Monthly Archives: October 2016

The room-rental website, now worth $30bn, faces a critical year as city authorities clamp down In the back room of a pub in Kentish Town, a group of middle-class Londoners are perched on velvet-covered stools, eating hummus and talking about property. On the wall, above a pile of empty beer kegs, a slide presentation is […]

Poor The girls’ poppa ended things with the professional tennis player after almost 27 years together, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split. Since both Dakota and Elle are at least 18 years old, child support doesn’t apply here. And, the electronics salesman didn’t ask for any spousal support from the athlete, either. […]

Law enforcement officers form a police line to remove Dakota Access pipeline protesters off private land where they had camped to block construction.Image: Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP Only a little more than two weeks after actress Shailene Woodley was arrested at a peaceful protest in North Dakota, law enforcement returned Thursday with mace, […]

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar of Atlassian.Image: Getty Images for Fortune It looks like it pays off to be young and in tech. Atlassian cofounders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar lead the 2016 BRW Young Rich List, announced Thursday, with other startup founders dominating the top five. The workplace software company, which went public in […]

Campaigners believe a breakthrough is near after draft bill tabled by ruling party to amend family law in favour of LGBT rights The death of a gay professor could propel Taiwan into becoming the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage by the end of next year. More than 80,000 LGBT activists and supporters are […]

Media captionChildren die after Birmingham fire: Neighbour speaks of scream Two children have died in hospital after a “suspicious” house fire, police have said. The eight-year-old boy and six-year-old girl were found at the property in Holland Road, Hamstead, Birmingham. Their father was found inside a fire-damaged car in Staffordshire later on Friday morning, West […]

The last islanders left St Kilda in 1930 and people only now live on Hirta on a temporary basis to work at the military site, or on wildlife conservation projects. ‘Vitally important’ The MoD, working with its defence contractors QinetiQ and Skye-based architects Wittets, has submitted a planning application to Western Isles local authority, Comhairle […]

Despite being adopted at almost four years old by American parents, a court ruled that Adam Crapser is not a US citizen Thirty-seven years after being adopted to the US, Adam Crapser is being deported to South Korea, his birth country a place he knows very little about, where he doesnt speak the language, and […]

Television ratings are down in Americas most popular league. And poor play, cable cutters and player protests have all been blamed As the owner of the New Jersey Generals in the short-lived United States Football League, Donald Trump took on the NFL and lost. More than 30 years later, the mogul may have extracted an […]

A man has died after police fired a Taser at him at a property in Wiltshire. Police said it happened in Warminster late on Wednesday night, when officers responded to a report of a man who had harmed himself and was threatening to harm others. The 44-year-old man died at the scene. The matter has […]