More than 30 people are missing after a fire swept through a psychiatric hospital housing some 60 patients in north-western Russia, officials say. The blaze occurred in the village of Luka, in Novgorod region. There are unconfirmed reports of deaths. The fire broke out just before 03:00 local time (23:00 GMT Thursday). It may have been started by one of the patients, reports say. Officials had previously tried to close […]
Caroline Green, 45, from London, volunteered at an orphanage in Thailand Turned out children there were not orphans They had been sent their by families on promise of better life But were actually mistreated while money was made through volunteers Responsibletravel.com no longer offers orphanage volunteering trips Matthew Butler paid to volunteer at animal sanctuary in Costa Rica In fact it was a poorly run zoo and money wasn’t spent […]
Last April, images of Kurdish men dressed in drag started making the rounds on Facebook. The campaign, called Kurd Men for Equality, featured men proudly swathed in the colorful garb traditional among Kurdish women. The subjects — young, old, moustachioed, bespectacled — were making a statement that was at once political and feminist, proving that in the Kurdish community, the two often go hand in hand. “You can’t separate the […]
A Canadian national has been arrested in Colombia after trying to board a flight to Toronto with a phony pregnant belly stuffed with cocaine, police say. The tourist caught the attention of a policewoman at Bogota’s International Airport who allegedly asked her how far along she was. She reacted aggressively, which aroused the suspicion of officials who went on to search her. This year, nearly 150 people were caught with […]
Zookeepers at Qingdao Forestry Zoo in China were testing cubs’ instincts The young tigers and leopards did not seem to know how to hunt prey You might think that tiger cubs would be hard-wired to go after their prey aggressively from an early age. But when these wild-beasts-in-training were presented with a juicy rabbit, their predatory instincts seemed to fail them. The white rabbit simply jumped around their enclosure, eluding […]
Obama seeks support for attacking Syria while pursuing diplomacy President Barack Obama tried Tuesday to sell a military intervention he never wanted to an American public that opposes it, telling the nation that he needed authorization to attack Syria as leverage in a newly emerged diplomatic opening from Russia. Calling the United States “the anchor of global security,” Obama offered moral, political and strategic arguments for being ready to launch […]
Huang Huang has appeared at bus stop, in Chengdu, every day for last 15 He waits at stop, boards bus and sniffs every seat, trying to find master But so far, his master has not shown up, raising fears he was abandoned Now a local celebrity after commuter filmed tragic routine and put it online Every day for the last two weeks, Huang Huang the dog has repeated the same […]
An Indian court on Tuesday found four men guilty of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on a bus in New Delhi last year — a crime that shocked the South Asian nation. The sentencing hearing for the four men — Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh — will take place Wednesday, the Delhi court said. The outcry over the vicious attack convulsed India, prompting […]
This week, and the one that follows, could be the days that break a president. If Barack Obama escapes humiliation that will be enough – there is no sense that even victory in Congress will leave him in an enviable position. The next few days will see Mr Obama stripped, all the flaws of his presidency on display, all the strengths of his personality strained to their limit. His dazzling […]
