Monthly Archives: January 2017

Media captionThe explosion destroyed an end terrace house Two people have been taken to hospital following a suspected gas explosion at a house in north Manchester. The blast was in an end terrace house in Cecil Road, Blackley, at about 12:40 GMT, and reduced much of the property to rubble. A man with “major trauma” […]

An agreement with the US could instantly shatter the Brexiters dream of taking back control, limiting sovereignty in key areas Donald Trumps

British-Iraqi architect behind London 2012 aquatics centre leaves 1.7m to relatives and 500,000 to business partner Zaha Hadid, the British-Iraqi architect who died aged 65 after suffering suspected heart failure while on holiday in Miami following an earlier bout of bronchitis. Her will, angered his fellow executors of Hadids will in November after making a

Were still years away from theeighth and final seasonofGame of Thrones but HBO is toying with ways to avoid having to say goodbye to Westeros. All I can say is that were exploring it. We dont have any scripts, were not even close to saying, Oh, lets do this, Bloys said. But its a big […]

Martin Shkreli’s 2017 has been extra weird so far.Image: AP Photo/Susan Walsh UPDATED (4:19 p.m. ET): Updated with additional comment from Shkreli with regards to the substance thrown at him. A scheduled joint appearance by nefarious pharma bro Martin Shkreli and Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos went sideways on Friday due to protests, during which Shkreli […]

Technology is certainly one of the pillars of our economic development program. — Puerto Rico Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce, Alberto Bac Bagu Puerto Rico is trying to bring back corporations through a series of tax incentives, which have been signed into law since 2008. Two laws in particular, Act 73 (2008) and Act […]

London-based startupRentersUnionhas created what its hoping will bea socially useful chatbot, pitching their web-based bot as a robot replacement for (expensive) housing lawyers. The intended user isanyonenot on the London property ladder, and thus at the mercy of landlords, tenancy agreements and (apparently ever-inflating) rents. Not that the chatbot can do much about the latter […]

The way children watch TV is changing shiftingaway from the big screen in the living room to tablets and other mobile devices. In order tobetter cater to the needs of this more digital audience, PBS has now launched a new 24/7 TV channel, PBS KIDS, which is available on television through PBS member stations, but […]

(CNN)In times of global and economic uncertainty, many chose to take stock and hold off on making major financial decisions. Like, say, dropping millions of dollars on a mansion with its own helipad. Here is a list of the five most eye-watering residential property deals over the last 12 months — with octogenarian lodgers and […]

Beijing KFC is pioneering technology to try to predict and remember peoples fast food choices but theres a trade off between convenience and privacy Walking into the KFC restaurant in Beijings financial district, youd be forgiven for thinking it was a fried chicken outlet like any other. Its only if you head right to the […]