Mr Big who owes £14m is back in British jail… thanks to the Standard

Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis says new WA prison officer laws ‘being delayed’ by Opposition

  TOUGH new laws allowing corrupt WA prison officers to be sacked are being hampered by the opposition despite it coming up with the idea, the minister says.         http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/corrective-services-minister-joe-francis-says-new-wa-prison-officer-laws-being-delayed-by-opposition/story-fnii5thn-1227078225336

Russian senators cancel official US visit, plan to cut links with ‘hostile’ EU states

  Russia’s Federation Council will boycott a scheduled business roundtable with US Senators next month, and has voiced intentions to stop co-operation with all sanction-supporting EU parliaments.         http://rt.com/politics/191880-russian-deputies-abroad-speaker/

‘F**k Earth!’ Elon Musk wants to send million people to Mars to ensure humanity’s survival

  SpaceX founder Elon Musk has made no secret of his dreams to colonize Mars. But now he’s opened up about the practicalities and challenges of creating a human outpost on the Red Planet.         http://rt.com/usa/192324-musk-mars-colony-details/