38-meter long slide in Spain shuts due to injuries, 24 hours after opening
A steep 38-meter long slide has been closed due to reports of multiple injuries, less than 24 hours after it...
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Beijing in full bloom with rose festival
Beijjng: Beijing will hold a cultural festival starting on May 17 to display about 1 million Chinese roses to the...
Italy by train: Do you have some summer days to spare?
Rome: Suppose you have some summer days to spare. Suppose you have a fondness for trains. Here’s the idea. Do...
Chinese village wins battle against poverty
Nanchang: Next to dozens of brand-new, white houses in Huawu Village of eastern China's Jiangxi Province, several dark, dank hovels...
Italian stamps showcase stolen artworks
Rome: Italy has issued a set of stamps depicting stolen artworks recovered by its “monuments men” taskforce.The stamps, which show...
Orlando the most visited destination in US
Orlando: Orlando, Florida, had 75 million visitors last year as the theme park mecca continued to be the most visited...
Italy household wealthier than Germany
Rome: The combined wealth of Italian households was "slightly above that of German families" at the end of 2017, according...
Italian words stolen into English
Rome: Some Italian words seem familiar to English speakers. But use them with caution, because they might not mean what...
Aeroflot plane crash: Pilot error theory probed
Russian investigators are considering pilot error as a possible cause of the crash which killed 41 people on board an...
Alberto Curamil: Chile’s ‘environmental Nobel’ winner who saved a sacred river
A Chilean indigenous leader detained for allegedly taking part in a robbery has been awarded a prestigious environmental prize for...
Life-saving kidney delivered by drone
A donor kidney has been delivered to surgeons at a US hospital via drone, in the first flight of its...
Fish leather’s nine times stronger than lamb or cow leather of similar thickness
"The first 200 times we just made smelly fish soups," Steinunn Gunnsteinsdóttir says.Ms Gunnsteinsdóttir is the sales manager of Icelandic...
Secret of airport design
From a terminal’s colours to the security queue, here’s how airports are designed to keep travellers calm, quiet – and...
Black hole jets shoot out material at 60% of the speed of light!
Nearly 8,000 light-years away from Earth, astronomers have discovered a black hole that keeps rapidly swinging out jets of plasma...
“plant blindness” can have disastrous consequences
A phenomenon called “plant blindness” means we tend to underappreciate the flora around us. That can have disastrous consequences not...
JAPANESE EMPEROR AKIHITO BEGINS HISTORIC ABDICATION
Media caption The day’s ceremonies began with several private rituals in the Imperial Palace Emperor Akihito is preparing to step...
Australia to kill two million free roaming cats
They're cute, they're fluffy, and they're public enemy number one in Australia.Australia is at war -- with feral cats. By...
World’s highest highway tunnel opens to traffic in China’s Tibet
CHINA-TIBET-MILA MOUNTAIN TUNNEL-OPENING (CN), a part of the high-grade highway linking Lhasa with Nyingchi in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region....
Russia floats out first nuclear sub that will carry Poseidon strategic underwater drones
SEVERODVINSK, The Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod that will be the first carrier of Poseidon strategic underwater drones was...
Millions using 123456 as password, study finds
Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, suggests a study.The analysis by the UK's National Cyber Security...
First ever civilian helicopter-plane hybrid is coming next year
They're called tilt-rotor aircraft. They hover like helicopters -- but they fly faster and farther -- like airplanes. The military...
Victims of ‘human sacrifice’ found by engineers laying water pipes
London: Dozens of Neolithic skeletons, including those of people who may have been victims of human sacrifice, have been discovered...
Is this a new type of jellyfish in the Indian Ocean?
In the deepest chasms of the Indian Ocean, a mysterious new creature's been spotted, potentially for the first time.Diver Victor...
Changi Airport Singapore’s world’s tallest indoor waterfall
Inside Changi Airport Singapore's new 'Jewel,' home to world's tallest indoor waterfall Following four years of construction and nonstop media...
Artificial intelligence to spot potentially dangerous travellers and detect smuggling, but can this technology be trusted?
International travel is increasing at a rapid rate. In 2017, a record 1.4 billion tourists visited other countries last year...
Indonesia’s epic election
Indonesia's presidential, parliamentary and regional elections take place on Wednesday. There's a lot to be decided in one day and...
Want to enjoy Italy away from crowds?
Rome: If you want to enjoy Italy away from the crowds, you can often do so by heading to one...
What’s stopping you buying home in Italy?
Rome: What's stopping you buying one of those homes that Italy keeps selling for less than the price of an...
First ever black hole image released
The first ever picture of a black hole: It's surrounded by a halo of bright gas.Astronomers have taken the first...
Xi Jinping sends letter to congratulate inauguration of China-Africa Institute
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a letter to congratulate the inauguration of the China-Africa Institute. In the letter, Xi...
