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Hillary Clinton on Tuesday gave an explanation for why she didn't fire a top aide on her 2008 campaign who was accused of sexual harassment by a fellow staffer. Just minutes before President Trump’s first State of the Union address, Clinton posted a lengthy explanation on her Facebook page, in which she said that she would not make the same choice if faced with the situation again. “The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women,” Clinton wrote. “I’m proud that it’s the work I’m most associated with, and it remains what I’m most dedicated...

Watching the livestream of Monty Python's last ever performance on GOLD, it was impossible not to experience a tingle of sadness. So this was it, the final performance by the most influential comedy troupe of all time. Forty-odd years since Monty Python's Flying Circus revolutionized television humour and unleashed a legion of surreal catchphrases John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin departed the stage at London's O2 Arena to the strains of their darkly hilarious (or is it hilariously dark?) anthem Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Watching the swan-song was a 15,000 live...

LONDON (Reuters) - Gas-belching volcanoes may be to blame for a series of mass extinctions over the last 545 million years, including that of the dinosaurs, new evidence suggested on Thursday. A series of eruptions that formed the Deccan Traps in what is now India pumped huge amounts of sulfur into the atmosphere 65 million years ago, with likely devastating repercussions for the Earth's climate, scientists said. Gigantic eruptions, forming so-called "flood basalts," are one of two leading explanations for a series of mass extinctions that have killed off species periodically throughout history. The other theory involves asteroid impacts --...

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his first public appearance since last week's nuclear test, taking in a song and dance performance, the North's official KCNA news agency reported today. Kim has mostly been absent from the public eye since North Korea test fired seven missiles in July, leading some to speculate the North's defiant acts over the past few months have put his leadership to the test. Kim was accompanied by several top North Korean officials as they watched performers sing the praises of the communist state and Kim's leadership with songs such as Love of Comrades and Always...

For those that missed yesterday’s talk show: -President Hugo Chavez announced yesterday the creation of a new TV station called TVSur to compete with CNN. “A dream has been born, has become a reality” said Chávez. Chávez said the Venezuelan Government will initially be the only investor, but he invited other countries to participate in the project. -President Chávez announced the creation of two new Ministries: The Ministry for Basic Industries and Mining, the Ministry for light industry and Commerce and the Ministry for Tourism. The Ministry of Production and Commerce will disappear. -It is unclear whatever happened to the...