In the 1860s and 70s, photographer Timothy O’Sullivan created some of the best-known images in American History. After covering the U.S. Civil War, O’Sullivan joined a number of expeditions organized by the federal government to help document the new frontiers in the American West. The teams were composed of soldiers, scientists, artists, and photographers, and tasked with discovering the best ways to take advantage of the region’s untapped natural resources. O’Sullivan […]

Bystanders on the banks of Qiantang River in Zhejiang province were swept off their feet by tidal bore Unusual phenomenon was worsened by the arrival of Typhoon Trami which has devastated the Philippines Hundreds of spectators were swept off their feet when the world’s largest tidal bore surged up a river creating an exceptionally powerful wave. The victims were standing on the banks of the Qiantang River in China’s Zhejiang […]

Spanish marine biologists mystified by thecreature that was spotted dead in the shallows by a woman on the beach at Villaricos With its horns, long white body and slithery form, it looks like a mythical beast But this four-metre long horned creature is only too real – as the stench from its decomposing flesh proved. The mysterious sea creature was washed ashore in Villaricos, Spain – and tests are being […]

Activists claim 1,300 killed in government rocket strike on residential area A UN team is in Syria to probe chemical weapons use by President Assad  Hague says they should be given access to site to verify claims Claims come as refugees flood into Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian activists accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of launching a nerve gas attack that killed at 1,300 people today, in what would be by far the […]

A bus carrying up to 45 people plunged into a deep ravine near a Malaysian hilltop tourist resort on Wednesday, police said, adding they had no information yet on casualties.   KUALA LUMPUR: A bus carrying up to 45 people plunged into a deep ravine near a Malaysian hilltop tourist resort on Wednesday, police said. However, they added that they had no information yet on casualties. The vehicle tumbled off […]

A gunman who opened fire at a Georgia elementary school on Tuesday was armed with an AK-47 “and a number of other weapons,” police said. The shooter barricaded himself in the school’s front office with employees before eventually surrendering to police, DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander told reporters. No one was injured, authorities said. Suspected shooter Michael Brandon Hill, 20, faces charges including aggravated assault on a police officer, […]

   Hanns Alexander fled Germany shortly before Kristallnacht     He joined the British Army and part of a team hunting senior Nazis     Mr Alexander helped capture Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss A German-born Jewish refugee who served in the British Army during World War II has been unveiled as one of the leading investigators responsible for the capture of one of the worst Nazi criminals of the Holocaust. Throughout his […]

In the latest in her series on phenomena and technologies that may profoundly change the state of our planet, Gaia Vince looks at why our oceans are rising, what the consequences might be and describes efforts to adapt to what may become a drastically reshaped world. Imagine the seaside was nearer. Not just a little bit nearer, but lapping uncomfortably close to your doorstep and rising. If you’re one of […]

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    Photographs of Queen Elizabeth as a child are released to celebrate the arrival of Prince George    The previously unseen images show the Queen riding a pony, sleeping in her cot and smiling for the camera The year is 1928 and a young girl poses for her father’s camera from the comfort of her wicker pram…with a smile that is strangely familiar. And if you can’t quite put a […]