Energy Firm Npower to Raise Energy Prices by 10.4%
UK energy provider Npower has announced that they will be raising their prices, with a dual-fuel bill to go up 10.4%. Npower will become the third major supplier to announce...
Australia Bushfires Cover Sydney in Smoke [in Pictures]
Major bushfires across the state of New South Wales in Australia have covered the city of Sydney in thick plumes of smoke and ash. The bushfires, fanned by high, erratic...
CCTV Footage of Terrorist Attack on Westgate Mall Released
CCTV footage of the al-Shabaab attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has been released, showing people fleeing for their lives as terrorists enter the building. Although heavily edited to...
US Government Employees Back at Work
Hundreds of thousands of United States government employees are now back at work, after President Obama signed a new law ending the government shutdown and extending the much-discussed US debt...
Extreme Weather ‘Keeps Poor People Poor’
According to new research from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), extreme weather events will keep poor people in poverty in many parts of the world. The authors of the report,...
UK House Prices Hit Record Level According to ONS
House prices in the UK have risen to a record level, according to a report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The average house price in the UK now...
Banksy Sells Original Canvasses for $60 in New York
Renowned British street artist Banksy set up a street-market stall today selling original, signed canvasses of his work for $60 in Central Park, New York. Some of the works were...
Four Arrested in London Terror Raids
Four men have been arrested and are being questioned under the Terrorism Act in a series of armed raids by police officers across London. The men, who were arrested yesterday...
More Than 100 Killed by Stampede at Hindu Festival in India
Reports coming out of India have confirmed at least 115 people have died after a Stampede at a Hindu festival in Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred at 09.00 (3.30 GMT)...
Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in Northern Syria
A team of seven workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped by gunmen in Northern Syria. The workers, including six ICRC staff and one volunteer,...
Hunger Strikes Continue at Guantanamo Bay
According to reports earlier this week, 17 prisoners at the US detention camp in Cuba are still on hunger strike, with 16 of them being force-fed. Reports emerged in March...
British Army Photography Competition Gives A Snapshot of Army Life
A newly released selection of pictures from an Army photography competition gives a unique insight into daily life in the British Army. The pictures, which were taken by both professional...
US Borrowing Crisis ‘Days Away’ from Danger
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, has warned that the US is ‘days away from a very dangerous moment’ because of the federal government’s borrowing crisis. Kim has...
An Interactive Look at the Different Types of Drones
FT.com presents an interactive infographic highlighting the many different types of drone used around the world. There are numerous different kinds of drones being used all over the globe for...
Number of University Students in UK Seeking Counselling Rises 33%
The numbers of university students in the United Kingdom seeking counselling has risen by more than one third in the last four years, according to a recent report by Help...
US Federal Government Shutdown Costs Over $3.5 Billion
The US Federal Goverment shutdown has cost more than $3.5 billion, according to a new visualisation from Outline.com. The US government entered the shutdown on October 1st, after Congress failed...
The Longest Human Space Flights
Designbysoap Ltd has produced a fantastic infographic visualising the longest human space flights. Getting into space and visiting other moons, stars and planets has long been a fascination of the...
Banksy’s ‘Sirens of the Lambs’ Tours New York
Banky’s provocative new work ‘Sirens of the Lambs’ has been seen touring the streets of New York; marking a shift in his usual modus operandi from street art to something...
Cyclone Phailin Hits Eastern India
Cyclone Phailin has made landfall in eastern India, with 200 km/h winds forcing as many as 500,000 people to leave their homes. The cyclone has been classed as ‘very severe’,...