1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (321+ words) Thailand’s oldest hippopotamus, Mae Mali, celebrated her 61st birthday surrounded by cheering zoo staff, visitors and plenty of fruit. The celebration featured a specially-prepared birthday cake, birthday songs and colourful decorations, with zoo staff and animal mascots joining enthusiastic visitors in…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (275+ words) Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered a nearly intact burial platform at Chan Chan – containing the remains of 38 individuals believed to have belonged to the Chimú elite. Footage released by Peru’s Ministry of Culture on Wednesday offers a rare look at…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (371+ words) Hong Kong’s first astronaut, Dr Lai Ka-ying, gave students a live look inside China’s Tiangong space station on Wednesday, beaming a 90-minute lesson from orbit to her alma mater and campuses across Hong Kong and Macao. Footage includes material broadcast…...

6+ day, 59+ min ago   (178+ words) Thousands of Tamil Hindu devotees flooded the streets of Harrow in northwest London on Sunday as a towering, brightly decorated chariot carrying Lord Ganesha rolled through the neighbourhood for the annual Shri Sithi Vinayagar Chariot Festival. Footage shows the chariot…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (236+ words) Towering flames ripped through stalls and semi-permanent structures in West Jakarta early Saturday, with strong winds whipping fire into giant swirling columns visible from hundreds of metres away. Footage shows huge flames twisting through structures as thick smoke billows high…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) Humanoid robots are intended to produce complex calculations, manoeuvre through complex obstacle courses, and perform movements with absolute accuracy. But as a recent viral video from China illustrates, even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence is not immune from a sudden…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (150+ words) Shifting Sands Threaten Ancient Pyramids Sudan’s ancient Al-Bajrawiya Pyramids are being swallowed by shifting sands, with war bringing restoration work at one of the country’s most important archaeological sites to a standstill. Footage captured on Monday shows the Al-Bajrawiya Pyramids,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis was convicted of rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder on Monday. The clerk read the verdict of the jury: “The verdict reads as follows. We, the jury in the above entitled case, find the defendant, Duane Keith Davis,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (321+ words) Stars flooded social media to pay tribute to the legendary country singer, Dolly Parton, who passed away on Tuesday, 25 August. Taylor Swift released a long statement to the media, part of which read, “A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (206+ words) A two-storey house crashed into a raging river in Pampanga on Friday after surging water eroded the riverbank beneath it. Footage shows heavy rain lashing the area around Sta. Rita and Sto. Cristo as the swollen river races past the…...