The police were banging on the doors and the windows of her home while she cowered in the closet, a 17-year-old girl recounted. She remembered clutching her phone, crying, calling her mother. “I was scared,” she wrote of the experience. It may sound like a drug raid, or the climax of a movie. But in fact, the police, along with representatives of Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families, had come […]
Sprawl on a sun deck, put your legs up and watch as the world goes by – ancient civilizations, medieval castles, stunning landscapes, palm fringed waters, floating villages or quaint cities – take your pick! It’s all yours for the taking, right here aboard a relaxing river cruise vacation. 1. Cruise through ancient civilizations along the Nile The best way to acquaint yourself with a culture that developed around the […]
Congrats to all of the new grads! If you’re looking to put your career on hold and TRAVEL before you dive into a committed occupation, here’s list of ways to do it! After all.. “You’re not a tree, if you don’t like where you are: move.” I get it: you don’t hate your city, but want to travel in your 20s… yet you don’t have years worth of savings… Fear […]
This Tackk Will Change Your Outlook on Life “I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” A boy rescues his sister from underneath the rubble of their home in Syria Toshimana, an apprentice Geisha in Kyoto Yezidi girl carries an assault rifle to protect her family against ISIS A mother and her 3 year-old daughter, who were attacked with acid […]
If you thought that the only benefit of sex was, well, pleasure, here’s some news for you. Making love is good for adults. And making love regularly is even better. Not only does it help you sleep well, relieve stress and burn calories, there are also several other reasons why you need to have sex more often. Improves cardiovascular health A recent study says that men who have sex more […]
Sprawl on a sun deck, put your legs up and watch as the world goes by – ancient civilizations, medieval castles, stunning landscapes, palm fringed waters, floating villages or quaint cities – take your pick! It’s all yours for the taking, right here aboard a relaxing river cruise vacation. 1. Cruise through ancient civilizations along the Nile The best way to acquaint yourself with a culture that developed around the […]
Paris: A crossbow in her hands and covered head-to-toe in a black Islamic headwear and robe that leaves only her eyes visible — that is the image now circulating of France`s most-wanted woman: Hayat Boumeddiene. The 26-year-old is the partner of Amedy Coulibaly, one of the three gunmen shot dead by police after three days of high drama in France. The photo — first published by Le Monde — […]
It’s fishing but not as you know it – forget about pushing the boat out, or even needing a rod and reel. The Mount Trout Ice Fesival in Korea sees locals and tourists alike trying to catch fish with their bare hands. More than 100,000 are expected to flock to the frozen river in Hwacheon, some 12 miles south of the demilitarised zone separating north and south Korea, for the […]
Residents in Tonga who were alarmed when the sea turned red have been given an explanation, it’s reported. Locals in the Pacific island’s Vava’u district were baffled by the sea’s colour change at the end of December, with some imagining it was a biblical sign the world was ending, according to the New Zealand Kaniva Pacific website. But an expert says the crimson tinge was caused by overgrown algae releasing […]
Looking at the rising number of bird injuries due to the use of glass-coated strings ‘manja’ by the kite flyers in India on Makar Sankranti festival, PETA urges people to go for standard cotton strings instead. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will hold a demonstration outside Albert Hall Museum here on January 12 with activists dressed as “injured” people, wrapped in bandages and hobbling on crutches to […]
