Jackie Chan became the face of a campaign to save one of the world’s most trafficked mammals; his Kung Fu Pangolin campaign urged China to stop buying their scales

Jackie Chan became the face of a campaign to save one of the world's most trafficked mammals; his Kung Fu Pangolin campaign urged China to stop buying their scales

Jackie Chan, one of China’s best-known film stars, became the face of a high-profile campaign in 2017 aimed at reducing demand for pangolin products and helping protect one of the world’s most trafficked mammals. The campaign, called “Kung Fu Pangolin”, used Chan’s martial-arts image to deliver a simple message to consumers in China and Vietnam, … Read more

Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump’s face and gold finish to go on sale

Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump's face and gold finish to go on sale

The $1 coin designed to celebrate America’s 250th birthday — and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish — will go on sale Wednesday, according to the U.S. Mint. Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump’s face and gold finish to go on sale The coin’s design — … Read more

Scientists reconstructed the face of ‘Conquest Man’, a 1,000-year-old skeleton buried just 13 years after the Norman Conquest

Scientists reconstructed the face of ‘Conquest Man’, a 1,000-year-old skeleton buried just 13 years after the Norman Conquest

Facial Construction by Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University (Image: ) More than 1,000 years after his death, a man who lived through the upheaval of the Norman Conquest has been given a face. Known as “Conquest Man”, he was buried at St Peter’s Church in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, around 1079, just 13 years after William … Read more

Lindsay Clancy trial: Does Massachusetts have the death penalty? What sentence could she face if found guilty?

Massachusetts has no state death penalty, and Lindsay Clancy’s jury is deciding whether she is criminally responsible for her children’s deaths.. Greg Derr/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is now with the jury, but the death penalty is not a possible punishment in the case. Massachusetts does not allow capital punishment in state courts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the state’s death penalty law unconstitutional in 1984. Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder … Read more

Is Apple Pay down? Reports of ‘not available’ emerge as users face issues with apple wallet

Apple Pay users are reporting problems with Apple Wallet. (REUTERS)

Apple Pay users are reporting problems with Apple Wallet, with some encountering “not available” messages and other difficulties while trying to use the service, raising questions over whether Apple Pay is down. Apple Pay users are reporting problems with Apple Wallet. (REUTERS) According to Downdetector, 46% of users have reported problems with Funds Transfer and … Read more

US citizenship applicants face renewed neighbourhood scrutiny under new USCIS guidance

US citizenship applicants face renewed neighbourhood scrutiny under new USCIS guidance

US citizenship applicants may face scrutiny from neighbours, co-workers and others under new USCIS guidelines Those applying for US citizenship could face scrutiny from their neighbours, co-workers and wider communities as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has formally laid out how it will conduct neighbourhood investigations during the naturalisation (citizenship) process.The new guidance, … Read more

Mentmore Towers, Batman Begins’ Wayne Manor in Buckinghamshire, could be seized as owners face deadline to repair crumbling mansion and conduct bat surveys to save historic property

Mentmore Towers, Batman Begins’ Wayne Manor in Buckinghamshire, could be seized as owners face deadline to repair crumbling mansion and conduct bat surveys to save historic property

Mentmore Towers, the mansion that became Wayne Manor in Batman Begins, is now at risk of being seized. (Photo: SWNS) The real-life Wayne Manor from Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, is at the centre of a preservation battle after the Grade I-listed mansion was served with a formal repairs notice. The property … Read more

“Erika and TPUSA are watching every single one of her shows”: Candace Owens could face costly legal battle as Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA reportedly prepare for potential lawsuit

"Erika and TPUSA are watching every single one of her shows": Candace Owens could face costly legal battle as Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA reportedly prepare for potential lawsuit

Candace Owens and Erika Kirk (Image via Getty Images) A fresh wave of legal speculation is building around Candace Owens after Myron Gaines predicted that Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA could eventually pursue a costly defamation case against the conservative commentator. Gaines did not claim a lawsuit has been filed. Instead, he argued that … Read more

Quote of the day by Theodore Roosevelt: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by…”

Quote of the day by Theodore Roosevelt: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by…”

Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “man in the arena” passage remains one of his most enduring reflections on courage, effort and failure. In his 1910 speech “Citizenship in a Republic”, delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, Roosevelt said: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and … Read more

Patrick Clancy and new wife Rachel Danis face ‘insane’ online theories amid Lindsay Clancy trial; family defends

Patrick Clancy’s family and friends defends online claims as he faces scrutiny while Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial continues.. David L. Ryan/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has brought fresh attention to her former husband, Patrick Clancy, as people online question his actions before the deaths of their three children. Friends and relatives have now spoken out against what they describe as baseless claims about the grieving father. Clancy has not been accused of wrongdoing by prosecutors. … Read more