Watch: Kangaroos pounce about amid rare snowfall in Australia
Here’s something you don’t see every day. Kangaroos are pouncing about through a field covered in a blanket of snow…
15/08/2019
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Gay penguin couple from the Berlin Zoo adopt an abandoned egg
A couple of male penguins might finally achieve their goal to become parents after caretakers give them an abandoned egg…
14/08/2019
Drug cartel hangs corpses from bridge amid gang feuds in Mexico
Mexican authorities found nine bodies hanging from an overpass in the city of Urupuan on Thursday. The drug cartel allegedly…
10/08/2019
Toxic mercury levels in fish increase despite reduced emissions efforts
Research suggests that climate change and overfishing are hindering efforts to reduce the accumulation of toxic mercury in seafood. While…
09/08/2019
A quarter of the human race is suffering from water crisis
A quarter of the planet’s global population is affected by extreme levels of water crisis across 17 countries. Despite the…
08/08/2019
Kerry Robertson is first to die under Australia’s new assisted dying laws
A cancer patient from Victoria, Australia is the first person to die under the country’s new assisted dying laws. The…
07/08/2019
El Paso shooter may be facing death penalty in federal “domestic terrorism” case
The US Attorney for the Western District of Texas said that the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas is being…
06/08/2019
July brought record-breaking heat waves amid climate crisis
July 2019 "has re-written climate history books" as record-breaking heat waves were "seen across the globe," according to the World…
03/08/2019
Cambridge student dies in Madagascar after “intentionally” falling from plane
A 19-year-old Cambridge University student interning in Madagascar plunged to her death while on a plane flying above the savannah…
02/08/2019
India makes history by outlawing “triple talaq” instant Islamic divorce
The parliament of India outlawed the right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife. The country’s act to…
01/08/2019
UN urges Australia to lead efforts against child violence in Pacific
Aid organizations are pointing fingers at Australia and other donors with its “dramatic underinvestment” in tackling 'shockingly high' levels of…
31/07/2019
Brazil gold miners kill Amazon tribe leader over land invasion
Heavily armed gold miners called garimpeiros reportedly killed an Amazonian tribe leader during a land invasion in a remote indigenous…
30/07/2019
U.S. government breaks 16-year federal execution hiatus
The federal government of the United States of America will resume executing death-row inmates according to the justice department. Attorney…
27/07/2019
Eight lynched in Bangladesh over child sacrifice rumors
Vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh have taken the lives of eight people. The acts were prompted by rumors circulating in social…
26/07/2019
Banana-killing fungus “a danger” to Ecuador’s economy
Ecuador, the largest global banana supplier, is being threatened by a devastating fungus that may affect plantations across the country.…
25/07/2019
Methanol laced alcoholic beverages kill 19 in Costa Rica
The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica issued a national alert after nineteen people died from drinking alcohol adulterated with…
24/07/2019
Software designed for anti-extremism to be used against vaccine misinformation
The steady rise of the anti-vaccination (anti-vaxx) movement is becoming one of the biggest global concerns with the re-emergence of…
23/07/2019
Kyoto Animation arson suspect claims the studio “ripped him off”
News of the arson attack of Kyoto Animation’s studio shook Japan last Thursday. The fire has reached a death toll…
20/07/2019
Opening of “world’s largest gun store” in Christchurch sparks outrage from residents
‘Gun City’ claims to be the “world’s largest gun store” and is opening a branch in Christchurch, New Zealand where…
19/07/2019
Pew study reports rise in religious harassment around the globe
Along with a global increase in religious restrictions from governments around the world comes a rise in religious harassment. And…
18/07/2019
Fernando “Corby” Corbató, computer password pioneer, dies at age 93
Dr. Fernando “Corby” Corbato, credited as the inventor of the computer password, has died due to complications from diabetes at…
17/07/2019
India’s moon mission aborted over last minute ‘technical snag’
India’s historic moon mission to land a rover in the uncharted south pole has been delayed minutes before take off…
16/07/2019
World population to hit 8 billion in the coming decades
While it took thousands of years for the human race to hit a population of 5 billion back in 1987,…
13/07/2019
Instagrammers refuse to heed Siberia’s warnings on toxic lake
Siberia’s “Maldives” has caught the attention of influencers on social media platforms like Instagram. Despite efforts to warn people about…
12/07/2019
Antarctica’s glacial melting is becoming irreversible, research says
Antarctica is reaching a point of no return with the continuing acceleration of glacial melting. Now, a study suggests that…
11/07/2019