Category: World News

  Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been declared the new pope. Pope Mario will now be the leader and guide of Catholics around the world. The previous Pope Benedict XVI, had resigned in February. He was 85 years old and his ill health was not allowing him to fulfil the duties of his office.…

Or should we say the mystery has been solved? Well,the Stonehenge, a world renowned stone monument in Salisbury, United Kingdom, was all along thought to be an astronomical calendar built by ancient people. But now, new study overturns that belief. Scientists and historians have come up with a new theory that suggests that Stonehenge was built…

The two countries share their borders, their culture, but yet they are very different. Due to the recent nuclear tests that were done in North Korea, UN has imposed some sanctions on the country. The United Nations expect countries to obey certain set of rules. Sanction is a kind of penalty  imposed on a country if they…

A swarm of millions of locusts  from Egypt has enveloped Israel this week.  The grasshopper-like bugs rode on winds from Egypt to enter Israel. They covered nearly 2,000 acres of desert overnight!! What is interesting is that the swarm of locusts has arrived in Israel just three weeks before Jewish Passover holiday that recalls 10 plagues mentioned in…

Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, who was admitted in hospital since February due to a prolonged illness passed away on March 5. He held the office of President from 1999 until his death in 2013. Hugo Chavez was a great leader who fought to provide education and healthcare to all his citizens especially the poor. Those…

Ivory is a hard, white material, derived from the tusks of an elephant. It can also be extracted from the teeth of other animals. In most of the countries it is forbidden to trade ivory or any carvings out of ivory. It is also illegal to trade ivory across the countries. However, in Thailand ivory trade…

Batman returns to fight against crime!!  Errr.. only a few corrections. The comic book superhero did not make a block buster return on screen. Neither did he save the city of Gotham from crime this time. A man dressed as superhero BATMAN,  dragged in a suspected burglar into a police station in the British city of Bradford. A slightly pot bellied and…

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck in the southwest China on Sunday. Its exact location is  51 kilometers (32 miles) from Dali city. Although, it was not a very strong earthquake it damaged a lot of houses. There were 34 jolts after the actual earthquake. It damaged 2,500 houses and caused 700 others to collapse…

You would think that a man could be safe in his house. Unfortunately for Jeffrey Bush, 36, who lived in Florida this was not true. On Thursday night, when Mr Bush was in bed,  his bed room just disappeared. How? It was swallowed by a huge sinkhole under his home. Sinkholes are a common feature in Florida,…

Just when you think that you learnt your geography chapters completely, something changes. Yes, a new micro continent named Mauritia has been found hidden under huge amounts of lava in the India ocean. While this comes as a shock to us, a  team of international researchers – from Norway, Germany, Britain and South Africa  are suggesting…

Tropical Cyclone Rusty has brought heavy rains and gutsy winds to the coast of  Western Australia.  The wind speed was as high as 165km/h (103mph). Port Hedland, in western Australia is having non stop downpour since past two or three days. Port Hedland had closed three main iron ore ports in the Pilbara region, the world’s largest…

Park Geun-hye was sworn in on Monday as South Korea’s first female president. In her first ever speech after becoming the president, Ms. Park warned North Korea against its nuclear programme. She said in stern words that she will not tolerate any action that endanger the lives of the people of Soth Korea. For her…