A whale of a tale: Huge humpback caught up close & personal off Canadian coast (VIDEO)
Here’s whale-watching gone large: watch an enormous, back-flipping whale caught on film off Canada’s Brier Island during a marine cruise. The video, shot by a whale enthusiast, shows seemingly calm waters for a while, and then – splash! The humpback whale appears out of the water, hops and backflips. Onlookers...
First Lady of Ukraine on Independence Day wore a dress with dill (photos)
At the celebrations on the occasion of Independence Day of Ukraine the female part of Poroshenko's family were dressed into works of Ukrainian designer Dresses for the First Lady and her daughters Olga Navrotska created, widely using in prints like old Ukrainian characters such as tulips and pomegranate and new — the...
Lebanese army secures central Beirut after ‘trash protest’ erupts in clashes (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The army has been deployed in Beirut to help police quell unrest after at least 59 people were injured in clashes on Sunday. The protests in the Lebanese capital initially called for the improvement of waste collection but evolved into calls for a regime change. Lebanese army units arrived in central Beirut on Sunday night,...
Battle for Baikal: Raging Siberian wildfires threaten world’s biggest freshwater lake (photos)
The world’s oldest and deepest lake could face severe damage from wildfires which are burning out of control along its shores. Lake Baikal, home to 20 percent of the world’s unfrozen fresh water, is facing a potential ecological catastrophe with 36 fires burning in the region. It is one of the jewels of Russia, both...
One child killed, three wounded in explosion in Donetsk region, — Interior Ministry
The killed child was four years old, three other children, aged 8-10 years, were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Children were playing in the street and found an unknown object which exploded. This is reported by Censor.NET citing the Donetsk region Interior Ministry press service. According to the report, the tragedy...
Ukraine Summer Tourism: Odesa puts Crimea in the shade as new tourism mecca emerges (video)
Ukraine's biggest port a culturally diverse capital of the country's south is experiencing a tourist boom. Since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea last year the city has seen a large increase in visitor numbers as Ukrainians are forced into choosing a new destination for their...
Poroshenko: Novorossiya the same myth as Tolkien’s Mordor
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that the Russian propaganda-fueled project Novorossiya (literally "New Russia"), represented by the two self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in Donbas, Ukraine's east, is the same myth as Mordor, J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional...
24 awesome patriotic tattoos that will make you love the Ukraine (photos)
People with a pleasure wear embroidery, and patriotic ewelry. Some people don't afraid to show the love to their motherland during all their life These people make patriotic tattoo. We picked for you 24 tattoos that show love for...
11 feared dead in UK Shoreham airshow crash
Three people who were killed on the road in UK's West Sussex after a fighter jet plummeted onto it have been identified. Seven people are confirmed to have died in the accident at the Shoreham Airshow on Saturday, but reports have emerged the number has risen to 11. Eleven people were "highly likely" to have died...
S. Korea demands ‘clear apology’ from North amid crisis talks
As top negotiators from Seoul and Pyongyang struggle to find common ground on which to ease tensions following last week’s exchange of fire, South Korean leader Park Geun-hye said she expects a “clear apology” from the North for its armed “provocations.” “We need a clear apology and measures...
Legendary «cyborg» raised the battle flag of one of the heaps of Donetsk (video)
Soldiers also thanked the Ukrainians and volunteers for their support and...
Google congratulates Ukraine on Independence Day
At night, August 24 Google hoisted blue and yellow colors. In this way, Google network users welcomed the 24 th anniversary of Independence of...