Deadly forest fires across India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand have burned more than 2,300 hectares of forests and killed six people. The fires started three months ago, but had increased in intensity in the last few days. See also: Deadly … Read More
A 12-year-old dog, Charlie, was reunited with his family after being missing for 10 years. After being rescued and examined for a microchip, he was taken to a veterinary clinic, where he is undergoing tests for a cancerous tumor. [Additional … Read More
1865 Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Following the Industrial Revolution, wooden shipbuilding techniques which had lasted for millennia were radically altered with the introduction of steam propulsion and iron materials. Initially used to reinforce certain parts of a wooden hull and … Read More
A massive fire gutted India’s National Museum of Natural History in the early hours of Apr. 26, destroying numerous rare specimens of flora and fauna, including the 160-million-year-old bones of a dinosaur. See also: Massive fire destroys India’s National Museum … Read More
“The Sleeping Girls in Japanese Bed.” Image: New York Public Library Photography was first introduced to Japan not long after its invention, when in the 1850s the nation was opened to Western trade and visitors for the first time in … Read More
When I first walked off the busy main road into the grounds of Incolballet, it was as if I had stepped into another world. Colorful birds hop across the path, just ahead of the main reception at El Instituto Colombiano … Read More
Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took home resounding victories in the New York primary election. Trump bounces back from a difficult stretch in his campaign and Clinton pushes closer to locking up the Democratic nomination. Here are the … Read More
After facing criticism over its statement that the Koh-i-noor diamond was not stolen but gifted to Britain, the Indian government has backtracked and said that it will make all possible efforts to bring back the legendary gemstone amicably. See also: … Read More
Flash flooding in the Houston area stranded up to 70 or 80 horses at the Cypress Trails Horse Stables. Local authorities and other rescuers came together to get the horses to dry land, and the Office of Emergency Management reported … Read More
The controversy over who owns the fabled Kohinoor, one of the world’s largest diamonds, has got a new twist. The Indian government said that the diamond was neither “stolen nor forcibly taken away,” but was gifted to the English East … Read More