It’s festival time again in India—not one date, one month and one festival but a multiplicity of celebrations that are cultural, religious and echo our…

Australians have the biggest homes in the world. New free-standing homes are an average 245.3 sqm – three times bigger than UK homes, and 22…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed that cutting climate funding would save the U.S. $100 billion over eight years, in another remark that observers…

How much does it take to get by where you live? A new report concludes that current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour doesn’t…

Over the years only a small handful of policy pundits have struggled to find a core principle that might explain the American government's irrational desire…

"As bad as it is the folks above the President make the decisions. They may have decided on Trump. These things do not happen by…

The Pentagon is planning to pull billions of dollars from a slush fund earmarked for the war on terror to finance a major mobilization of…

The number of children seeking help for anxiety has risen sharply, data from the NSPCC’s Childline service has suggested. The helpline, which offers support and counseling…

The Arndale shopping centre in Manchester is an impractical place to take a nap. Shoppers hurry through its drafty, off-white interior. People stop on curvy…

Winter is coming, and for those of us who live in snowy climates the task of cleaning our barns and chicken coops is about to…

Loneliness could be a factor in Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research. Researchers used brain-imaging techniques to determine levels of amyloid – a protein associated…

A 20-year-old woman in Indonesia has been publicly caned for standing too close to her boyfriend, becoming the 14th person to be flogged this month…