It may look like something from the future, but China's long-awaited "straddling bus" ran its inaugural test in Hebei province this week. The 2m-high Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) straddles the cars below, allowing them to pass through. Powered by electricity, the bus is able to carry up to 300...
An Emirates airline flight from India has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport with some 300 people on board, officials say. Images posted online show thick black smoke coming from the plane, with no landing gear visible. The Dubai government media office said all passengers were evacuated safely and no...
Fresh divisions are emerging within the US Republican Party over its presidential candidate Donald Trump. Republican donor Meg Whitman has endorsed his rival Hillary Clinton, saying Mr Trump's "demagoguery" had undermined the national fabric. Senior party activist Jan Halper-Hayes told the BBC she thought Mr Trump...
После победы на Евро-2016 Криштиану Роналду был замечен уже с не одной красоткой, но последняя его пассия произвела настоящий фурор в сети. В жарких объятиях футболиста была...
CONSUMER experts have warned against putting bread, tomatoes and even cake in the fridge even in summer temperatures. Not only does it fail to make some foods last longer but can even ruin the taste of others such as coffee, the new guide warns. And if particularly pungent items such as onions are refrigerated, it can affect...
Turkey says it has captured all but one of the soldiers accused of trying to seize the president during last month's failed coup. Special forces arrested another 11 soldiers overnight after a two-week manhunt near Marmaris. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on holiday at the resort in south-west Turkey on the night of the coup...
A Nigerian behind thousands of online scams around the world has been arrested in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol alleges. The 40-year-old man, known only as "Mike" is alleged to head a network of 40 individuals behind global scams worth more than $60m (£45m). His operations involves using...
A world-leading air crash investigator has said he believes flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the sea. Larry Vance told Australian news programme 60 Minutes that erosion along the trailing edge of recovered wing parts indicated a controlled landing. The Boeing 777 disappeared while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur...
Певица Настя Каменских, которая сломала ногу во время прыжка с парашютом, обнародовала видео того рокового...
A compound housing foreign contractors in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has come under attack from Taliban fighters. A huge explosion was heard across the city about 01:25 local time on Monday (20:55 GMT Sunday). Kabul police chief Abdel Rahman Rahimi told the BBC a lorry bomb went off at the gate of the North Gate compound and...
A Russian helicopter has been shot down by rebels in Syria's northern Idlib province, Russian officials say. Defence officials say the Mi-8 transport aircraft had five people on board. Unconfirmed reports say at least four of them are now dead. The helicopter was returning from delivering humanitarian aid to the city...