Former EastEnders actor Paul Nicholls rescued after waterfall accident

British actor Paul Nicholls has been rescued from a remote jungle waterfall on Thailands holiday island of Koh Samui after falling into a rock pool during a solo hike. The 38-year-old man, best known for acting in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, spent three days lying below the Khun Si waterfall with a broken leg before he was found on 13 July.

Jul 20, 2017

CBO: Obamacare repeal bill would raise number of uninsured by 27 million by 2020

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published an analysis of the repeal bill that would eliminate many Obamacare provisions. The CBO report estimates that 27 million more Americans will be uninsured by the year 2020 than under Obamacare. This number would rise to 32 million by 2026. 

Jul 20, 2017

Despacito has just become the most streamed song ever

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankees Despacito is now the most streamed song of all time, accumulating more than 4.6 billion streams across all platforms. If a person has to listen to the song that many times consecutively, it would take 42,592 years. The original Spanish-language music video is also the fastest to reach 2 billion views on YouTube, doing so in just 154 days. Despacito, which means slowly in English, is known for its catchy tune and sexy lyrics.

Jul 20, 2017

These celebrities might run for US office

From Dwayne The Rock Johnson to Caitlyn Jenner, some showbiz stars could be entering politics soon.

Jul 20, 2017

Chipotle under scrutiny for food safety

Chipotle is under scrutiny for food safety again. At least 13 customers have fallen ill due to a norovirus outbreak in Sterling, Virginia. The company has temporarily closed the location but says this was an isolated incident and that the restaurant was going to reopen Tuesday after the place was sanitized. Stock prices for the restaurant chain fell 7.6 percent mid-afternoon Tuesday. 

Jul 20, 2017

Frozen bodies of Swiss couple missing for 75 years found on Alps glacier

These dead bodies found in a Swiss glacier finally solved a 75 year old mystery. In 1942, a Swiss couple set out across a glacier to feed cows. They never came back, leaving the couples village wondering what happened. Now the answer surfaced. A ski resort worker stumbled upon the two bodies in the western Alps. The bodies are frozen in ice and dressed in well-preserved clothes from the World War II era. After a DNA testing, Switzerland police has confirmed that the bodies are the missing couple. The evidence they found suggested that the couple had been killed in an accident.

Jul 20, 2017

From Watergate to Trumps links with Russia: A brief history of US presidential scandals

US presidents are no strangers to scandals. Now, as Donald Trumps links with Russia continue to dominate the headlines worldwide, we take a look back at some of biggest scandals to rock the Oval Office in recent years, ranging from Watergate to the current day.

Jul 20, 2017

From Watergate to Trumps links with Russia: A brief history of US presidential scandals

US presidents are no strangers to scandals. Now, as Donald Trumps links with Russia continue to dominate the headlines worldwide, we take a look back at some of biggest scandals to rock the Oval Office in recent years, ranging from Watergate to the current day.

Jul 20, 2017

Watch emotional family moment as foster children get great surprise from Mickey Mouse at Disney World

Foster parents Tom and Courtney Gilmour had the best news to give to their children at Walt Disney World Florida earlier in April. They took the help of Mickey Mouse himself to announce their adoption date. As soon as the kids get to know the news, they burst into tears of joy. The video of the children has gone viral since it was shared on Facebook earlier this month. The children arrived at their foster parents house in Pennsylvania three years ago. Courtney said she shared the video hoping it draws attention to the foster care system. She believes the video would serve its purpose if at least one family gets involved in helping foster children.

Jul 20, 2017

Family of five booted from JetBlue flight

A family of five was removed from a New York-bound JetBlue flight following an altercation involving a kicking 1-year-old

Jul 20, 2017

Weve made 9.1 billion tonnes of plastic since it was invented – heres where it ends up

By 2050, were set to have tipped 35,000 Empire State Buildings worth of plastic waste into landfills, the countryside, wilderness and oceans. The first global study on plastic waste has found that 80% of it is chucked out without being recycled.

Jul 20, 2017

Human life in Australia began a lot earlier than we thought, 65,000 years ago

An incredible excavation at a site called Madjedbebe in north Australia has revealed 11,000 artefacts including stone tools dating from as long as 65,000 years ago, revealing that human life in Australia began a lot earlier than we thought.

Jul 20, 2017

Dele Alli named as most valuable under-21 footballer

Soccerex have named the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder ahead of Monacos Kylian Mbappe and Borussia Dortmunds Ousmane Dembele in their index. They value 21-year-old Alli at £73m.

Jul 19, 2017

Criticism for new £10 note with a quote from one of Jane Austens most disliked characters

The new £10 note design featuring author Jane Austen has been revealed, but people arent happy about one detail. A new £2 coin was also revealed on the same date to much less criticism than the note. Both will be released on the September 14 .

Jul 19, 2017

Watch this man drive in a small toy car down Bexley high street

Footage uploaded by Twitter user Nellie Butcher shows the moment a man rolled down the high street in a tiny vehicle. The man can be seen reaching for his phone and repeatedly saying Im driving, cant talk.

Jul 19, 2017

The complete footage leading to miniskirt-wearing models arrest an Saudi Arabia

As the world waits to learn the fate of the Saudi Arabian miniskirt-wearing model Khulood, who is currently being held by police in Riyadh, IBTimes UK has collated all of the Snapchat footage that could cost her her freedom.Seen together, the clips tell the story of a young woman enjoying a day out with a friend, not bothering anyone, wearing what she wants.

Jul 19, 2017

BBC pay: Five things we learned after top earners revealed

Figures released by the BBC show a large disparity in the salaries paid between men and women, as well as between White stars and people from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background.

Jul 19, 2017

Two airlifted to safety as cascading floods hit Coverack in Cornwall after thunderstorm

Flash flooding sent water rushing through the streets after severe thunderstorms hit the Cornish village of Coverack on Tuesday, July 18.An elderly couple was rescued from the roof of a house. According to the Mullion Fire Station, firefighters from Mullion and Cornwall Fire and Rescue worked together with the coastguard to airlift the couple from the roof of their home, after they had become trapped by the floods.

Jul 19, 2017

Malala condemns China over death of fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on July 18 condemned Chinas treatment of her fellow peace prize-winner Liu Xiaobo following his death from liver cancer in custody last week. Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for inciting subversion of state power after he helped write a petition known as Charter 08 calling for sweeping political reforms in China.

Jul 19, 2017

Humans to blame for biological annihilation of wildlife and sixth mass extinction in Earths history

A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has concluded that 30% of the 27,600 terrestrial vertebrate species evaluated are losing populations. According to Gerardo Ceballos, study co-author and Ecology professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, if this trend continues, at the end of the century 70% of these species would be lost.

Jul 19, 2017