Mass default looms as world sinks beneath a sea of debt
Global debt is still rising strongly, crimping growth and threatening defaults around the world Countries face being swamped by a tidal wave of debt Photo: AP By Jeremy Warner 6:36PM BST … Continue reading
Why Bavaria is Germany’s Scotland
The independence referendum aroused similar feelings in another former ancient kingdom with mountains and its own national dress. They want to be set free. The rest of Germany views lederhosen … Continue reading
Military failures stall German response to Ebola and Isil
Broken planes and reduced spending has left Germany’s plans to help in the fight against Ebola and the Islamic State in trouble Only four of Germany’s 22 Sea Lynx helicopters … Continue reading
We spend £11bn a year on drugs and prostitutes
First official figures show an enormous amount is spent on illegal activities The ONS estimated that including spending on drugs such as cocaine and heroine in the national accounts would … Continue reading
British man raped at Germany’s Oktoberfest
A 24-year-old man who is believed to be from Leeds is attacked and raped at the popular Munich beer festival Most of the Oktoberfest is taken up with brightly lit … Continue reading
Members-only sex club founder: ‘You’ll be eating dinner and look around and see a leg appear through the curtain’ (lucky it’s only a leg)
Killing Kittens founder Emma Sayle on why women are drawn to her clubs in LA, Manchester and London, and what they have taught her about the British and sex • … Continue reading
‘How Tinder took me from serial monogamy to casual sex’
Sally was once a serial monogamist. But when she signed up to Tinder, she found the world of casual hook-ups intoxicating • Observer sex survey 2014 results in full: Britain … Continue reading
Giant flesh-eating leech filmed swallowing huge earthworm like spaghetti
For the first time a giant, 1m long, leech has been filmed swallowing a huge blue earthworm in the forests of Borneo for new BBC documentary Wonders of the Monsoon … Continue reading
Crossrail development drives property boom (and will destroy Soho)
Property prices are rising along the Crossrail route, four years before the high-speed line is due to open Prices along the Crossrail route are now more than four times higher … Continue reading
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