Daily Archives: Aug 1, 2012
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis jet off on romantic trip to Bali
Ashton Kutcher and his new girlfriend Mila Kunis have jetted off on a romantic trip to Bali. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were pictured cuddling...
Olympics 2012: bus crash kills cyclist near Olympic Park in Hackney
A cyclist has been killed in a crash with what police are describing as an "Olympic bus" on the border of the Olympic Park...
Boris Johnson left dangling on zip wire at an Olympic live screen event
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson was left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stopped working at an Olympic live screen event. Boris...
Golden Dawn party hands out free food only to Greek nationals
Far-right Golden Dawn party in Greece has handed out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens, but only to Greek nationals. The...
Pussy Riot’s Mariya Alekhina falls ill during trial
Mariya Alekhina, one of the three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, on trial for an anti-Putin protest at Moscow's main cathedral, has...
Missing Moslemuddin Sarkar reunited with his family after 23 years
Moslemuddin Sarkar, a Bangladeshi man who went missing for 23 years, has been reunited with his family, who had given him up for dead. Moslemuddin...
Vertigo named as Greatest Film of All Time
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has usurped Orson Welles's Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time in a poll by the British Film Institute's...
Bulgaria releases Burgas bomber image
Bulgarian police have released a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a local driver on a bus on...
Hans Kristian Rausing sentenced for preventing Eva Rausing’s burial
Tetra Pack billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing has been sentenced after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife, Eva Rausing. The body of...
Karl Lagerfeld says he doesn’t like Pippa Middleton’s face
After apologizing to Adele for calling her fat, Karl Lagerfeld has now found fault with the Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton. Karl Lagerfeld, 78,...
Olympics 2012: China’s Olympic delegation to probe badminton match loss
Chinese Olympic delegation has begun an investigation into allegations two badminton players "deliberately lost" their match, state media says. Doubles players Yu Yang and Wang...
North Korea Arirang Mass Games 2012
Arirang Mass Games will be held in North Korean capital Pyongyang from August 1st until September 9th, 2012. Mass Games takes place in the one of the...
Javier Bardem as James Bond villain “Silva” in Skyfall
Trailer of the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, has given fans their first glimpse of Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem's blond villain in action. Javier Bardem's character,...
Hotmail will be replaced by Outlook.com
Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail brand it has used since acquiring the product in 1998, and adopting the name...
Polish catholic groups protest over Madonna’s MDNA show in Warsaw
Catholic and veterans groups in Poland are protesting against Madonna’s concert in the Polish capital because it falls on the anniversary of the Warsaw...
India’s power supply fully restored
Power supply in India has been fully restored after a two-day blackout hit much of the country, officials say. More than 600 million people were...
Olympics 2012: eight Olympic badminton players face charges over deliberate losing
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has charged eight female Olympic badminton players with "not using one's best efforts to win a match". Four pairs of players...