Anger as record number of maimed troops are denied disability benefit in Government’s controversial assessments
Daily Mail UK, By Mark Nicol A record number of wounded war veterans have been denied disability benefits in the past year after undergoing tests carried out by the Government’s controversial assessment company. Hundreds of injured ex-soldiers are being declared…
Footballer Lionel Messi investigated for tax fraud in Spain
From BBC Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4m euros (£3.4m). The 25-year-old Argentina forward and his father, Jorge Horacio, are suspected of filing fraudulent tax…
Alice Kober: Unsung heroine who helped decode Linear B
By Alex Gallafent From BBC PRI’s The World Linear B is an ancient European Bronze Age script, dating back 3,500 years. When a British architect finally cracked it in the 1950s, he was hailed as a genius – but he…
Ireland Calling
by John Spain From Irish Central Ireland: A tax haven for American tech companies like Google, Twitter and Apple but without the sun The reaction of Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny, senior politicians and the IDA boss to the accusation…
State Farm® teams up with CONCACAF for the 2013 Gold Cup
Sponsorship makes State Farm exclusive Auto and Home Insurance Provider Miami (Tuesday, June 11, 2013) — The Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and its commercial agency, Traffic Sports, today announced a sponsorship agreement with…
‘Ice hovercraft’ tracks seen on Mars
BBC Long thin grooves – called gullies – on the surface of Mars may have been made not by water but by blocks of frozen carbon dioxide – dry ice. These blocks seem to have flowed down Martian sand dunes…
Smithfield Foods – Shuanghui International: Where’s the beef?
By Peter Fuhrman, Seeking Alpha It is, if voluminous press reports are to be believed, the biggest story, the biggest deal, ever in China-U.S. business history. I’m talking about the announced takeover of America’s largest pork company, Smithfield Foods (SFD),…
Simply Science: Saving Little Cayman from the lionfish
By Laura Betker From KARE11 STILLWATER, Minn. – The emerald ash borer and zebra mussels are invasive species here in Minnesota. But in the Caribbean, it’s the red lionfish. In this week’s Simply Science we meet a group of local…
The new rules for sunscreen
By Roni Caryn Rabin From New York Times There is no question most skin cancers are related to sun exposure, yet even with sunscreen sales approaching $1 billion a year, skin cancer rates continue to climb. Melanoma diagnoses have risen…
France air traffic control strike hits Europe flights
BBC European travellers are facing further disruption because of an ongoing strike by French air traffic controllers. More than a quarter of flights from France’s busiest airports had to be cancelled on Wednesday amid protests at plans for a single…
