Enlarge / Large inflatable globe getting hugged by a woman in a red skirt. Getty ImagesSpeakers recently flew in from around (or perhaps, across?) the Earth for a three-day event held in Birmingham: the UK’s first ever public Flat Earth Convention. It was well attended, and it wasn’t just three days of speeches and YouTube…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On the streets of Tehran, every day seems to bring more worry and fear ahead of President Donald Trump’s decision this week on whether to pull America out of the nuclear deal with Iran. Exchange shop windows that once showed rates for Iranian rial to U.S. dollar transactions have gone blank,…

A doctor in Slovenia has reported on a case with a lesson you might want to remember. If you wind up with a brain implant at some point down the road—including the kind that might someday allow you to control computers with your mind—be sure you don’t try and charge it during a thunderstorm. According…

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A much more important phone call was the first-ever such contact last Friday between Xi and Abe — a crowning achievement for Abe’s long years of patient and persistent pursuit of dialog with the Chinese leader. Even with Xi’s mandatory reminder that Japan should « remember history and draw proper conclusions, » Abe now knows that China’s…

Edwin Burrows, a historian who won a Pulitzer Prize for an epic overview of New York City’s early history, has died. He was 74. Burrows died on Friday at his home in Huntington from complications of a Parkinsonian syndrome, said his daughter, Kate Burrows. Burrows and co-author Mike Wallace spent 20 years writing ‘Gotham: A…

Taylor Swift is making dreams come true. The “Delicate” singer, 28, met her “littlest fans” — foster children from Arizona — on Saturday when she invited more than 2,000 special guests to her final dress rehearsal of her upcoming Reputation Stadium Tour. An attendee tells PEOPLE Swift spoke to the crowd of excited children and foster…

World Championship: Mark Williams takes control in final – 5 best shots 2018 World Championship final Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 6-7 May Coverage: Watch live on BBC Two, Connected TV, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and mobile app. Two-time champion Mark Williams holds a 10-7 lead over four-time winner John Higgins after a…

More than half of British people believe that the Windrush scandal has shone a light on deeper problems in the immigration system, a new poll has revealed. The exclusive survey for The Independent indicated that a majority also want an inquiry into the debacle, which saw British citizens wrongly threatened with deportation by immigration officials. Immigration…

Mark Turnbull, Managing Director of SCL Elections/Cambridge Analytica arrives at the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Britain is backing an American professor’s effort to obtain personal data from Cambridge Analytica’s parent. SCL Elections will face criminal action if it does not hand over the data within 30 days. The ruling could…