From New MacBook to Samsung Galaxy S6: Changing the Way We Charge in 2015

From New MacBook to Samsung Galaxy S6: Changing the Way We Charge in 2015Goodbye cord clutter, power outlets and fumbling around to get a cable to fit perfectly into a device. This is the year electronics companies are making a push to revolutionize the way we charge the latest generation of devices. A slate of new releases, from the...

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Stranded 500-lb leatherback sea turtle rescued in South Carolina

An endangered 500-pound (230-kg) leatherback sea turtle was being treated at a South Carolina aquarium on Monday after wildlife officials made a rare rescue of the reptile found alive and stranded on a remote beach.It is the first living leatherback turtle to be recovered in South Carolina and one of only a handful ever treated at rehabilitation...

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Imprint of license plate in snow leads to burglary suspects

The imprint of a license plate in a snowbank proved to be the undoing of a couple suspected of a series of burglaries in Massachusetts.A Lakeville police officer investigating a home break-in traced the imprint to a pickup truck that matched the description of a vehicle seen at other burglaries.Chief Frank Alvilhiera told The Enterprise of Brockton on Monday that the truck was traced to a Dartmouth hotel.A search of a hotel room...

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White House: Obama emailed Hillary Clinton on her private email address

President Barack Obama exchanged emails with Hillary Clinton on her private, nongovernmental account while she was serving as secretary of state, the White House said Monday. But he did not know that she used a private system exclusively for government business, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.Obama “did, over the course of his...

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Samsung is spending an insane amount of money to beat Apple to the ‘next big thing’

BGR-Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Edge-3Samsung hasn’t had the best year financially but it’s not slowing down its spending on R&D. It was reported that Samsung spent an astonishing $13.8 billion in research and development in 2014, the single largest R&D investment in the company’s history.Until recently, many cynics would have argued that...

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Madrid implosion 'incomprehensible' for Ancelotti

Schalke's Leroy Sane (L) collides with Real Madrid's Luka Modric during their round of 16 second leg UEFA Champions League match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on March 10, 2015Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti admitted he is at a loss to explain the European champions dramatic slump in form as they sneaked into the quarter-finals of the...

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7 Marines, 4 Soldiers Missing After Helicopter Crash in Florida

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter from Bravo Co 2/147th AVN Renegades flies support for U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over Kuwait City December 8, 2014. Hagel flew out to Camp Buehring to visit with troops stationed there. Seven Marines and four soldiers were missing early Wednesday after an Army helicopter crashed during a night training...

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US condemns 'reign of terror' in Crimea, east Ukraine

US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland appears before a hearin on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 10, 2015THE top US diplomat for Europe declared Tuesday that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a "reign of terror", blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives."Even as Ukraine is building...

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Prime suspect in Nemtsov killing likely confessed 'under torture'

Ex-Chechen policeman Zaur Dadayev told rights activists he confessed to the murder to secure the release of an ex-colleagueA FORMER Chechen police officer who admitted to taking part in the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov "likely confessed under torture", a member of the Kremlin's rights council told AFP Wednesday."There...

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Children wasting away as hunger hits 200,000 in Madagascar

Katy Perry demonstrating to children how to wash their hands at the Sahavola pre-school in MadagascarCLUTCHING a small bag of corn in one hand, six-year-old Haova Toboha scratches the ground with the other in the hope of turning up stray kernels left from a UN food handout."I found these and I'll add them to the corn given to my parents"...

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Flight attendant sues Korean Air over 'nut rage' incident

A flight attendant who was harassed by a former Korean Air Lines Co. vice president in what became known as the "nut rage" case filed a civil lawsuit against the airline and the executive.Kim Do Hee, the flight attendant, is seeking compensation through a trial in New York city after she was verbally and physically attacked by Cho Hyun-ah,...

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Saudi jails rights group founder for 10 years

Mohammed al-Bajadi: jailed for ten yearsA FOUNDING member of one of the few independent human rights groups in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a regional rights group said on Wednesday.Mohammed al-Bajadi was sentenced last Thursday by the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh, whose jurisdiction is related to "terrorism",...

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Bomb threat forces Hong Kong jet to make emergency landing

A bomb threat to a Hong Kong-bound flight with nearly 300 people on board forced the jet to make an emergency landing in China on Tuesday, Hong Kong Airlines said."Hong Kong Airlines was notified of a suspected bomb threat onboard its flight HX337 from Beijing to Hong Kong, after the plane had taken off," a spokeswoman from the airline said.The...

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Reported kidney donor to Israeli student not our son, says Jadesimi

READERS that have been applauding the reported kind gesture of one Smith Jadesimi, 28, who claimed to be the son of Nigerian billionaire, Ladi Jadesimi, and donated his kidney to a 21-year-old Israeli law student in far away Israel, which was published in yesterday, have now been disappointed following the disclosure by the Jadesimi family...

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Polls: Babangida, Abdulsalami, Mbeki in closed-door meeting

Former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, held a closed-door meeting with the former military president, Ibrahim Babangida on issues not unconnected with the forthcoming general elections in the country.Mbeki, it was learnt arrived the residence of Babangida in Minna with another former Nigerian head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar.It...

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Jeremy Clarkson 'punch': Top Gear episodes to be dropped

The BBC is expected to scrap the remainder of the current Top Gear TV series after allegations that presenter Jeremy Clarkson punched a producer.The broadcaster said Clarkson, 54, had been suspended after what it called a "fracas" and has confirmed Sunday's episode of Top Gear will not be shown.It is understood the two final episodes in the...

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