A high school was evacuated in northern France over a suspected bomb threat. Security in the country remains high after two major terrorist attacks in 2015. The school called Mireille Grenet is in Compiègne, a commune in the north of France. The evacuation started on Monday morning. Police cordoned off the area. Some...
A body has been discovered by tourists at the infamous Dyatlov Pass in Russia’s Ural Mountains where nine hikers mysteriously died in 1959. Emergency services have reportedly momentarily lost contact with the group. An unidentified body has been discovered by tourist-hikers at the infamous Dyatlov pass in Sverdlovskaya...
Detroit is the most dangerous city with a population over 200,000 for a third year in a row. Although Detroit remains at the top of the list, its violent crime decreased by about 4 percent. Indianapolis, Indiana also makes its first appearance on the list this year at number 10. All statistics are based on 2014 data from the...
The Revenant has triumphed at this year's Golden Globes, winning the night's most coveted prize for best dramatic film. Leading man Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor in a drama, while Alejandro G Inarritu won for its direction. Ridley Scott hit The Martian was named best comedy or musical film, winning a further Globe...
A themed party in a Kiev nightclub praised Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet near the Syrian border. Guests of the event were offered a “smoked pilot” snack and saw a mock execution performed to tunes used in Islamic State propaganda videos. As Ukraine entered the New Year a step short of economic default and...
DIY or “Fix It Yourself” are not for everybody, but if you really need to fix something and don’t have the proper tools handy you will need to come up with something really brilliant, and this is exactly what these 22 people tried to do. Some of them succeeded in the most hilarious way, but most of them failed...
Built before the advent of minimum clearance heights, Durham Bridge has claimed its latest steel scalp from a heavy goods truck, in what appears to be at least the 102nd vehicle smash at the accident black spot. The fresh crash took place while a news crew from NBC was around after recording an interview. The 11-foot-8...
A mountain lion with a bizarre deformity has left Idaho wildlife officials baffled. The cougar, who was legally shot last week, had a set of fully-formed teeth and what appeared to be whiskers, growing out of the left side of its forehead. On Friday, Idaho Fish and Game said the abnormality may possibly be a result of a...
Obama has been stagnant when it comes to the fight against ISIS. That’s why the military is now largely being led by its leadership who are gung-ho about beating back the ISIS scourge and hitting them wherever they live. Not only that, but as ISIS grows stronger because of social media, they also grow larger because of...
A volcanic eruption with the potential to “return humanity to a pre-civilization state” could happen within the next 80 years, according to a study by the European Science Foundation. Have we now heard the last argument in the debate the study triggered? Authors of the Extreme Geohazards: Reducing the Disaster Risk...
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...
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...