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 →
Austria faces past in Nazi concentration camp’s new museum
MAUTHAUSEN, Austria: US nurse Mae Lopatin Herman summed up the horror of Mauthausen when she described her arrival at the Nazi concentration camp after its liberation 68 years ago this Sunday. Read More →
Mount Everest brawl exposes mountaineering’s deep rifts
KATHMANDU: A brawl on Mount Everest last weekend that shocked the mountaineering community stems from tension between elite climbers and growing commercial expeditions on the world’s highest peak,...
United States to open first horse slaughterhouses since 2007
WASHINGTON: Americans don’t want to eat horse meat and Congress is trying to forbid its sale and export. Yet for the first time since 2007, new horse slaughterhouses are set to open in the United...
Turkish Airlines bans bright lipstick on hostesses
ANKARA: Turkish Airlines has banned air hostesses from wearing brightly-colored lipsticks such as red or pink, a move which has sparked fierce debate as the government is accused of trying to Islamize...
First Australian banknote set to fetch $3.6 million
SYDNEY: Australia’s first banknote, printed 100 years ago and found in a letter in England in 1999, has gone on sale for Aus$3.5 million (US$3.6 million), auctioneers said Wednesday. Read More →
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