Thai refuse workers battle mountains of floating garbage
Nov. 11 – Garbage collectors in Thailand are battling tonnes of floating garbage in the flood-stricken country.
Nov. 11 – Garbage collectors in Thailand are battling tonnes of floating garbage in the flood-stricken country.
(Reuters) – Police said they had arrested more than 170 members of the right-wing English Defense League (EDL) on Friday near an Armistice Day ceremony in central London amid fears they were trying to...
(Reuters) – Italy’s parliament began rushing through austerity measures demanded by the European Union to avert a euro zone meltdown, after U.S. President Barack Obama ratcheted up pressure for more dramatic action from the currency bloc....
An experiment to recreate the extreme conditions of the centre of the Earth was officially opened on Thursday. The ID24 beam line at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) will use X-ray beams to...
Commissioning of a controversial planned nuclear plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been delayed by a few months, officials have told the BBC. Kudankulam plant Chief Superintendent MK Balaji said that...
The US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said a military strike against Iran could have “unintended consequences”. He said it would only delay Iran’s nuclear efforts by three years at most. Correspondents say the...
(AP) DETROIT – An area with one of the largest Muslim communities outside the Middle East is bracing itself for a 24-hour prayer rally by a group that counts Islam among the ills facing...
Fire tornadoes occur when intense heat causes air to rise and combine with whirling eddies of air. It consists of a core, and an invisible pocket of rotating air. Because of the intense heat,...
A homeless shelter that has been housing more than 100 “Occupy Atlanta” protesters has tested positive for tuberculosis (TB), WGCL-TV reported Thursday. At least two people at the Atlanta shelter have contracted the air-borne...
Spain‘s Civil Protection for Volcanic Risk has closed two beaches on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands because of potentially toxic gasses emanating from an underwater volcano off the island’s shore....