Russian soldiers have occupied two key airports in Ukraine’s restive pro-Russia region of Crimea, Ukraine’s acting interior minister said Friday. Soldiers wearing camouflage and bearing automatic weapons took up positions at Belbek Airport in Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and at the airport in Simferopol, the region’s capital, Arsen Avakov said. He said the soldiers’ uniforms bore no identifying marks “but they do not hide their affiliation with […]

Sometimes it’s better to take a step back from the action. That’s what Canadian Chelsea Crawford learned the hard way, after getting smacked in the face by a whale. According to MSN NZ, Crawford was whale-watching with friends off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, when she got an unexpected close encounter of the whale kind. Crawford’s friend, Jordyn Rivet, was filming a whale rolling through the waves and getting […]

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. […]

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 […]

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Another 241 are hospitalized A journalist died from a gunshot wound to the head President asks protesters to distance themselves from “radical forces” Tuesday was the most violent day in the months-long street standoff They’ve given up their ground before — voluntarily, as a political concession. But that seems to be over. After the deaths of 25 people from clashes a day earlier, Ukrainian protesters are prepared to […]

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After the 1991 fall of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam made Ethiopia more amenable to visitors, hardy tourists started to make their way to the remote town of Lalibela, perched in Ethiopia’s Lasta mountains at 2,600m. The town is home to 11 medieval rock-cut churches so revered, Unesco included them on the original World Heritage list in 1978 – a list of then only 12 sites, which now has grown to […]

The release of 65 men from a detention centre at Bagram had been criticised in unusually strong terms by the US in Afghanistan for months before it finally happened. They say the men are “dangerous insurgents”, and the Afghan authorities never seriously considered the evidence. US forces say this violated the terms of an agreement for the US to hand over full control of the detention centre to Afghanistan. All […]

With a chip under your skin, you can do everything from unlocking doors to starting motorbikes, says Frank Swain, who has been trying to get his own implant. A few years ago, I perched on the edge of my bed in a tiny flat, breathing in a cloud of acetone fumes, using a scalpel to pick at the corner of an electronic travel card. More than 10 million Londoners use […]