An Australian politician has captured the world’s attention after setting a river on fire in an effort to highlight the dangers of fracking. New South Wales Greens Member of Parliament Jeremy Buckingham was taken by locals to the Condamine River … Read More
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, … Read More
LONDON — Google marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death with a doodle on Saturday that featured some of bard’s most well-known works. In the UK, the doodle reflected both Shakespeare and St. George’s Day — the day that … Read More
LONDON — Barack and Michelle Obama touched down on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where they met the Queen and Prince Philip to celebrate the monarch’s 90th birthday. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are greeted by Queen … Read More
Google launched a series of five doodles on Friday, featuring beautiful depictions of the planet’s five biomes. Artist Sophie Diao, one of Google’s in-house “doodlers” created the series to mark the 46th annual Earth Day. “The vastness of Earth’s diversity makes it … Read More
A video of a fistfight between a group of high school students and their teacher in class has gone viral and left Chinese netizens in shock. According to People’s Daily, the fight took place at Fanji High School, in Mengcheng … Read More
LONDON — Works of art by acclaimed British artist Damien Hirst, involving dead animals preserved in tanks, leaked potentially-dangerous formaldehyde gas during an exhibition in London. Levels of the carcinogenic gas were detected during the 2012 show at the Tate … Read More
Most pictures available outside North Korea are of Pyongyang. That’s because tourism is restricted to the capital, and border control staff check — and delete— “unauthorised” photos from devices leaving the country. But in a twist of luck, Beijing-based Getty … Read More
An Australian mother and TV crew detained in Beirut amid a botched attempt to take the woman’s two children from their Lebanese father were released on bail Wednesday, in a dramatic climax to a high-profile child custody battle that has … Read More
PROVO, Utah — Madeline MacDonald says she was an 18-year-old freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on an online dating site. She reported the crime to the school’s Title IX office. … Read More