The 10-hour diet: The world’s best crispy roast potatoes

The 10-hour diet: The world’s best crispy roast potatoes By Jeannette Hyde Published: 00:02 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 24 January 2021 750g Maris Piper, King Edward or Cyprus potatoes (or any variety that has a specialist name and isn’t just called ‘white potatoes’, which are the ones in supermarkets with hardly … Read more

Most of the world’s 58,000 biggest dams are crumbling, report warns

From the Hoover Dam in Arizona to the Inguri Dam in Georgia, many of the world’s most famous dams are risk of collapsing, a worrying new report has warned. Most of the 58,700 largest dams worldwide were constructed between the 1930s and 1970s, making them between 50 and 90 years old.  However, most were only designed … Read more

Pizza is the world’s favourite takeaway meal but Chinese is top in Britain and America

A reworked world map has revealed the most popular takeaway choices around the globe – and it’s pizza that’s the runaway winner. On the map – generated using Google search data – country names have been supplemented by their residents’ most-searched-for takeaway cuisine. Pizza is top in 44 countries, including India and Germany, while Chinese … Read more

China thought to be world’s only major economy to have grown in 2020

China was the world’s only major economy to have grown in 2020 with all others suffering Covid-related recessions By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 January 2021 China looks set to be the only major economy in the world to have grown last year … Read more

Homes on world’s first floating city go on sale

Homes on the world’s first floating city went on sale today – with prices ranging from £14,000 to £1billion.   Properties on the man-made Blue Estate island, which will float in the Caribbean Sea, start at £14,600 for a budget ‘Ring Level’ studio apartment, but increase up to £1.1billion for its ‘Signature Estate’ mega mansions.  The … Read more

Homes on world’s first floating city go on sale

Homes on the world’s first floating city went on sale today – with prices ranging from £14,000 to £1billion.   Properties on the man-made Blue Estate island, which will float in the Caribbean Sea, start at £14,600 for a budget ‘Ring Level’ studio apartment, but increase up to £1.1billion for its ‘Signature Estate’ mega mansions.  The … Read more

Stellantis becomes the world’s fourth biggest car maker in $52bn mega-merger

Stellantis becomes the world’s fourth biggest car maker after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot-Citroen owner Groupe PSA complete $52bn mega-merger Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Citroen-Peugeot owner Groupe PSA have completed the $52billion merger Stellantis will be the fourth largest car maker behind Toyota, VW and Renault-Nissan By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 15:59 GMT, … Read more

Revealed! The world’s most popular perfume is Carolina Herrerra’s Good Girl

The world’s most popular perfume revealed: Carolina Herrerra’s Good Girl is the most in demand across the globe while Britons favour Marc Jacobs Daisy (so, is YOUR favourite on the list?) Online beauty retailer Lookfantastic analysed Google searches across the globe Found Caroline Herrera’s Good Girl favourite in 42 countries around the world Daisy by Marc … Read more

Revealed! The world’s most popular perfume is Carolina Herrerra’s Good Girl

The world’s most popular perfume revealed: Carolina Herrerra’s Good Girl is the most in demand across the globe while Britons favour Marc Jacobs Daisy (so, is YOUR favourite on the list?) Online beauty retailer Lookfantastic analysed Google searches across the globe Found Caroline Herrera’s Good Girl favourite in 42 countries around the world Daisy by Marc … Read more

Australian man accused of running the world’s biggest ‘dark web’ online marketplace for drugs

Australian man is accused of running the world’s biggest ‘dark web’ online marketplace for deadly drugs and stolen credit cards – with the site turning over $220million An Australian man accused of running $220million illegal dark web marketplace  The man was arrested at the German border and the website was shut down  Investigation followed discovery … Read more