For most youngsters, a walk on the sea shore with Mum is a fun day out. If, however, you are a fearsome predator living in one of the most hostile environments on the planet, it can quickly become a life-or-death struggle against the elements — as these extraordinary pictures show. While Britain swelters under a heatwave, a family of three polar bears — one mother bear and two cubs — […]

The dolphin was originally part of a small group swimming off the Mexican coast But the others managed to get away – leaving it at the mercy of a whole pod of whales With the setting sun just beginning to turn the sky pink, a killer whale leaps out of the ocean and soars into the air, spray cascading down in its wake. It is a magnificent image. Except the […]

Hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics have gathered at Copacabana Beach in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro for the opening of the World Youth Day festival. The highlight of the festival will be a visit on Thursday by Pope Francis. The Pope arrived on Monday for his first trip abroad since becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. His visit is taking place under tight security, after weeks […]

Africa’s economic growth is being held back by confusion over who owns vast swathes of agricultural land, according to a World Bank report. The continent is home to half of the world’s usable uncultivated land, yet has the highest poverty rate. But the Bank said farmers’ inability to prove ownership, legal disputes and land grabs had held back cultivation. Land governance needs to be improved if Africa is to fully […]

Australia is advertising its changed migration policy, warning people that they will be sent to Papua New Guinea or elsewhere. A riot on a tiny island in the Pacific that killed no one would usually go unnoticed by the world. But when some 100 asylum seekers burned down their shelters in an Australian refugee processing center Friday on Nauru Island, it did not. Instead, it drew attention to a new […]

    Sandy mounds discovered by an American scientist in the Egyptian desert are labelled as pyramids on 34 rare, antique maps     Archaeology researcher Angela Micol’s find was dismissed by many but a preliminary ground study has found shafts and cavities     One site spotted on satellite is three times the size of Great Pyramid at Giza Mounds of sand spotted in the Egyptian desert using Google Earth might be […]

Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $18bn (£12bn). The city, once a symbol of US industrial power, is seeking protection from creditors who include public-sector workers and their pension funds. Unions described the bankruptcy filing as a power grab. But with many professional, efficient and experienced bankruptcy lawyer services available to help in filing for bankruptcy in Oklahoma, every bankruptcy […]

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Six women attempted to climb one of Europe’s tallest buildings Thursday to rally against Shell’s Arctic drilling plan. The women from environmental group Greenpeace said they dodged security guards around the London landmark and once on top, they planned to “to hang a huge work of art that captures the beauty” of the Arctic. “They expect the grueling project to take most of the day,” the environmental group, Greenpeace said […]

A number of explosions have rocked the Mahabodhi temple complex, south of Gaya in northeastern India. The Buddhist pilgrimage site his home to a towering Buddha statue and a holy tree where Buddha is believed to have reached enlightenment. Indian police reported eight blasts at the Bodh Gaya temple between 5:30 am and 6:00 am on Sunday morning. Four exploded inside the complex and 2 outside, but the temple, a […]