Europe, Editor’s Pick
The Roman town of Herculaneum. Image by Andy / Andrew Fogg / CC BY 2.0 Scientists have come up with a new way to read what is written on hundreds of ancient papyrus scrolls found in a library in the Roman town of Herculaneum, not far from Pompeii. Herculaneum […]
Europe
London Underground Station. Image by Rudi Riet / CC BY 2.0 London Tube commuters could face further strikes next month after union leaders called for a walkout in protest at the sacking of a rail driver for allegedly failing an alcohol breath test. The RMT union is seeking a strike ballot […]
The Americas
Cirque du Soleil. Image by Shawn Carpenter / CC BY-SA 2.0 Their productions are already popular in Las Vegas and Orlando and now Cirque du Soleil’s first show outside the US is proving a hit in Mexico. Called Joya, the production combines elements of Mexican art, culture and history and […]
The Americas
Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Image by daveynin / CC BY 2.0 On Monday rodeo champions from around the world took to the slopes for the 41st Bud Light Cowboy Downhill, a skiing contest held in Steamboat Springs, CO, just northwest of Denver. Competitors take on a timed dual slalom, a jump […]
The Americas
Is there anyone out there? California tops UFO list. Image by Sweetie187 / CC BY 2.0 Close encounters happen more in California it seems. A report by the National UFO Reporting Center has published a list UFO sightings across America, that breaks them down by state, length of sighting and […]
The Americas, Editor’s Pick
The Crystal Serenity docked in Lisbon. Image by Gary Bembridge / CC BY 2.0 Lee Wachtstetter has cruised to more than 100 countries, and has visited pretty much every country that has a port. For the past seven years the 86-year-old Florida woman has even made her permanent […]
The Americas
Barranquilla carnival, 2011. Image by Ashley Bayles / CC BY 2.0 Locals in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia kicked off their first pre-carnival event on Saturday. The annual carnival is the second-largest in the world after Rio de Janeiro’s and for a month leading up to the event, residents enjoy […]
The Americas
San Francisco on flood alert. Image by Anita Ritenour / CC BY 2.0 Exceptionally high tides known as king tides are hitting coastal California this week. The tides are caused by the positions of the sun and the moon at this time of year when they’re in maximum alignment, causing […]
The Americas
Helicopter Image by David Merret / CC BY 2.0 New York travellers may be in for a new era where helicopter services from the city to airports will rival the traditional mode of car taxi rides. A new service begins tomorrow with the aim of making chopper trips affordable, not […]
Asia & the Pacific
Indonesian officials show debris from AirAsia flight Image by AP Photo/Dewi Nurcahyani An AirAsia plane that crashed last month with 162 people on board was climbing at an abnormally high rate, then plunged and suddenly disappeared from radar, Indonesia’s transport minister has said. Ignasius Jonan told the Indonesian […]