The boys, aged seven and 10, were killed by a boulder at 5am today Two families were staying in the chalet, and one boy from each died Five adults escaped the chalet in the village of Isola, southern France Resort was founded by British Olympian Peter Boumphrey in 1970s Rock, 16ft wide and 32ft high, bounced down mountainside before impact Follows 2009 avalanches which cut off the resort, and hundreds […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Antoinette Tuff saved 800 students from gunman Her actions offer survival guide to others Tuff survived because she made three key decisions Survival expert: “She played her part perfectly” Antoinette Tuff’s knees tremble as she stares at the black barrel of an AK-47. Her hands shake so much she can’t hold a pencil. Facing her, a stocky young man dressed in black points the assault rifle at her. […]

Found four days old after his front legs were allegedly amputated by a weed whacker Mercury’s right arm stops just before the elbow and his left arm goes slightly after the elbow and his left rear foot only has one toe. Mercury’s owners say he is not a candidate for a prothestic leg on either front limb, since he would need at least 40% of the limb intact. After he […]

A curious father was left stunned after discovering where his young son was going on his daily walks. He noticed his son left their house in the rural Philippines every day for two weeks, carrying a backpack, and one day he decided to tag along. The pair stopped on the side of the road and moments later a group of starving stray dogs came towards them. His son told him he […]

ClamorWorld: Tell us something about yourself. Mauktik: I was  Born in the US, raised in Jalgaon and Pune in India.  Electronics engineer from PICT, Pune.  Two Masters Degrees – One in Biophysics (UIUC) and one in Neuroscience (Johns Hopkins University)                                                 ClamorWorld: When did you do your first trip? Mauktik: My first solo trip was an 8000 km motorcycle trip in South America (Peru, Chile and Argentina) in 2008.  […]

WhatsApp is currently experiencing an outage. Users around the world are reporting that they haven’t been able to send messages for about two hours, and WhatsApp just confirmed this problems with a tweet stating “sorry we currently experiencing server issues. we hope to be back up and recovered shortly.” sorry we currently experiencing server issues. we hope to be back up and recovered shortly. — WhatsApp Status (@wa_status) February 22, […]

Video reveals a nightjar hidden on a forest floor Researchers using video to test human perception and vision capabilities Team developing games based on the images It is an incredible example of one of nature’s camoflague experts in action. Hidden in the image is a nightjar – blending in perfectly on a forest floor. Researchers hope that by getting people to spot it and other examples of camouflage, they can […]

Before and after pictures of Kiev’s Independence Square capture the devastation caused by three months of deadly violence in the Ukrainian capital. The top picture shows blue skies over the city’s central square in April 2009, long before some of the deadliest violence in Ukraine’s post-Soviet history erupted on the streets. Dozens of protestors have been killed and hundreds injured during the crisis in a nation which has divided loyalties […]

SURREY, B.C. — RCMP in British Columbia are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in a disturbing acid attack. Mounties say on Sept. 7 the man entered a Surrey business owned by Tammy Sinclair and her husband Gordon. After chatting briefly with Tammy, the suspect threw a jar of acid on her in what police believe was a targeted attack. He then fled on foot and likely got […]

Five-month-old Sebastian stopped breathing while in aunt’s car Police officer and fire crew stuck in traffic rushed to help perform CPR Baby Sebastian is now recovering in hospital The aunt of the baby who suddenly stopped breathing as she drove him in her car has told of how she was struck by horror, but taken over by instinct, as she realized her nephew was no longer breathing. Pamela Rauseo, 37, […]