Category: World News

A lot of meteor sightings have been reported in many parts of UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There were several meteor showers expected to happen in September, but what happened last night was spectacular. Sky watchers described a huge fireball moving across the sky, before breaking up into as many as 100 pieces. It could be…

Scientists have found a pre-historic tooth with a filled cavity. The tooth belongs to a 6500 year old fossilized jawbone  of a young person. This jawbone was found almost 100 years ago in the European country of Slovenia. On doing an X-ray on the jawbone the scientists discovered  the tooth filling which seems to have been made…

New York City has has now set a  limit to how much soda you can have — and it is applicable whether you’re kid or a grown up! Movie theaters, restaurants, cafeterias, and sporting arenas have to stop serving sugary drinks larger than 16 oz  beginning March 2013. However Supermarkets will still sell larger sizes. Makes…

Have no fear Lesula is here ! This is the newest monkey species  found in the deep forests of  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Although this was nothing new for the locals as they have kept one of the species as a pet, the scientists are very excited at this discovery. The new primate…

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams was born in Ohio on September 19, 1965. When she was little, she loved animals and wanted to be a vet. When she grew she joined United States Navy and later in 1998, after being Selected by NASA for ‘Astronaut Candidate training’ , she began her career as a NASA astronaut.…

Millions of Lesser Flamingos have flooded Lake Bogoria like they do each year. Few thousands flamingos are a common sight in the lake all around the year but some times in the year millions of them flock the lake. Lake Bogoria looks breathtakingly beautiful with these beautiful light pink flamingos all over it. Lesser Flamingo…

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams took command of the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday. Williams becomes the second woman to command the ISS in its 14-year history.Williams already holds three records for women space travellers: longest spaceflight (195 days), most number of spacewalks (four), and total time spent on spacewalks (29 hours and 17 minutes).…

The Guinness Book World Records for year 2013 has been launched very recently. According to it Zeus, three-year-old Great Dane, is the world’s tallest dog. Zeus along with its owner Denise Doorlag lives in Michigan, US. Zeus measures 3 feet,6 inches from paw to shoulder and 7 feet,4 inches from nose to tail. According to…

As the Volcan del Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, spewed rivers of bright orange lava down, authorities ordered more than 30,000 people in 17 nearby communities to be evacuated. Women and children and older people were evacuated in old school buses and ambulances. A lot of people refused to leave their homes.    

The disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China have been bought by Japan. But China is not very happy about it. So China has sent two patrol ships  to the islands disputed with Japan. Japan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan. Looks like there is going…

On Sunday, as Paralympic games came to an end with the closing ceremony called “Festival of the flame”, Britain bid goodbye to an extraordinary summer of Olympics of 2012. Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z performed in the ceremony in  stadium that was packed with almost 80,000 spectators. There were some fantastic fireworks and aerial acrobatics as…

After the Hurricane Issac there is  Tornado time for the US. Two unexpected tornadoes have hit New York City area of Queens and Brooklyn, damaging homes, power blackouts and throwing debris into the air. No one is reported hurt but the US Open game, between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer got suspended, will restart on Sunday. New…