So, you’ve packed your bags, sent your itinerary to the parents, printed your ticket and you’re on your way to the airport. Well, even the most prepared traveler often forgets something. And that is learning how to eat safely whilst traveling. Here are 5 simple rules for eating whilst on...

Imagine spending your whole life without a birth certificate; especially if you were one of the oldest people on the planet. That is exactly what happened to Mexico’s oldest woman, Trinidad Alvarez Lira, who was 117 years old. Just hours after finally receiving the copy of her birth certificate she...

In a year long battle between Facebook Inc and Belgium’s Data Protection Authority, a decision has finally been made; some say, a decision which was totally unprecedented. The Belgian Privacy Commission lost its case to stop Facebook from tracking the activity on non-users accessing their site, after previously winning the...

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, is going on the offensive in India. Trying to take out two of his biggest competitors, who are currently struggling in the current market, Bezos has been ploughing money into an ever-expanding online market. While the e-commerce market in India may only...

The Taliban of Afghanistan seem to have a huge problem, their spiritual leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, was recently killed in an American airstrike on Taliban-held territory in nearby Pakistan. To combat the issue of having a leaderless Taliban, the elders of multiple tribes affiliated with the Taliban have recently met...

Since the dawn of time, people have been advertising their wares. If you travel across the globe, you will see people trying to sell you stuff in a number of different ways. If you go to some of the more traditional and developing countries, advertising can be as simple as...

You may not think it, but who you spend your time with matters a whole lot more than you could possibly know. The fact is that your friendships could have a major impact on your actual net worth. The author Thomas C Corley, has been researching the habits of wealthy...

The United Nations is using new ways to kill off the flow of luxury goods to North Korea’s ruling class, and Canada is willing to actively help with this operation. Until recently, Canada had neglected to go about trade restrictions on Pyongyang’s infamous “Office 39,” which is the secretive cabal...

Obviously there is a colossal amount of information that make up the 2.6 terabytes of data that has been leaked in what could be called the Panama Papers scandal. Whilst it is not possible as yet to be fully aware, here are some of the major highlights that have recently...

A political backdrop filled with uncertainty is sparking widespread, and occasionally violent, protests. Brazil is experiencing its worst recession in 25 years. A massive corruption scandal involving its biggest company has engulfed numerous executives and politicians. Add to that the deadly Zika virus, and you have a country in crisis...

Oil prices per barrel have been falling since 2014 and the International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted that the rebalancing of the global oil market can only be expected for 2017. Florentina Adenike Ukonga, Executive Secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission, recently stated in an interview with Bloomberg that...

Employees of Delta Airlines would be receiving a whopping $1.5 billion profit sharing as declared by the airlines last Friday. The airline further stated that the amount signifies the largest ever profit shared by companies to their employees. The employee would in this profit sharing enjoy an additional 21 percent...

After much collation, the final results for the unhealthiest states in the US for 2015 have been announced and what may appear most shocking is that are nearly all of the states named are situated in the South. Since 1990, the United Health foundation have uncovered their findings and published...

  Chinese authorities have arrested 21 people involved in the operation of what it said was a $7.6 billion Ponzi scam, state-owned Xinhua news agency said on Monday. It reported that Ezubao, one of the country’s largest peer-to-peer companies, offered mostly fake projects to about 900,000 investors. The scale of...

2016 has brought travellers quite a gift with airline ticket prices at their lowest in 3 years. Plummeting oil prices and low demand are thought to be the cause. A forecast by Hopper.com predicts that prices will creep back up over spring as demand increases, before peaking in June. The...

It may still be several weeks away from release, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already in the record books having earned a whopping $50 million in advance tickets, according to the Wall Street Journal. And the J.J. Abrams directed blockbuster is unlikely to stop there. It’s set to...

After more than 30 years since HIV was first discovered, it’s still the scary disease that shakes the general public to the core. Even high-profile celebrities, who have access to wealth and better health care, are not immune to HIV. Over 1.2 million people are suffering from HIV or AIDS,...

We have all seen the news stories talking about the newest attacks from terrorist organizations.  They fly across countries, they build bombs, and kill themselves and others in the name of their cause, but rarely do we take a moment to ponder where their money comes from.  In fact, many...

The news about the recent VW scandal has rocked the world. What do you mean we can’t trust the companies that make our cars?! Newsflash. However, this isn’t the first time an automotive scandal has shocked the population. Here are some of the most scandalous tales from history.   Ford...

According to Reuters, the US government have agreed to let Japan in under their cyber defense umbrella. In an effort to protect a powerful ally from the growing risk of cyber-attacks against critical services, infrastructure and military buildings. America and Japan released a joint statement, speaking of their new plans...