The Enduring Lesson of Langston Hughes’ Christmas in Uzbekistan
On a snowy Christmas morning in 1932, the writer and poet Langston Hughes woke up to find a stocking hanging from the post of his bed. It was stuffed with…
‘I’m going to sue’ fumes man ‘cut out’ of £40million syndicate win by work colleagues because he was on HOLIDAY
A FURIOUS employee has sued his coworkers after he claimed they won a multimillion pound lottery jackpot and excluded him because he was on holiday. Christopher Bates, 54, claimed to…
I’m a Ukrainian soldier spending Christmas in the trenches – we won’t be celebrating until we’ve finally defeated Putin
A BRAVE but war-weary soldier is spending Christmas shivering in trenches and missing fallen comrades – but vowed she will always find the strength to fight on. Frontline combat medic…
‘Targeted’ Florida Mall Shooting Leaves One Man Dead and a Woman Injured
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man died in a shooting at a shopping mall in central Florida two days before Christmas in which the victim was “targeted” for the attack,…
Brits’ race against the clock to get home for Xmas after being trapped on cruise ship battered by storm & 70ft waves
A BRITISH couple fear they’ll miss Christmas after Storm Pia battered their Norwegian cruise ship and left them stranded in the middle of the North Sea. Grandad Brian Launder, 75,…