It sounds like a doomsday scenario drawn up by strategists at the height of the Cold War. Chinese armies move south into the Korean peninsula and collide with American and South Korean forces moving north. The resulting clashes spark war between nuclear-armed superpowers. A new report says such a confrontation is still a real danger in the event of a sudden collapse of the North Korean regime. The report produced […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Tarikuwa Lemma: When she was 13, she went to the U.S. thinking she would be studying abroad Inside a few weeks, it became clear her family had been misled about her American “adoption” Lemma: “All the lies and deception comes down to money” Now a college student, she hasn’t seen her family in Ethiopia for seven years Editor’s note: Tarikuwa Lemma, 19, was “adopted” from Ethiopia seven […]
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Rebels in Jobar have been pictured using an iPad to aim shells Troops from the same area were filmed using a map application to guide shells onto regime forces three months ago They say that necessity is the mother of all invention and need is never greater than at a time of war. So that may account for the unconventional method being used by these Syrian rebels to aim mortar […]
A gunman who died after killing 12 people at a naval installation in Washington DC has been identified as a former Navy serviceman. Aaron Alexis, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, died in a gun battle with police during the rampage at Washington Navy Yard. Eight others were injured in the attack, which began at around 8:20 local time (12:20 GMT) on Monday. US President Barack Obama ordered flags be lowered […]
Japan has launched the first in a new generation of space rockets, hoping the design will make missions more affordable. The Epsilon rocket is about half the size of Japan’s previous generation of space vehicles, and uses artificial intelligence to perform safety checks. Japan’s space agency Jaxa says the Epsilon cost $37m (£23m) to develop, half the cost of its predecessor. Epsilon launched from south-western Japan in the early afternoon. […]
KENOSHA, Wis. — Twin water spouts put on a spectacular show over Lake Michigan, near the Wisconsin shore. The water spouts were sighted a couple of miles off shore about 1:30 p.m. Thursday after a funnel cloud was sighted in the Wisconsin town of Kenosha. Sgt. Bill Beth of the Kenosha County sheriff’s office says the two water spouts merged into one large one, then split. Beth says it was […]
We may think of the Victorians as prudish and prim but, in fact, they enjoyed salacious stories, tittle-tattle and tales of the weird and macabre every bit as much as we do today. Now some of the oddest stories from Victorian newspapers have been collected into a book by author JEREMY CLAY… Monkey business: Primate steals baby SNATCHED BY A MAD MONKEY It was not unusual for wealthy Victorians to […]
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 […]
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 […]
