If visiting the wreck of the Titanic is on your to-do list, you'd better get your diving equipment on. That's because a new scientific study says the hulk of the ill-fated Belfast-built liner will have dissolved completely in 14 years. Titanic has sat at the bottom of the Atlantic for over a century, preserved by...
American teens stricken by widespread poverty in the country have taken to selling their bodies for food, according to new research. The Urban Institute paints a bleak picture of life for teenagers in 10 low-income communities across the US. Some girls interviewed reported “selling their body” and having...
Italy's coast guard said on Thursday that it had rescued some 4,500 migrants travelling on smugglers' boats from Libya in a single day. The coast guard explained that it had coordinated 40 seperate operations on Thursday in the Mediterranean, including one in which a woman's body was found in a motorised rubber...
Two German humanitarian workers will be released from Libyan custody after their boat entered its territorial waters. The pair were working for a German humanitarian organisation Sea-Eye, which aims at helping refugees making the dangerous crossing from the North African coast to Eurupe. Libyan navy spokesman Colonel Ayoub...
A 95-year-old former SS medic has gone on trial in Germany, after his mass murder trial was postponed three times for health reasons. Hubert Zafke appeared in court in Neubrandenburg in north-eastern Germany accused of assisting in the killing of 3,681 people at the Auschwitz death camp. Shortly before the pre-trial hearing...
A region in eastern Uzebkistan is promising electrical appliances to people who pick the most cotton during the annual harvest, it's reported. The governor's office in Sirdaryo says families who gather five tonnes of cotton will get a free television, while those who pick 10 tonnes will be given a fridge or washing...
Каждый раз, стоя в длинной очереди на регистрацию в аэропорту и протискиваясь сквозь узкие проходы в эконом-классе, невольно мечтаешь, чтобы тебя из этого ужаса забрал личный...
Five new pieces of debris that could belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been found in Madagascar. Two fragments appear to show burn marks, which if confirmed would be the first time such marks have been found. MH370, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished in March...
Социальные сети знают про привычки и жизнь своих пользователей гораздо больше, чем их родители или даже супруги. Это не очень приятный факт, ведь вся эта информация доступна не...
The number of people who are dying from illness relating to the 9/11 attacks is nearing the number of those that were killed on the day terrorists flew into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Amid a post-911 health crisis, experts predict that the number of people dying from the toxic exposure to the towers’ debris and...
Советский мультипликатор, режиссёр и художник, народный артист России Эдуард Назаров скончался в возрасте 74 лет. Эдуард Назаров был болен уже продолжительное время. Кроме...
Dozens of birds have mysteriously fallen out of the sky in Boston, prompting health officials to launch an investigation. A total of 47 grackles rained down upon the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston on Thursday. The Animal Rescue League of Boston said that 32 of these birds died, either at the scene or afterwards as rescuers...