Orlaith Delaney

Almost 30 million people worldwide are living as slaves, according to a new report by the Walk Free Foundation, which released its inaugural Global Slavery Index on Thursday. Modern-day slavery includes slavery, forced labour, human trafficking, and…

India is bracing itself for many casualties and widespread destruction as a massive cyclone, expected to make landfall by early Saturday evening, continues to march relentlessly towards its east coast.  Satellite images have shown Cyclone Phailin,…

Canadian writer Alice Munro has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish academy described the 82-year-old Munro as "a master of the contemporary short story" for her sharply crafted stories concentrating on the small-town…

Pupils at a London primary school were amazed to discover a UFO had seemingly crash-landed in their playground earlier this week. Unfortunately, any UFO enthusiasts who thought this was finally indisputable proof of intelligent extraterrestrial…

British millennials are now fearful of ending up destitute after Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to cut employment and housing benefits for unemployed people younger than 25 years old. In his closing speech at the Conservative Party's…

The possibility of life on Mars has become much stronger after NASA yesterday announced that the Curiosity Rover had discovered water on the Red Planet. The water is not present as a liquid, however, but as molecules attached to other minerals in…

The International Olympic Committee have dismissed concerns over Russia's anti-gay laws and proclaimed the country ready to hold the 2014 winter games. At a press conference on Thursday, IOC Coordination Commission chairman Jean-Claude Killy said…