At least 43 migrants drown when boats capsize off Greek islands
At least 43 people, including 17 children, drowned when their boats capsized off two Greek islands near the Turkish coast on Friday, coastguards said, marking one of the deadliest days for migrants risking the perilous route to Europe from Turkey. According to survivors' testimonies, dozens were on board a wooden sailboat...
Table tennISS! Liquid ping pong in 4K on space station (VIDEO)
ISS crew members try to have as much fun as they can. Marking day 300 of his mission, US astronaut Scott Kelly has demonstrated new water-repellant material by playing solo ping pong with a ball of water in microgravity. The astronaut, together with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, are aboard the International Space Station...
This Third Grader Completely Destroyed Donald Trump’s Deportation Plan With A Simple Letter
As if we needed any more proof that kids do say the darndest things, a third grader made a very compelling case as to why grown-ups shouldn’t vote Donald Trump for president in an open letter to American voters. Especially if those grown-ups love Netflix, and, more importantly, chill. ...
Twelve Marines declared dead after helicopter crash off Hawaii
Twelve U.S. Marines missing after two military helicopters collided last week off Hawaii's Oahu island have been listed as deceased, the military said on Thursday. The Coast Guard called off the search for the missing Marines on Tuesday after five days of search and rescue efforts across some 40,000 square nautical miles of...
The crazy way Americans elect their presidents
Is there a greater democratic show on earth than the American presidential election? Indian polls, where elephants ferry electronic voting machines into the foothills of the Himalayas and pyrotechnics explode at the moment of victory, are doubtless more picturesque. Afghan votes, where women queue at polling stations dressed in...
Bury the hatchet? Angry Moscow tenants block clearing company’s office with 3m of snow
Finding it hard to cope with all the snow that was supposed to be cleaned by a local service, tenants of a prestigious apartment block in Moscow Region found a “creative” way out of the plight by dumping a pile of snow at the contractor’s door. The snow pile blocking the door was about reportedly 3 meters...
Blast from the past: 140 years later, strange tree frog rediscovered in India
Last sighted in 1870, Jerdon’s tree frog was thought to be long gone. But a three-year-old mission beginning in 2007 not only found the amphibian alive and well in India, new research also discovered that it belongs to a completely new genus of tree frog. Jerdon’s tree frog, also known as Frankixalus jerdonii, has a...
MSF paramedic, civilian first responders killed in Saudi double-tap airstrike in Yemen (GRAPHIC)
Almost two dozen people, including civilian rescuers and an ambulance driver from an MSF-affiliated hospital, have reportedly been killed after Saudi-led coalition planes carried out repeated airstrikes on the same target in Sa’ada province, Yemen.Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirmed the fatal air raids...
‘You can’t buy a wife’: Finland’s lessons for migrants
Migrants arriving in Finland are being offered classes on Finnish values and how to behave towards women. Concerned about a rise in the number of sexual assaults in the country, the government wants to make sure that people from very conservative cultures know what to expect in their new home. Johanna is one of those energetic,...
Dreams of Leonardo Di Caprio about 2014 Oscar Award
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Russia Is Having Problems In Producing Their Own Stealth Fighters
After confronting serious technical and economic difficulties, Russia has dramatically cut back its air force program to field its first radar-evading “stealth” fighter jet. By delaying large-scale acquisition of the Sukhoi T-50 fighter, the Kremlin is tacitly acknowledging a truth that the U.S. military learned...
Islamist gunmen kill 17 in Somalia beach restaurant attack
At least 17 people were killed when Islamist gunmen struck a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu late on Thursday, Somali police said. Al Shabaab, a militant group aligned with al Qaeda, said its members set off two car bombs at the Beach View Cafe on Mogadishu's popular Lido beach, engaging in a...