A photograph provided by Xiangshan police of the missing 9-year-old girl Zhang Zixin. (Xiangshan police) Zhang recalled how the tenants claimed to want to make Zixin a flower girl at a wedding in Shanghai and despite his objections, led the girl away the following morning. For three days he was able to stay in contact with…
Ever since the space shuttle program ended in 2011, American astronauts bound for the International Space Station have had to hitch a ride with the Russians. It’s a costly arrangement—$75 million per seat—and depends on cordial relations between Moscow and Washington. That’s why the US space program has made it a priority to return crewed…
A helicopter crash at Hayward Executive airport left a flight instructor dead and a student pilot injured. (hayward-ca.gov) Hayward Executive Airport general manager Doug McNeeley told the East Bay Times that the helicopter was being used for an instructional flight. He said two male occupants – an instructor and a student pilot – were inside…
Petfluencers rule the internet. Can Emma Beddington transform her gloomy pet into a social media sensation? Grumpy Cat, the internets favourite seemingly furious feline, handbag dogs, luxury cat hotels. Animal influencers have real financial clout, attracting brand partnerships, sponsors and merchandising opportunities. Its easy to see why. Animals dont get gropey at parties or turn…
Turbulence – the stomach-churning, panic-sparking, coffee-spiller of the skies – what exactly are you? And how scared of you should I be? Even for seasoned jet-setters who are comfortable sitting in a cramped aluminum tube flying through the sky at 10,000 meters (33,000 feet) next to a screaming child, turbulence can be an unnerving experience. As you might have…
Forty-three kilometers (27 miles) off the coast of San Francisco lies the rugged, isolated Farallon Islands. The environmentally sensitive habitat is home to the largest seabird breeding colony in the contiguous US; every year, 350,000 birds from 13 different species come to rest on the islands, as do rare species such as the Farallon arboreal salamander…
SALTO DE AGUA, MexicoHaving trod a clandestine path through the rugged hills from the border with Guatemala, migrants arrive weary and worn out at the Santa Marta shelter in this scruffy railway stop. The route here was rife with risks of robbery, kidnap and rape, but its taken by more and more migrants as immigration…
MoD says destroyer will be deployed within days to protect British commercial oil tankers The UK is stepping up its military presence in the Gulf by sending a second warship to the region to protect British commercial oil tankers, the Ministry of Defence has said. The HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, will be deployed…
Derrick Halsey, a wildlife capture specialist known as a “mugger,” hands off a kid mountain goat to Olympic National Park Wildlife Branch Chief Patti Happe Tuesday, July 9, 2019, after airlifting the goat and two others to Hurricane Ridge in the park near Port Angeles, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) COLORADO OFFICIALS WARN HUMANS TO NOT…
(CNN)Three guests who stayed at a prominent downtown Atlanta hotel have become sick with Legionnaires’ disease, prompting an investigation of the hotel on Monday, officials said. The hotel has voluntarily shuttered its doors until the source of infection is found and remediation is complete,Nydam said. More than 400 guests have been relocated to nearby hotels,…