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In 2017 almost 40 thousand peoples’ lives were ended by guns. The grim total of 39,773 brings the nation's death rate to the highest level since 1996. The data was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The gun death rate of 12.0 per 100,000 people — higher than the rate of death from car accidents of 11.5 per 100,000 people. Tragically the increase in 2017 occurred due to suicide. Sixty percent of gun deaths last year were...

As the UK falls into chaos over leaving the EU, the EU itself has gone on and approved a huge trade deal with Japan starting in 2019. The European Parliament voted 474 to 156 in favour of the plan to bind the two economic powerhouses. This will create the world’s largest free trade area totally around a third of the earth’s GDP. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement: “This will bring clear benefits to our companies, farmers,...

Only last week us weary British travellers were told that there will be a 3.1 per cent hike in the price of rail travel from the New Year. So you can stand in a packed carriage, under someone’s armpit, before it breaks down between stations, for an extra fee. We are lucky aren't we? However, over in the EU, one country is taking a different approach. Luxembourg is to become the first country in the world to offer public transport...

The megastar left his $135k Tesla in the handicapped spot for two hours while he was inside the community gym in Monrovia, California, according to a source

A British woman is stranded in India and fighting for her life after she was bitten by a mosquito while on holiday. Balvinder Singh, 35, flew out to India last month to attend a family wedding and a month-long holiday but fell ill just two days before she was due to return home. The mum-of-three suffered vomiting and diarrhoea and was rushed to hospital when she started having seizures, where she had a heart attack and organ failure. Two weeks...

Remember the chants at Donald Trump's Presidential campaign rallies of "lock her up!" as Trump made Hillary Clinton's use of private emails a constant refrain? Remember Trump's contant jibes about "crooked Hillary"? Well in a breaking story that is bound to expose the paertisan hypocrisy of conservative America, it turns out that the first daughter and official adviser to the 45th President of the United States has been using her personal emails for communication on government affairs too.  Freedom of...

Marcel Theroux gains rare access inside the secretive nation of North Korea to attend the country's 70th birthday party and see what day to day life is like for North Koreans. The Mass Games focus on reunification with the South and marks a time of change for the country as historic peace talks with the South continue. Watch Video Here

This 100% real and not-at-all-satirical bear is being sold in the US, and is apparently setting people back two instalments of $19.95 (about £31 in total). Trumpy Bear appears to have been around since at least mid-2017, but has picked up a lot of interest after the advert appeared on Fox News. The strange advert features a bear with comb-over, white cuffs, a collar and a red tie seated on a motorcycle, riding in a golf cart and with a...

“the crisis in Yemen is the worst in the world, and it is one that UK arms have been central to creating'