Policeman and suspected gunman shot dead in Paris ‘terror attack’
From BBC One policeman has been shot dead and two others wounded in central Paris, French police say, with their suspected attacker killed by security forces. A lone gunman opened fire before being killed as he fled the scene, police…
INDIA: A doctor extracts live cockroach from woman’s skull in Chennai
AFP, New Delhi From Hindustan Times It’s the stuff of nightmares — a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes. But for one Indian woman,…
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Japanese ice skating rink closed for including 5,000 decorative dead fish
AFP From Business Insider A Japanese skating rink that froze 5,000 dead fish into the ice as an attraction for visitors has been forced to close after receiving a barrage of criticism. Amusement park Space World is now melting the…
People are paying £43 a litre for Eastern European donkey milk
By Rachel O’Brien and Olivera Nikolic, AFP Gradina Martinicka (Montenegro) (AFP) – Machines long ago usurped a donkey’s traditional role as the farmer’s beast of burden, but the animals are winning new fans in Montenegro — thanks to their luxury…
India train disaster death toll rises to at least 142
AFP From Business Insider The death toll from India’s rail disaster rose to 142 on Monday after workers toiled through the night removing victims from the wreckage, with grim warnings that more bodies were trapped inside. There was little hope…
The 400-year-old quest for extraterrestrial life
By Jonathan Gornall From The National It is, perhaps, a telling observation that the two tools that first gave human beings the ability to explore the world about them in scientific detail, at both the universal and microscopic level, were…
Senior citizen cheerleading team is slaying in Japan right now
BY SOPHIE HIRSH From Mashable When you picture cheerleaders, visions of high school, ponytails and movies like Bring It On probably come to mind. However, in Japan, a dazzling cheerleading troupe called Japan Pom Pom is entirely made up of…
Diego the sex tortoise
Diego the tortoise is helping save his species by having lots of sex BY SOPHIE HIRSH From Mashable If you are a Chelonoidis hoodensis tortoise, there’s a 40 percent chance that Diego may be your dad. Diego the tortoise is…
Italy earthquake: Aftershocks hamper rescue efforts
From BBC Hundreds of aftershocks have rocked devastated areas of central Italy, hampering search efforts after a deadly earthquake. A strong tremor with magnitude 4.3 struck on Thursday afternoon, sending rescuers fleeing from already fragile buildings. About 5,000 rescue workers…
FRANCE: ‘Many dead’ as lorry hits crowd in Nice -UPDATED
From BBC A lorry has struck a crowd after Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice, killing at least 77 people and injuring dozens, officials say. It happened on the famous Promenade des Anglais after a firework…
