Police in Spain have arrested five people in connection to an online romance scam centred around A-list actor Brad Pitt, which saw two women conned out of over €350,000 (C$487,800). The arrests were announced by Spain’s Interior Ministry on Monday. The authority said the five accused persons contacted their victims through an online fan page … Read more
Grim details continue to emerge as part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s ongoing hearing into the doomed Titan submersible, with an engineer with the National Transportation Safety board revealing Wednesday that the sub had imperfections on its carbon fibre hull, dating back to the manufacturing process. Engineer Don Kramer said there wrinkles, porosity and voids … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants Americans to know Canada has more to offer than just “maple syrup and mountains.” During a Monday night appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Canadian political leader got laughs from the audience as he tried to set Canada apart from the U.S. and boast about what makes the … Read more
Earth is getting ready to welcome a mini-moon into its orbit by the end of the month — but it’s for a limited time only, scientists say. The space rock, an asteroid by the name of 2024 PT5, will show up to do a partial orbit around Earth between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25, before … Read more
Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been arrested and a criminal case has been opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a so-called “suicide pod.” The “Sarco” pod has been in the works for years, but up until now has never been used. The Sarco pods — … Read more
Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee campaigning for governor of North Carolina, says he’s staying in the race despite a scathing report from CNN that he referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and wrote about “peeping” on girls in showers on a pornography website’s message board. Robinson denies making the graphic comments, calling them “tabloid … Read more
Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable. Fans unable to make the two-hour drive to Khao Kheow Open Zoo from the Thai capital Bangkok to see her in person can watch her video clips online, or simply scroll through social media to savor meme … Read more
Conjoined twins less than a year old have been separated by U.K. and Turkish surgeons in a marathon 14-hour surgery and are expected to make a full recovery. Minal and Mirha, 11-month-old girls from Pakistan, were born fused at the head, sharing several vital blood vessels. Now, following a two-stage procedure involving 60 medical professionals, … Read more
Vivian Tran was just a few letters away from winning $1 million on Wheel of Fortune, but nerves got between her and the huge jackpot. Tran, a competitor on the game show’s Sept. 16 episode, had secured a spot in the Bonus Round after landing on the “One Million” wedge during the final round of … Read more
NOTE: The following article contains content that some might find disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. An investigation by the BBC has exposed over a dozen allegations of rape and sexual assault at the hands of Mohamed Al-Fayed, former owner of the Harrods department store and father of Dodi Fayed, who died alongside Diana, … Read more
