US boy, 10, dies on world’s tallest water slide
CHICAGO: Authorities in the US state of Kansas on Monday were investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy on what is billed as the...
Find What One Can of Coke Does to Your Body in...
While most of us know soda isn’t good for us, we also don’t know exactly what happens to our bodies once we drink it.
A...
Kenya torches world’s biggest ivory bonfire to save elephants
NAIROBI: Eleven giant pyres of tusks will be set on fire Saturday as Kenya torches its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed...
World’s largest parrot discovered
The world’s largest ever parrot has been discovered by palaeontologists in New Zealand.
Heracles inexpectatus stood 3ft tall and weighed more than one stone. Its...
Train passenger arrested for stealing electricity in London
LONDON: A train passenger has been arrested for stealing electricity in London. He was booked as he charged his mobile phone by the train's...
British explorer dies trying to cross Antarctic solo
LONDON: British adventurer Henry Worsley has died in an attempt to make history by crossing the Antarctic alone, his wife said on Monday.
Worsley was...
Solar plane lands in Hawaii after record breaking flight
HAWAII: Solar Impulse 2, the giant solar powered aircraft has made a record-breaking leg from Nagoya and landed in Hawaii.
The plane began its record-breaking...
First ever digital Urdu dictionary on cards
ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to launch first ever Urdu digital dictionary for the improvement and preservation of Urdu language with a total...
Giant web probes spider sense of vibration
BALTIMORE: Inside a lab in Oregon, US, a two-metre spider web made of aluminium and rope is beginning to unlock how orb weavers pinpoint...
Energy drink addiction destroys UK student’s teeth
A student in England ruined his dental health by excessively consuming energy drinks, breaking off his four front teeth and rotting the rest, reports...