Category: Briefs

Briefs

Trump That

Donald Trump, Republican hopeful for the presidency in 2016, has said he wants a wall built on the US-Mexico border to deter migrants. According to

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Glasgow Bets Better

Londoners are the least successful gamblers in Britain, according to a survey by Ladbrokes. Despite placing the highest number of bets, London failed to make

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A Run-Run-Run-Run Runaway

In a recent report Heathrow Airport was the preferred choice to have a third runway. But how many runways does an international airport need? Annual

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Supremacist Rule

“Since September 2001 nearly twice as many people (in the US) have been killed by white supremacists, anti-government fanatics and other non-Muslim extremists than by

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China Syndrome

“In just over 40 years since the one child policy was implemented, the birth rate has gone down in China by 400 million. The population

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Top Tale

Yesterday’s New York Times reported the death, at 74, of Vincent Mussetto, formerly a sub-editor on the New York Post who was celebrated, at least

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