had suspended some of this year’s major military exercises, planned in conjunction with South Korea, as an act…
The British caving expert who coordinated the rescue of 12 Thai children trapped underground has informed Elon Musk he is preparing to sue him, after the Tesla founder labelled him a “paedo” on Twitter. Vernon Unsworth, 63, enraged the billionaire when he rejected his offer of sending a submarine to assist the rescue, pointing out…