Canadians are known to be well-mannered, nice and don’t mind being out of the spotlight – but not today. Sorry! Canada isn’t all about maple syrup, the Double-Double at Tim Horton’s, killer bears, snow, and loads of poutine. There’s more to know about this huge country and whether it’s weird...
As a shadowy figure meanders down a powdery slope, illuminated only by blazing torches attached to their feet, there is no denying that flare skiing in the Swiss Alps is a picturesque sight. “Torched,” a conceptual ski film created by a freeskier-director duo, aims to enlighten people to “wonders of the winter...
Vienna is radically changing its policy towards migrants and refugees, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told local media. Faymann said that with the new measures introduced at Austria’s borders, the existence of “the whole EU is in question.” “All refugees must be controlled, economic migrants must be...
People in Jakarta have staged a rally in defiance of Islamic State at the site of the deadly attack for which the extremist group claimed responsibility. The death toll from the attack has grown to eight. Crowds gathered on Sunday at the site of the attack, carrying banners that read: “I am Muslim and I am against jihad...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described the nuclear deal with world powers, implemented Saturday in Vienna, as a "golden page" in the country's history. He told lawmakers that it was also a long-awaited opportunity for Tehran's economy to cut its "umbilical cord" to oil. Rouhani,...
Huge waves, some believed to be as high as 12 meters (40 feet), have been spotted off the coast of the North Pacific Ocean islands in recent days. @trevorsvencarlson warming up for much more to come today at #Peahi. #Jaws #Maui #Hawaii #surf #Video: @shannonreporting @redchargers @livefromthechannel @towsurfer...
Known to be quite placid creatures, elephants rarely lose their cool. But when the red mist of rage does descend, the results can be car-shatteringly spectacular. As this recently recorded amateur video suggests, never get on the wrong side of an elephant. Not only because they are liable to hold a grudge — but the large...
The men suspected of attacking women in Cologne on New Year's Eve were "almost exclusively" from a migration background, mainly North African and Arab, an official report says. Cologne police also made "serious mistakes" in not calling reinforcements and the way they informed the public. More than 500...
This video has caused a wide resonance in the European segment of the Internet....
PHOTOGRAPHER Eric Lafforgue has ventured into North Korea six times. Using digital memory cards he smuggled out images of the communist nation he was forbidden to take. Mr Lafforgue wanted to show that North Koreans are humans, not robots, who also suffer. “I was banned after my last trip in September 2012 when I...
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed about 250.000 people and became the most dreadful slaughter of civilians in modern history. However, for many years there was a curious gap in the photographic records. Although the names of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incised into our memories, there were few pictures to...
Legislation to ban child marriages was struck down in Pakistan as the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said it was “anti-Islamic” and “blasphemous.” The new law failed at the first stage of the legislative process. The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2014, which would have made it more...