Chengdu Zoo visitors photographed a man climb inside the tiger pen Yang Jinhai, 27, behaved erratically and danced around the animals One of them retreated, but another dragged him around the enclosure He escaped unharmed after being restrained by zoo officials Chinese zoo keepers managed to save the life of a mentally disturbed man after he announced he wanted to improve the lives of caged tigers at a local zoo […]

The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Addis Ababa to Rome has hijacked the aircraft and landed in Geneva, Swiss police say. The hijacker – who has been arrested – waited for the pilot to go to the toilet to lock himself in the cockpit. He was unarmed. He has requested asylum in Switzerland. The airline said in a statement that all 202 passengers and crew were safe. […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hong Kong police plan to step up operations against vice operations The move follows a crackdown on prostitution across border in Dongguan Senior police fear vice may shift to Hong Kong in the wake of police raids The Chinese government has indicated that a vice crackdown has gone nationwide Hong Kong police plan to step up efforts against vice operations in the city following a massive crackdown on […]

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Abubakar Shariff Ahmed is not a hard man to find. Ask around in the Majengo area of Mombasa and people will know where he lives. But ask around too conspicuously and you are likely to arouse suspicion. Mr Ahmed is perhaps better known by his nickname, Makaburi. It means “graveyard” in Swahili. His name features on US and UN sanctions lists of people suspected of involvement in terrorism – accused […]

Fountain of youth lead to eternal youth; at least that’s what mythology says. But how do we mere mortals achieve eternal youth without the fairies, witches or cosmetic surgery? We give you the au natural ways to beauty that’s timeless. Read on to find out the secret fruits and vegetables that hold the power to anti aging. Cruciferous vegetables: It simply means cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, radish and turnip. These veggies […]

Russian freestyle skier Maria Komissarova suffered a serious injury while training at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Russian Olympic Committee said. The skier fractured a vertebrae and displaced her spine, the committee said. The decision was made to operate on her immediately, the committee said. The 23-year-old was in “unbearable” pain when she was rushed to the hospital, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said. Komissarova was training to […]

In Pic :Manju Dharra has lived 25 years on only water, milk and tea. Imagine you got sick every time you attempted to eat something delicious.Manju Dharra, a 25-year-old woman from India, is plagued with a condition that makes it impossible for her to ingest any form of solid food without getting violently ill. In fact, she hasn’t eaten anything solid for the past 25 years. Shockingly, she has survived […]

People help push a stranded motorist stuck in deep snow Philadelphia:  A winter storm that brought snow and ice to the US East Coast moved off-shore today, leaving at least 25 people dead and hundreds of thousands without power and causing a large pileup in Pennsylvania that injured 30 people. The deaths included a pregnant woman struck by a mini-plow in New York City whose baby was then born by […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS “It’s science fiction and we’re moving into science fact,” says one researcher The advance won’t help patients for many years It could one day help those awaiting a lung transplant For the first time, scientists have created human lungs in a lab — an exciting step forward in regenerative medicine, but an advance that likely won’t help patients for many years. “It’s so darn cool,” said Joan Nichols, […]