Everyone enjoys a good, relaxing game of something; be it a board game, computer game, video game, outdoor game or mind game. Games are created for us to enjoy at our leisure and for fun, they are there to elicit various emotions in our moments away from work, school and the like and for us [...]

By Rassam Fakour-Zaker Know Your Money Editor For decades military R&D types have been desperately searching for the next big thing in “non-lethal” anti-personnel weaponry. From gay bombs to foam guns, every conceivable (and inconceivable) avenue has been explored in the quest to circumvent international human rights laws and rules of engagement in order to [...]

Are you entangled in the web? Millions of us across the globe use the internet on a daily basis. It has revolutionised communication just as Gutenberg’s printing press did in the Middle Ages. At a flick of a button you can go practically anywhere, speak to anyone, start any business, open a bank account, buy [...]

Fraud is nothing new – the Old Bailey has records going back to the 1750s of cases where sailors were charged with sinking their own ships. But in recent years a number of high-level fraud cases have made the headlines and continue to do so. Here are five of the biggest fraud cases from the [...]

When it comes to not paying taxes there are two options: tax evasion, the illegal method, and tax avoidance, the legal method. Both are prevalent throughout the world but condemnation is growing and pressure on governments to prevent tax-abuse is mounting. In May the British charity Christian Aid published a report entitled Death and Taxes: [...]

By Rassam Fakour-Zaker Know Your Money Editor ATM machines have always instilled fear in me. The sinking feeling would usually begin to stir just before I hit the ‘Display Balance’ button, followed by the customary protracted, angst-filled pause as the cash machine retrieved the sorry data (probably enjoying a stifled laugh and a nudge with [...]