What can you say about Culture Club that hasn’t already been said? They were stylish. They were poppy, and they were one of the hottest bands of the New Wave era. Their success wasn’t just due to the androgynous style of lead singer Boy George (b. George Alan O’Dowd), although he had a lot to […]

    Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the tribes’ request for an injunction to withdraw permission issued by the Army Corps for the last link of the oil pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. Energy Transfer Partners LP is building the $3.8 billion pipeline to move crude […]

China will firmly oppose Taiwan “separatism”, Premier Li Keqiang declared Sunday, following tension with US President Donald Trump over the island, and said Hong Kong independence moves would “lead nowhere”. “We will resolutely oppose and contain separatist activities for Taiwan independence,” Li said in a speech opening the annual session of China’s rubber-stamp National People’s […]

Presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway's TV endorsement of the Ivanka Trump brand violated government ethics rules, experts say.

The GOP suspends rules to move toward a full Senate confirmation vote after Democrats boycott a meeting.

The Brexit Secretary issued the tough message as he defiantly vowed to push ahead with the timetable for leaving the EU despite the government being dealt an humiliating legal blow.

New changes made by the College of Policing will require candidates to have studied policing, complete a conversion course or apprenticeship. Critics say the move will add a bill of £3 million.

<img src="http://d1ya1fm0bicxg1.cloudfront.net/2016/12/19645-optimized_58483e3e7f9e9.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt=" Singers perform at Festival de Cancao 2015 ” align=”left” border=”0″ /> Portugal has revealed their plans for Festival da Cancao which will return as the selection show for Eurovision for Portugal. The Festival has made one very significant change, dropping the requirement that songs must be in Portuguese it was […]

The moves comes as research commissioned by children’s charity NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner for England found that 53 per cent of children aged 11 to 16 had encountered porn online.

But by completing work on standards in the next 10 weeks, chances are better that some of the regulations will survive.