Heavy snow and ice is causing travel chaos as a blast dubbed « the Beast from the East » hits Britain. Commuters have been told by Southeastern railway to complete their evening journeys by 6pm to avoid disruption. Some areas of the country are set to feel colder than the Arctic Circle as freezing temperatures continue into…

Doyle Lee Hamm was due to be put to death on Thursday but the execution failed and had to be stopped by the state (Picture: AP)Pictures have been released that show the injuries suffered by a death row inmate who survived his execution. Doyle Lee Ham was due to be put to death on Thursday…

The proportion of the global population living on less than $1.90 per person per day has fallen—from 18 percent in 2008 to 11 percent in 2013, according to the World Bank. In the United States, however, the poverty rate has been more stubborn—41 million people lived below the country’s poverty line in 2016, about 13…

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1 hour ago In Parliament today, legislation is expected to be introduced to tackle rip off energy tariffs for 11 million British households.    The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill would allow Ofgem to limit tariffs until 2020, with the option to extend the cap annually until 2023. Theresa May said the Bill,…

« Let me emphasize that there was nothing aberrational about stock-market behavior over the ten-year stretch. If a poll of investment ‘experts’ had been asked late in 2007 for a forecast of long-term common-stock returns, their guesses would have likely averaged close to the 8.5% actually delivered by the S&P 500. Making money in that environment…