Europe
Britain’s oldest penguin, Pat celebrating her 37th birthday Image by Living Coasts/PA Wire Britain’s oldest penguin is celebrating her 37th birthday today with two birthday cakes full of sprats. African penguin Pat is still a star attraction at Living Coasts, a coastal zoo in Torquay, Devon. She was hatched at nearby […]
Asia & the Pacific
Singapore’s Marina Bay. Image by Sarah Ackerman / CC BY 2.0 Drinking alcohol between 10.30pm and 7am in public places, including parks, could soon be banned in Singapore if a new bill tabled in parliament on Monday is eventually passed. In the proposed bill, public drinking after 10.30pm […]
The Americas, Weird, Odd & Just Plain Fun
Dog travel Image by Waldo Jaquith / CC BY 2.0 The first ever airport terminal for animals, dubbed ‘The Ark’, is planned for JFK Airport in New York. The business people behind the scheme hope to open the terminal by 2016 at a projected […]
Europe, Editor’s Pick
London’s Houses of Parliament. Image by Gareth Milner / CC BY-SA 2.0 All four remaining manuscripts of the Magna Carta will be shown at the House of Lords, part of London’s Houses of Parliament, as part of the Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary celebrations. The 1215 document protected the rights […]
Asia & the Pacific, Editor’s Pick
A statue of the young Gautama Siddhartha, Nepal. Image by Adam Jones / CC BY-SA 2.0 Archaeologists working on an excavation in Tilaurakot, the city where Gautama Siddhartha, the historical Buddha, spend the first 29 years of his life, have uncovered a horde of 300 silver […]
Middle East & Africa
Tehran, Iran. Image by David Stanley / CC BY 2.0 A new graphics museum has opened in Tehran this week with more than 10,000 artworks, some of which are already on display to the public. The Graphics Museum of Iran has been launched in the historic Arbab Hormoz […]
Asia & the Pacific
Tuna fish at Tokyo’s Sea Life Park. Image by Takashi Hososhima / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Tokyo aquarium Tokyo Sea Life Park has reported more Bluefin tuna, part of the ‘Voyagers of the Pacific’ exhibition, have died of unknown causes. Fish in the exhibition began dying earlier this […]
Asia & the Pacific
Tiger at a watering hole, Mangalore, India Image by Karunakar Rayker / CC BY 2.0 India’s latest tiger census shows a sharp increase in the number of endangered cats in the wild, raising hopes that conservation efforts are working. The census carried out in 2014 counted at least […]
Europe
Tirana, Albania. Image by Quinn Dombrowski / CC BY-SA 2.0 The first shelter for LGBT people – the first of its kind in the Balkans – has opened in Albania’s capital Tirana. The project, called Streha, is supported by USAID and the British Embassy in Albania. The refuge can host up […]
Europe
Barcelona’s La Diagonal. Image by Ivan Mlinaric / CC BY 2.0 Sections of Barcelona’s La Diagonal and Passeig de Gràcia thoroughfares are to go car-free on Sundays and public holidays from March. The roads will be closed between 9am and 5pm during the trial, which if successful will be rolled out […]