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Historian Rutger Bregman visited Davos and did not hold back on his thoughts about the super rich. He called out 'stupid philanthropy schemes' Bregman said that the real issue that needs tackling to make a fairer playing field is tax avoidance. He said: 'We can invite Bono once more but come on we've got to be talking about taxes ... all the rest is bullshit in my opinion,' he says. Bregaman said he feels like he’s ‘at a firefighters conference...

Researchers say that, at least in terms of methane emissions, China's government is 'talking the talk,' but has not been able to 'walk the walk'

One in every 100 high-school seniors has already taken the the potentially lethal drug called Flakka, warns new research

US President, Donald Trump, has taken to social media, not for the first time, to rant about global warming, or the apparent lack of it. On Monday he tweeted that as it was currently very cold in the Midwest then global warming  doesn’t exist. He tweeted: “In the beautiful Midwest, wind chill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded.” “In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is...

Roger Stone looks worried in this photo taken weeks before his dawn raid arrest on Friday

A study shows that the shocking increase in Mexico's murder rate between 2005 and 2015 fueled by warring drugs gangs that it partially offset expected gains in life expectancy among Mexican men

Facebook execs today unveiled plans to integrate the messaging element of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram in a move set to bolster the group’s dominance of social media. This will mean that Facebook users for example, will be able to message a WhatsApp user making the ecosystem the social media giant is creating even more seamless. Merging communication between the apps is set to occur by the end of this year or early 2020 and will pit the reach of the...

The ice is melting quicker than scientists previously thought - and they say it will likely lead to faster sea level rises, due to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth's atmosphere

In a homily at Mass on the Solemnity of the Baptism of Our Lord in Vatican City, during which he is thought to have baptised 27 newborn babies, Pope Francis urged mothers to breastfeed their newborns and make them comfortable.