International

THE FIRST and second world wars would never have happened if both sides had been armed, according to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

PRESIDENT Obama has apparently fled the White House after realising Rupert Murdoch has seen through his deception.

BRITONS have expressed surprise after a US politician killed a goat and drank its blood without also having sex with it.

VACCINATING everyone against mental illness is the easiest and most practical way to prevent mass shootings, according to America’s gun lobby.

POPE Francis has wowed the United States Congress with a rendition of his favourite hip-hop track.

A NEW Scottish thesaurus contains almost half a million insulting racial epithets for the country's southern neighbours.

A CAR company founded by Nazis in 1937 is facing a public relations disaster.

HUNGARY has shown there is more to it than cube puzzles by tear-gassing fleeing Syrians.

A TEXAN boy has been arrested for doing science.

AIRBNB has been confirmed as the best and most legal way couples can have sex in a stranger’s house.