National security scholars at George Washington University have some good news and bad news for UFO buffs – the U.S. government has finally confirmed the existence of Area 51 in Nevada, but it makes no mention of little green men or alien spaceships. The government acknowledged the existence of the mysterious aviation test site known as Area 51, a remote installation about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of Las Vegas, […]
Father of 14-year-old who died doing a stunt in a moving train asks parents to watch their children’s activities and counsel them if they want to save their lives Despite regular crackdowns by the railway police, youngsters continue to flirt with death, performing reckless aerobatics in running locals. On August 9, Sayeed Mohsin Raza (14) slipped while swinging off the pole at the compartment’s entrance in a train between Thane […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS 82 child soldiers have been rescued from an armed group, U.N mission says 13 girls were among the children rescued from the Mayi Mayi Bakata Katanga The children range from 8 to 17 years in age; 40 have been reunited with their families The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a long history of violence Scores of child soldiers, some of them as young as eight years old, […]
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have stormed a government building in Cairo and set it on fire. The move comes a day after security forces broke up the Brotherhood’s protest camps, leaving hundreds dead. Brotherhood members had been protesting for weeks about the army’s overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in July. The government says 525 died nationwide on Wednesday, but the final toll is likely to be significantly higher. Scores […]
Weighed down by a slowing economy and worries over structural reforms, China stocks have been left in the dust this year by their international competitors. The Shanghai Composite, considered to be the mainland’s benchmark, is down 5% on the year. Stocks in Hong Kong haven’t performed much better. But there is one index that has bucked the trend. In Southern China, the tiny Shenzhen Composite has spiked 16% since January, […]
The eurozone has emerged from recession after a record 18 months of economic contraction. The bloc’s GDP grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2013, slightly ahead of forecasts, the Eurostat agency said. The growth was widely expected after the German economy rose 0.7% between April and June. However, the overall figure masks the mixed economic fortunes among the countries that make up the 17-country eurozone area. Germany and […]
Two pilots working for Turkish Airlines have been abducted in Lebanon, near Beirut’s international airport. The men were snatched from a bus which was carrying several other crew members and passengers between a hotel and the airport terminal. A group called Zuwwar al-Imam Rida has said it seized the men, saying they would be freed in exchange for nine Lebanese hostages in Syria. Turkey has advised its citizens in Lebanon […]
wo British women were injured in an acid attack carried out by two men on a motorcycle on the east African island of Zanzibar, local police said Thursday. The women, who were attacked in Stone Town, the island’s historic center, had been working as volunteer teachers on the island, travel firm i-to-i Travel said. Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site popular with tourists. The attack occurred Wednesday night […]
Imagine learning that scientists had got Tyrannosaurus rex upside-down all this time and, in reality, it slithered on its “back” and waved its legs—sorry, tentacles—in the air. It’d be a bit embarrassing, but it would also never happen. We have some complete Tyrannosaurus skeletons, we can compare these to similar modern animals, and we can simulate the forces that acted upon them. It’s obvious which way up the animal stood. […]
Japan’s nuclear watchdog has said the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is facing a new “emergency” caused by a build-up of radioactive groundwater. A barrier built to contain the water has already been breached, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority warned. This means the amount of contaminated water seeping into the Pacific Ocean could accelerate rapidly, it said. There has been spate of water leaks and power failures at the plant, devastated by […]
