Home secretary says he is accused of being both ‘not brown enough’ and ‘too brown’ online Via: Critics don't like me because of my colour, Sajid Javid says after online abuse from far right and left
It may come as a surprise to motorists who’ve filled their tank on a motorway lately. But travelling by train is still up to 13 times more expensive than driving, analysis has found. Via: Travelling by train up to 13 times more expensive than driving
Shares were priced at $45 and opened trading down on Friday, reaching an intraday low of $41.06 before rebounding slightly to end the day at $41.57, a loss of 7.62 per cent for the day. Via: Ousted Uber founder Travis Kalanick appears on floor of the NYSE for company's B Read more
Setting a definite date would see the Prime Minister’s Brexiteer critics hold out for her departure from Downing Street, rather than backing her deal for the UK’s exit, reports indicate. Via: Theresa May refuses to set a resignation date
Mr Shapiro, 35, was taken to task by the veteran broadcaster over his support for Georgia’s abortion clampdown and previous comments that ‘Arabs like to bomb cr** and live in open sewage’. Via: U.S. conservative pundit Ben Shapiro ends BBC interview with Andrew Neil
The research by the University of South Australia confronts a debate about the threshold before caffeine becomes dangerous after a spate of caffeine-related deaths. Via: Coffee is NOT bad for your heart (if you drink fewer than 6 a day)
General Manuel Cristopher Figuera, who has fled the country, calls on Venezuelans to rise up and ‘build a new state’Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has accused his former spy chief of being a CIA infiltrator who helped mastermind last week’s botched coup attempt.In a televised address, Maduro claimed General Manuel Cristopher Read more
Committee chair Richard Neal says treasury secretary and IRS commissioner must provide documents by 17 MayA top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns, giving the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and the IRS commissioner, Charles Rettig, a deadline of next Friday to deliver Read more
Comedian apologised after posting picture of chimpanzee in response to birth of Harry and Meghan’s first child Via: Danny Baker: Police investigating royal baby tweet that led DJ to be sacked by BBC
US reportedly opposed deal, which follows concerns that villages in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia had ‘turned into dumpsites’Almost all the world’s countries have agreed on a deal aimed at restricting shipments of hard-to-recycle plastic waste to poorer countries, the United Nations announced on Friday.Exporting countries – including the US – Read more