E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Sweden, Finland and Norway banned the family film for kids under 12 when it was first released, because Scandinavian authorities felt that adults were shown as enemies of children. 2012 North Korea banned this movie because 2012 is the year of Kim II Sung’s 100th birthday, and anything that...
Located deep inside Iceland's Vatnajökull glacier is a blue ice cave wonderland. These caves are only accessible during certain times of the year. As the glacier shifts, it can reveal different access points to complex cave systems that are there for only a matter of weeks before the glacier changes again. The...
The TSN.Tyzhden weekly TV program has broadcast an interview with former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, which may trigger a real spy scandal. It has been speculated for long that the Kremlin's puppeteers are behind terrorist attacks in Europe and the United States, but no confirmation has been presented....
France's far-right National Front (FN) appears to have made big gains in the first round of regional elections, estimates show, according to The BBC. They put the FN ahead in at least six of 13 regions in mainland France, The BBC said. The elections are the first electoral test since last month's Paris attacks, in which...
It’s important to always be aware of your surroundings, not just for safety reasons, but because you truly never know what — or in this case, who — you might find. Raul Marin Ceja was walking to work at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 2, 2015, when he spotted a white cloth bundle lying in the dirt near a...
Member of Parliament from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis Refat Chubarov announces that participants in the blockade of Crimea have allowed the partial resumption of the power supply to the peninsula via the 220 kV Kakhovka-Titan transmission line. "Participants in the blockade agree with...
Turkey accused Russia of a "provocation" on Sunday after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly held a rocket launcher on his shoulder while the vessel passed through Istanbul, according to Reuters. The NTV news channel broadcast photographs that it said showed a serviceman brandishing a rocket...
Poland is not engaged in any work to join NATO's Nuclear Sharing Program, according to the Polish Defense Ministry. "The Defense Ministry is not conducting any activity for our country to join NATO's Nuclear Sharing Program," the ministry said in a statement. The Polish Defense Ministry claims that recent...
One Ukrainian soldier was killed in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas in the last day, according to Press Secretary of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk. "In the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian soldier died in hostilities. This happened in the village of...
Poland's deputy defense minister has said the ministry is considering asking for access to nuclear weapons through a NATO program in which non-nuclear states borrow the arms from the U.S., according to The Guardian. Tomasz Szatkowski said the ministry was discussing whether to ask for access to NATO's "nuclear...
The singer Sofia Rotaru became the main star of the show "Song of the Year" which was held in Moscow. Ukrainian star addressed a New Year's greetings to Russian viewers and wished everyone a peaceful sky overhead. But there was another reason that the Ukrainian Prima was rushed by journalists....
As great as Google is, their Translating capabilities are only really useful if you need to know a single word. They’re completely lost when it comes to proverbs and phrases, and it’s not only weird, it’s hilarious. Here are a few that Google royally screwed up. “今 日 事, 今 日 畢”...