A canal was drained in Paris. 21 photos show what they found on the bottom
Ever wonder what winds up at the bottom of a canal after 15 years? For the first time since 2001, the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris was drained so it could be cleaned, and the photos of the operation do a pretty neat job of answering that question. The project began on Monday, Jan. 4, and is expected to continue for the next...
Summer hailstorm batters Johannesburg area, destroys shopping mall roof (PHOTOS)
A violent hailstorm has wreaked havoc in Johannesburg, South Africa, causing the roof of a shopping mall to collapse and local residents to take shelter in their homes. It’s summer in South Africa, but dark clouds gathered over the African nation’s largest city at around 3pm on Saturday, covering the streets with an...
Pope Francis compares church to ‘field hospital,’ talks prison & homosexuals in newest book
In his first book as Pope, Francis has described the Church as a “field hospital” offering people “first aid.” The pontiff also spoke of his “special relations” with people in prison and the need for the Church to show compassion to homosexuals. “I like to use the image of a field...
20,000 protest forceful evictions, block roads at Nantes airport construction site (VIDEO)
In a massive protest against controversial airport construction outside the western French city of Nantes, up to 20,000 demonstrators blocked roads, demanding the reversal of the city’s plan to expand the air hub by forcefully evicting locals. Halting traffic on the Nantes ring road using dozens of tractors and blocking...
4 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen
At least four people have been killed in a missile strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres medical facility in Yemen, a spokesman has confirmed. The organization “strongly condemns this,” while adding that 10 people have been injured in the attack. The facility, which was hit by a rocket on Sunday, is in Razeh in the...
Sylvester Stallone Risks Everything To Say THIS – Obama Is Livid
In the liberal world of Hollywood, there is nobody more hated than Donald Trump. That’s why it’s incredibly rare to find a celebrity that is willing to come out as a supporter of The Donald. Luckily, there are still celebrities out there like Sylvester Stallone, who don’t give a hoot what a bunch of stupid...
US flies B-52 bomber over South Korea amid North tensions
The US has flown a B-52 bomber over South Korea in a show of force after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The B-52 swooped over an air base close to the North-South border. Pyongyang said it detonated an underground device earlier this week to widespread condemnation, but experts remain sceptical about...
What happens when you light 10,000 sparklers at once (VIDEO)
"If I had to pick three things that I never get tired of writing about, they would be terrifying fast food, Japanese game shows, and crazy Russians who do crazy things and post videos of them on YouTube. And speaking of crazy Russians, this morning I came across a video posted by the Russian SlivkiShow YouTube account that...
What Sherlock Holmes taught us about the mind
Soon after Andrew Lees embarked on his medical career at University College Hospital London, one of his superiors gave him a rather strange reading list. Rather than the usual fusty anatomical volumes, it included The Complete Sherlock Holmes. What on earth could the fictional detective teach an aspiring neurologist? As it...
Сontroversial speech of Pugacheva about russian politics (video)
Speaking at the "round table", the singer Alla Pugacheva has lashed out at the so-called law on the organization of concerts, which the lower house adopted in the first...
An island paradise you haven’t seen
A trip to this long-lost Eden – known for its tropical forests, azure seas, creative cuisine and quirky city – will show you a whole new side of Cuba. Cuba’s wild, wild eastTurquoise water. Sugary white sand. Lush tropical trees stretching back into a wide mountain range. When Christopher Columbus swung his...
US releases video it says shows Iranian rockets fired near American aircraft carrier
The US Navy has released footage purportedly showing the Iranian Navy firing unguided rockets in the strategic Strait of Hormuz near the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and other Western warships and commercial vessels. The 45-second black and white video shot from a Seahawk helicopter reportedly shows “fast inshore...