Hong Kong cries fowl as giant rubber duck deflates in harbour
HONG KONG: The giant inflatable rubber duck which has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since it sailed into Hong Kong two weeks ago was reduced to a sad deflated disc on Wednesday in the city’s...
Brit billionaire Richard Branson serves as AirAsia stewardess after losing bet
KUALA LUMPUR: British billionaire Richard Branson strutted his stuff as an AirAsia flight attendant Sunday — complete with fishnet stockings and figure-hugging red pencil skirt. Read More →
British landfill transformed into nature reserve
LONDON: A sprawling landfill site containing 50 years of rubbish from six London boroughs has been transformed into a 120-acre nature reserve for rare birds, bees and reptiles. Read More →
After 9 /11:The new tallest building of New York near completion
NEW YORK: On Friday, One world trade center New York became the tallest building in the entire USA. Yesterday some more construction milestones were crossed according to US media that brought the New York...
Canberra 100th Birthday: Gigantic balloon creature splits opinion in Australia
SYDNEY: A gigantic whale-like balloon with pendulous udder-like appendages, designed to mark the centenary of Australia’s capital Canberra, has divided opinion, with some branding it an ugly waste...
Miracle survivor pulled from Bangladesh ruins after 17 days
SAVAR, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi rescuers pulled a woman alive from the ruins of a collapsed garment factory complex on Friday after she spent 17 days trapped in a basement under the rubble. Read More →
Google Earth captures half cat
Google earth has discovered a half-cat walking on a street of a city which has confused the people about what kind of animal it can be. Read More →
Thick-skulled fossil cuts dinosaur theory down to size
PARIS: The discovery of a new thick-skulled dinosaur the size of a large dog may challenge our image of a pre-historic Earth dominated by supersized lizards, a study said Tuesday. Read More →
ABBA fever hits Stockholm at museum opening
STOCKHOLM: ABBA fever hit Stockholm on Tuesday when a museum devoted to the Swedish pop legends opened — filling a void in the hearts of millions of fans since the group disbanded three decades...
Hyundai wins order for world’s biggest container ship
SEOUL: South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had won a $700 million deal to build the world’s largest container ships for China Shipping Container Lines. Read More →
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