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Former Pope Benedict XVI appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to rapturous applause this evening, having been elected the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church. “It is an honour beyond words” said Benedict as he stood before thousands of cheering faithful. “That I, until now a simple […]
The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea today threatened New Zealand with a nuclear attack in response to new sanctions leveled on it by the United Nations. The isolated communist dictatorship had earlier made a similar threat against the United States, but retracted it following President Obama’s swift assurance that […]
One week after a young intern was mauled to death by a lion at California’s Cat Haven sanctuary, the victim’s parents are reassuring the public that their daughter died “doing what she loved.” Elizabeth Baker, a volunteer intern at the sanctuary, died on March 6th when a five year old […]
After two long months of stalemate and fraught negotiations, Congressional Democrats and Republicans came together Friday in a rare moment of bipartisanship to rig every inch of the Capitol Building with deadly explosives. The move, aimed at incentivising both parties to compromise for the good of the nation, came after […]