With Nepal’s snowy Himalayan peaks as a backdrop, the sky above Pokhara transformed into a vibrant canvas of colours for the country’s first hot-air balloon […]
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Dutch discover rare 500-year-old wooden shoe
Archaeologist Silke Lange and a co-worker handle a 16th-century Dutch clog, which was found in a cesspool in Alkmaar, at a laboratory in Zaandam, Netherlands, […]
Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost
Researchers stand behind glass fencing as they show the carcass of a baby mammoth during a demonstration in laboratory of Mammoth Museum at the North-Eastern […]
90-year-old weightlifting granny garners cheers, health benefits at gym
Cheng Chen Chin-Mei, 90, lifts 45kg as she breaks her personal record, at a weightlifting competition in Taipei, Taiwan December 21, 2024. — Reuters TAIPEI: […]
‘Amphibious mouse’ among 27 new species discovered in Peru’s Amazon
A specimen of spiny mouse (Scolomys sp), a species discovered on a Conservation International Rapid Assessment expedition into the Alto Mayo Landscape in Peru, is […]
Oregon city asks residents to stop sticking googly eyes on art pieces
Two of the statues in the city of Bend, Oregon pictured with googly eyes sticking on them. — Facebook/City of Bend, Oregon Government US city […]
Ancient mummies with gold tongues discovered in Egypt
Image shows gold tongues and gold nails that were found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. — Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The discovery of 13 ancient mummies […]
Letter mailed to address in Australian city takes over 10,500-mile detour
A postal worker makes a delivery in London, Britain, July 21, 2022. — Reuters A resident of Penarth, a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, was […]
New Yorkers revisit mid-1900s with return of iconic ‘R1-9’ subway cars
A woman waits to ride the Holiday Nostalgia Train in New York on December 8, 2024. — AFP Nearly a century after the New York […]
Norway on track to build $46bn world’s longest, deepest road tunnel
A representational image shows the Lærdal Tunnel in Norway. — Instagram/@martin_heck Norway is poised to construct the world’s longest and deepest underwater road tunnel, named […]