West Virginia has long proclaimed itself “Almost Heaven,” a nod to a song and soaring mountaintop vistas. Now some joke the state name-checked in “Take Me Home, Country Roads” could take things up a notch as Democratic U.S. Sen Joe Manchin bargains
A large cave painting depicting a jumping kangaroo has been dated to being over 17,000 years old, making it Australia’s oldest intact rock painting. The age of the ancient work of art was determined through a new technique in which 27 mud
A South African farm owner has been strongly criticised after posing with the heart of a giraffe she shot and killed during a trophy hunting trip earlier this month. In a series of photos posted on Merelize van der Merwe’s Facebook page,
A popular Chinese beverage chain landed in hot water after it was vehemently criticised for using sexist slogans on its merchandise, forcing the company to issue an apology and retract the offensive products. The store named Sexy Tea shop, which has about
Women living in Saudi Arabia are now allowed to join the military in the wake of a ruling by the country’s Ministry of Defence. The armed forces is the most recent profession in the ultra-conservative nation to open its doors to women
The search for a British hiker who went missing in the Pyrenees last year has been suspended and is not likely to resume until spring, French police have said. “All possible investigations” in French territory have been carried out without any sign
Amanda Seyfried has one big regret about “ Mank ” Yes, the David Fincher film about “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz has earned her some of the best marks of her career and made her, for the first time, a top
The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week in the southern European country The arrest of Pablo Hasél has brought thousands to
Four women social workers were massacred on Monday by militants who ambushed their car in Pakistan’s restive mountainous tribal area of north Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan, as activists raised concerns over escalation in targeted killings. A counter operation has been launched in the
Elementary students in more than half of Germany’s 16 states returned to school Monday after more than two months at home, the first major relaxation of the country s pandemic measures since before Christmas. Kindergartens also reopened their doors for pre-school children,
China, which has been accused of genocide of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, on Monday said that the region, along with Tibet are ‘shining examples’ of human rights ‘progress’. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks on Monday while speaking at a foreign