Simran Mahant’s excitement is palpable ahead of heading to the nearby polling booth in a small village in northern India. This is the first time that the 23-year-old transgender dancer will vote in the country’s parliamentary election. With an official identity stamp, Simran will also be able to get a passport and travel abroad. The first destination? “Singapore,” says the dancer. “Seeing everyone vote made me feel there is something […]
f you missed the Blood Moon last night, don’t worry. The rest of the world stayed awake to capture all of the pictures you’ll ever need to see. According to Live Science, last night marked the first of four lunar eclipses that will happen over the next 18 months. During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow blocks out the Sun’s beaming rays of light, which makes the moon look… well, spooky. The […]
If you think your time is running out and life is moving faster than you can keep up with, you’re not delusional, you’re perceptive. Time is moving faster and you are starting to lose the race. Before you realize it, you will wake up and be 30, looking back on things you wish you had accomplished, or at least attempted, in your twenties, when the world seemed a little less […]
A video of a mysterious black ring in the sky over Leamington Spa left people scratching their heads, and prompted a wave of speculation, writes Tom de Castella. The ring was reportedly captured by a 16-year-old schoolgirl with her smartphone after she played tennis with her mother. The ring – which appeared to be close to Warwick Castle – remained in the sky for around three minutes before vanishing, it […]
Two people have died and more than 100 remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 476 people capsized and sank off South Korea. So far, 368 people have been rescued, local reports say. A major rescue operation is under way, involving 34 naval, coastguard and civilian ships, and 18 helicopters. The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, in the north-west, to the southern resort […]
An “anti-terrorist operation” is under way in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region against pro-Russia protesters, Kiev declared on Tuesday, with armored personnel carriers seen on the road in the restive area. Twenty-four hours after a Ukrainian ultimatum expired for the protesters to lay down their arms, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told Parliament the operation would be “conducted step by step, responsibly, cautiously.” “The aim of these actions is to protect the […]
For a brief moment early Tuesday, eyeballs turned upward to the moon, not downward on electronic devices.Crowds worldwide stepped outside in the wee hours to catch a glimpse of the coppery red moon as it crossed the Earth’s shadow.The spectacular blood moon will grace the skies in different phases between 2 a.m. ET and 4:30 a.m. ET. Live streaming video by UstreamIn Los Angeles, the chance to view the total […]
When Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, Western leaders warned Russia against trying the same trick in mainland Ukraine. Russia is now trying the same trick in mainland Ukraine. Over the past several days, masked, heavily armed men have seized strategic locations in eastern Ukraine.In Kharkiv, pro-Russian armed forces have occupied City Hall. In Donetsk, they have taken control of the regional legislature building and the interior ministry. In Luhansk, they […]
“Oh, my goodness, you could grow potatoes in those ears — wash them again!” It’s an old saying, but one some parents are sure to admonish their children with at bath time, repeating what they heard as kids from their own parents once upon a time. And many of those adults still adhere to the notion that the only clean ear is an ear devoid of wax. But doctors say wax […]
On Monday, April 14, Jews around the world will invite their family and friends to join them for the feast of Passover, a holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites, who were enslaved in Egypt under Pharaoh, and who fled from their cruel Egyptian masters across the Sinai desert to gain their freedom in the land of Israel. As celebrants drink wine and eat the unleavened bread that […]
