Most tourist attractions leave visitors with photographs and memories, but one state park in the United States gives them the chance to uncover a natural diamond and take it home. The latest success story came when Florida couple Scott and Jennifer Freitas discovered a 3.36-carat white diamond, now named the Dash Diamond, during a visit … Read more
A British Airways pilot has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison after admitting to raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he contacted through Instagram, BBC reported.Kwame Yeboah, 30, pleaded guilty to three counts of rape of a girl under 13 and one count of sexual assault. He was sentenced to eight … Read more
UK Home Office data shows over 50,000 illegal migrants, including 1,200 foreign offenders, listed as absconders/Image: Sky News More than 50,000 illegal migrants, including around 1,200 foreign national offenders, have been recorded as missing from the UK’s immigration system after failing to maintain contact with authorities, according to a report by The Telegraph.The newspaper reported … Read more
Eligible Filipino travellers can now obtain a UAE visa on arrival, simplifying entry and boosting tourism / Image – file Thousands of Filipino travellers now have a simpler way to enter the UAE.Starting June 25, eligible Philippine passport holders can obtain a UAE visa on arrival instead of applying for a visa before travelling. The … Read more
Etihad Rail has opened passenger bookings with half-price launch fares / Image – file The countdown to one of the UAE’s most anticipated transport projects has officially entered its final stage.Etihad Rail has opened ticket bookings for its first passenger train service, giving residents and visitors the chance to secure seats ahead of the June … Read more
When the Pacific Ocean carried the effects of a powerful earthquake away from Russia’s far eastern coast in late July, most attention focused on the tsunami warnings issued across the region. Less visible was an unusual scientific opportunity unfolding hundreds of kilometres above the waves. By chance, a satellite designed to monitor Earth’s water systems … Read more
A routine day at a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire has led to one of Britain’s most significant dinosaur discoveries in decades. Hidden beneath layers of clay, hundreds of fossilised footprints have emerged from a landscape that existed around 166 million years ago, when the region lay beside a warm, shallow lagoon rather than rolling countryside. … Read more
In 1995, Yellowstone National Park became the centre of a conservation experiment that would later be celebrated across the world. Fourteen grey wolves were reintroduced after an absence of nearly 70 years, with many ecologists crediting their return for triggering a remarkable ecological recovery. The story became a textbook example of a “trophic cascade”, where … Read more
The landscape along the western edge of the Peloponnese has never stayed entirely still. Coastlines shifted, wetlands expanded and receded, and places that once sat beside open water gradually became trapped within layers of mud and reeds. Ancient writers recorded many of these locations with surprising confidence, yet centuries of environmental change often left later … Read more
Snap sued over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat. Photo credit: AP Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is facing a lawsuit in Missouri, US, after the parents of a girl alleged that features on the social media platform enabled an adult man to contact, groom and sexually assault their daughter … Read more