Eurostar has launched a virtual reality experience to enhance high-speed train journeys for families in the summer.
When faced with a tall obstacle, ants stand on top of each other to build a tower to reach food or escape to new places. The tiny insects can happily withstand 750 times their body weight without being crushed.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum released digitally remastered footage on July 6 that shows Hiroshima in April 1935, 10 years before a U.S. nuclear bomb was dropped on the city toward the end of the Second World War.The rare video, said to have been donated to the museum in 1963, shows everyday scenes along the Motoyasu River, including the Aioi Bridge, the intended target of the atomic bomb. The bomb detonated at 540m directly above the nearby Shima Hospital on the left bank of the river.
A fire broke out at the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on 10 July, after a protest on the site. Hundreds of migrants are reportedly living in poor conditions at the camp.
Campaigners at the anti-animal cruelty Hunt Investigation Team (HIT) have released shocking new footage, alleging to the mistreatment of badgers, lambs and other animals at a shooting estate in the Peak District. The Duke and Duchess of Rutland, who own the land, have said they are horrified by the claims, and will investigate them.
Around 80 protesters were arrested on Capitol Hill after they refused to cease and desist with their unlawful demonstration activities according to U.S. Capitol police. The protesters were voicing their opposition against the proposed Republican healthcare bill, which many Democrats call a giveaway to the rich that would hurt millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
New Zealand's Civil Defence says that there was no tsunami threat from the quake.
The authorities said the victims came from a local Muslim family and the gunmen "claimed to be officials who wanted to check on illegal activity".
A Bupa carer was filmed spraying perfume in a dementia patients mouth after the family installed a hidden camera, a court heard yesterday. Susan Draper denied ill treatment in a position of care but was convicted after a seven-minute clip was played to magistrates.
According to the Sleep Foundation, more exercise, less alcohol, and spending less time on your phone can help you get a better nights sleep.
Private CCTV footage shows the moment a double-decker tour bus lost control and flipped over on a narrow road in Limaon Sunday (July 9), killing at least nine people and injuring 57.
16 people have been killed after a KC-130 crashed Monday (July 10) in Moorhead, Mississippi, confirmed Fred Randle, Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director. The military KC-130 is used as a refueling tanker. Randle told reporters at a late briefing that 16 bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiralled into the ground about 85 miles (135km) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt. Sarah Burns said in a statement that a KC-130 experienced a mishap Monday evening but provided no details.
The authorities says that the quake struck 248 km south-west of Sabak Bernam in Selangor at 9.24 am.
On Tuesday, Japan's weather agency has warned of continued heavy rains in Kyushu.
From not being able to obtain a driving license, to being banned from entering stadiums to watch sports. Here are five controversial anti-women laws still in place around the world.
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