In 1998, when the Under-19 World Cup made a return to the international calendar 10 years after the inaugural edition, the tournament was so low-key that it was largely held at university grounds in South Africa, where teams stayed on campus. Their window to the outside world was through local phone booths or through the…

The upmarket underwear company that supplied lingerie to the Queen has had its warrant scrapped after a tell-all book gave details of royal fittings. Rigby & Peller held the royal warrant for 57 years, but was stripped of support when June Kenton, who transformed it into a world-leading retailer, wrote a book about her work.…

Get ready for more excellent prints and pants.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond looks on as he meets journalists in Hong Kong, China April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Philip Hammond will say that the EU isn’t being publicly clear about the relationship it wants with the UK after Brexit. In a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, the Chancellor will say: « It takes two…

A few years ago, Wang Yi was living the American dream. He had graduated from Princeton, landed a job at Google and bought a spacious condo in Silicon Valley.

Early last year, a piece of Mac malware came to light that left researchers puzzled. They knew that malware dubbed Fruitfly captured screenshots and webcam images, and they knew it had been installed on hundreds of computers in the US and elsewhere, possibly for more than a decade. Still, the researchers didn’t know who did…

Conor McGregor went head to head with his latest rival in Dublin on Wednesday….Richard Branson. The Irishman met with Branson at the Pendulum Summit in Dublin’s convention centre, reports the Irish Mirror. Mr Branson is known for cutting people’s ties for photos and attempted to cut Conor’s top, with the Notorious eventually taking his off…

Dresden – Ein deutscher Polizist steht belehrend vor einem US-Soldaten, erklärt ihm mit erhobenem Zeigefinger, was auf deutschen Straßen und Autobahnen erlaubt ist und was nicht. POLIZEI STOPPT PANZER-TRANSPORT AUF DER A 4 BEI BAUTZEN! Die Beamten untersagten der US-Armee Dienstagmittag die Weiterfahrt der sechs polnischen Schwertransporter, beladen mit insgesamt sechs Haubitzen vom Typ M 109.…

Earlier this week, Future Motion announced the Onewheel+ XR. It’s a successor to the Onewheel+ (which I thoroughly enjoyed riding last year) that doubles the range to somewhere between 12 and 18 miles. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to test these claims during a test ride in the Las Vegas Convention Center car park (a rundown…

Theresa May will commit the UK to eliminating all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 as she launches the Government’s environmental plan for the next 25-years. Under the pledge waste such as the carrier bags, food packaging and disposable plastic straws that litter the country and pollute the seas would be abolished. But the target was given…