This story originally appeared at The Daily Mail: On 26 August 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected Pope on only the fourth ballot, taking the name of John Paul I. He came from near Belluno, some 80 miles north of
A Muslim premier league footballer has taken a second wife in his native Côte d’Ivoire. Although polygamy is illegal both in that country and in the UK, Cheick Tioté, 28, who earns £45,000 ($73,000) a week playing for Newcastle United
A 15 year old girl from Bristol is missing from her family home, and is believed to have travelled to Istanbul in Turkey with another teenage girl. It is thought that the pair plan to travel on to Syria to
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Conservative Party MEP Daniel Hannan has taken to the Daily Mail today to insist that an electoral pact between UKIP and the Tories is the only way to stop the Labour Party taking control of the
This article originally appeared in the Daily Mail: The British Muslim convert known as the ‘White Widow’ has joined ISIS and is training a female suicide bomber squad in Syria, it has been reported. Samantha Lewthwaite, 30, from Aylesbury in
Thousands of students from high schools in suburban Denver have walked out of school this week to protest, some stripping off their clothes and writing protest slogans on their bodies, to oppose what their teachers have told them is a
On September 25, Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson apologized to Michael Brown’s family and to “peaceful protesters” who believe the “police response” to the protests violated their First Amendment rights. According to the Daily Mail, Jackson released a video in which
British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologised to the Queen for letting slip her delight at the result of the Scottish independence referendum. The Prime Minister was recorded earlier this week discussing the Queen’s reaction with former New York mayor
What could have been the biggest breakthrough in the war on international jihad took Nigerian media by storm this week, as the army of Cameroon asserted that they had killed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. However, many sources are claiming
German researchers studying the effects of people taking their work home with them at night or on weekends found that the workers were plagued by a host of issues, including cardiovascular problems, insomnia, headaches, muscular issues, fatigue, anxiety, and stomach
This article originally appeared in the Daily Mail With his speech in front of the United Nations today, Leonardo DiCaprio cemented his reputation as one of the world’s highest-profile activists on climate change. ‘You can make history …or be vilified
As Daniele Watts’s story of racial bias unravels, police are discussing a pilot program that is currently being tested by Los Angeles County sheriff’s stations, in which four different types of body cameras are being used to record everything that
Despite numerous calls from civil rights groups that Django Unchained star Daniele Watts apologize to the police for “crying wolf” by falsely insinuating that an officer used racial profiling when he briefly detained her for being uncooperative several days ago, the actress
Labour has signalled an apparent end to the concept of meritocracy in British public jobs if it wins next year’s general election, as Gloria de Piero MP announces local and national government will be required to keep records of employees
A Survation poll has put Ukip support at the next general election on 23 percent, a mere seven points behind the Conservatives, and just eleven behind the Labour Party. The poll was conducted online on Friday on behalf of the
First the good news. Thanks to last night’s “No” vote in the Scottish referendum Britain has been spared the following: a run on the pound; the hasty exodus of Scotland’s finance industry; the premature death of UKIP; the gloating of
Up to 600 asylum seekers are being housed in 98 rooms at a London hotel, at a cost of £500,000 for the British taxpayer. A recent inspection of the Queen’s Hotel in the south London suburb of Upper Norwood found
Newspapers declared Thursday a “day of destiny” in dramatic front pages streaked with blue, white and red as Scotland votes on whether to split from the United Kingdom. On a front page covered with the Union Jack, which may have
A Muslim academic planning to open a liberal mosque in South Africa is vowing to push ahead, despite receiving death threats. Taj Hargey wants to counter the “Arabisation” of Islam in Africa, and says his Open mosque will welcome all-comers,
Pro-union campaigners in the Scottish referendum are being subjected to a torrent of abuse by angry nationalists, with posters vandalised and torn down, angry threats made and people fearing what will happen in the aftermath of Thursday’s vote. The Daily
HOUSTON, Texas — An HIV-positive music teacher at Richardson ISD Academy reportedly had unprotected sex with a 15-year-old boy after using the app Grindr. The teacher, 43-year-old Roger Kessler, was ultimately caught as he left the teen’s home in McKinney.
Rosie O’Donnell reportedly wanted a meek and docile “Republican” co-host who was reportedly not “too confrontational.” And she found a perfectly mousy “Brooklyn Brawler” who will roll over for her in Nicolle Wallace, the former Republican campaign hack whose profile
LOS ANGELES, California — Daniele Watts, who played ‘Coco’ in the movie Django Unchained, was detained along with her boyfriend Brian Lucas by two Los Angeles police officers last week, after someone reportedly called 911 complaining that the couple had committed “indecent
The former lover of French President Francois Hollande has threatened to publish text messages he sent her, proving that he made fun of the poor, the Daily Mail has reported. Valerie Trierweiler has published a book in which she alleges
A father shot his seven-year-old daughter dead when her mother rejected both Islam and him. Egyptian-born Yasser Alromisse, 46, wanted custody of daughter Mary Ann Shipstone after he become estranged from wife Lyndsey. Lyndsey had originally converted to Islam upon
