What It’s Like To Be In Heat So Bad It Makes Your Eyes Hurt
By Chris Carlson, From Business Insider FURNACE CREEK, Calif. (AP) — Associated Press photographer Chris Carlson is no stranger to heat. He grew up just outside Palm Springs, Calif. On Friday, he returned to his desert roots, leaving his home…
The curious case of Patrick Patterson: Gone AWOL
By Bharat Sundaresan, The Indian Express There had been intimidating fast bowlers from the Caribbean before him. But none was more vicious than Jamaica’s Patrick Patterson. In India, they still remember him as the train that wrecked the hosts in…
Egypt’s and US’s hidden ghost
By Dallas Darling From WorldNews.com The Egyptian military overthrew their president, not the people. Dave R. Palmer, a U.S. Army Lieutenant General of the American Revolution, warned about this dangerous precedent back in 1794. Reflecting upon the Declaration of Independence…
UBS is trying to bring a Grand Prix race to New York
By Christian Sylt, The Telegraph From Business Insider Swiss investment bank UBS has been appointed by the organisers of the planned New York Grand Prix in a bid to secure $100m (£65.7m) of funding to enable the race to go…
Fishing families strive to say ‘I do’ the traditional way
By Lo Wei, South China Morning Post Fishing families want to preserve their unique wedding traditions, for better or for worse Wedding ceremonies in Hong Kong’s fishing families have their unique traditions, but fewer people know about them as the…
Diver pronounced dead in Cayman Brac – UPDATE
Diving related death – Update The 80-year-old tourist who died on Sunday 7 July, whilst diving off Cayman Brac, can be named as William Lemuel Lawson JR, of Temple Terrace, Florida, US. There would appear to be no suspicious circumstances…
UPDATE (Photos inside plane): Pilot of crashed plane was on first training flight
Chilling Images From Inside The Asiana Plane That Crash Landed In San Francisco From Business Insider The NTSB has just tweeted out several new images of Asiana Flight 214, which crash-landed in San Francisco on Saturday. Among them are the…
Tennis: Andy Murray wins Wimbledon – makes British sporting history
From Belfast Telegraph Andy Murray has made British sporting history by lifting the men’s singles title at Wimbledon. The Scot sank to his knees as he became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to take the singles…
Canada runaway train: Lac-Megantic death toll rises
BBC Another two bodies have been found after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, police say. The death toll from Saturday’s blast stands at five; there are fears it will rise further as…
Caribbean Public Health Agency launched
By Camille Bethel From Trinidad Express The Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) has officially been launched. The Agency, which has been in the making for the past decade, will seek to look after the health of the region’s people. It…
