FEARS a catastrophic earthquake is building today grew after a fourth major tremor struck the same region in just 48 hours. There have been three large earthquakes recorded in recent days, including a major one in southern Japan which destroyed buildings and left at least 45 people injured, after Myanmar was rocked on...
AN AUDIENCE member on the BBC’s Question Time seemed to sum-up the feelings of grassroots voters when she declared she wanted “Britain to be Britain”. The unnamed woman was speaking following a debate about whether Britain would be better being part of the European Union (EU) or whether it would be more...
THIS map shows how the Schengen is falling to pieces as Austria and Switzerland seal themselves off from Europe in an attempt to avoid the migrant crisis. Austria has hammered the latest nail in the coffin to the ailing ‘free movement’ Schengen by installing huge fences at four border crossings as well as border...
Man arrested for ‘covering mosque with pig’s blood and swastikas’ after Brussels bombings The Spanish national, aged 29, allegedly confessed to the vandalism after being caught on security cameras in Madrid. It is believed that several people witnessed the attack on the Parla Attauba mosque in the Spanish...
It’s Leonardo da Vinci’s 564th birthday today. His most famous paintings, The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, still draw devoted and curious crowds today. But, could the Renaissance artist, mathematician, engineer and inventor get hired today? BBC Capital asked two experts to take a look at da Vinci’s CV,...
It was the first Democratic debate in more than a month, and it comes on the eve of a New York primary that could either cement Hillary Clinton's lead or give the Bernie Sanders campaign a new, fighting chance at the nomination. In other words, there was a lot on the line when the two candidates took the stage in Brooklyn...
French police are questioning three schoolgirls in a Paris suburb suspected of torturing a younger girl, in a bullying ordeal that lasted months. The victim's father told Europe 1 radio the attackers had stubbed out cigarettes on the 12-year-old's face and arms, dislocated her jaw, slashed her with a knife and urinated...
Not so long ago a famous Russian showman and singer Dima Bilan has shown his house near Moscow. Everything up to the smallest detail has been under his vigilant control. The actor celebrated housewarming 2 years...
Two powerful earthquakes have struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least nine people. The quakes — a magnitude 7.1 (4.4 miles) at a depth of 7km and a 7.4 at a depth of 40km (25 miles) — came in quick succession, officials said. A tsunami warning has been issued....
Here are the 2016 NFL schedules for all 32 teams. All times listed are local by the market of the team in question. * — Sunday night games in Weeks 5-15 subject to change; Week 17 game TBD AFC Baltimore Ravens Sept. 11, Buffalo Bills, 1 Sept. 18, at Cleveland Browns, 1 Sept. 25, at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 Oct. 2, Oakland...
A SEVEN-hour stand-off has left one man in hospital after armed police swarmed a home amid reports a man took a woman and child hostage. Terrified witnesses claimed the man has threatened to cover himself in petrol and set himself alight in Glasgow. Other onlookers have claimed a man was seen brandishing a knife in the middle...
A man had no choice but to have surgery after an 18-inch vegetable he carved in the shape of a penis got stuck in his anus. The patient, who has not been named, fashioned the veggie dildo out of cassava, a root vegetable native to South America. He had sensibly covered it with two condoms before inserting it, but had to call in...