Top of the Fortune Global 500 list this year is Wal-Mart Stores, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, BP, Toyota Motor, Japan Post Holdings, Sinopec, State Grid, AXA and China National Petroleum.
Oil companies were the highest revenue earners.
Read about other unknown companies who are big income earners…

Adding to the troubles of those struggling to fight the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, there is now a 20 foot geyser of oil spewing into Mud Lake, which is part of a network of bayous and lakes, north of Barataria Bay. This is an ecologically sensitive coastal estuary, which authorities have been fighting to save from the waves of oil from the Gulf spill.
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Ansel Adams is widely known as the iconic ‘father of American photography’ because of his lasting and innovative work with nature photography and landscapes. Read more…

Facts are often stranger than fiction. Take a look at these weird trees from around the world.
They include the Basket Tree, Giant Sequoias of California, Circus Tree, Chapel-Oak. Tule Tree and Baobab Trees - including one with a toilet built inside…

Paloma Werner, a boatie, in South Africa says her trip off the country’s picturesque southwestern coast was wrecked by an unexpected whack from a whale.
Read how the whale smashed their boat…

Carole Brayne, British professor, says her research reveals that for ‘each additional year of education’, there is a decreased risk of dementia development by 11%, as reported in the medical journal Brain.
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With four reported ambulance theft is a real concern, in just one week. Some estimates are that over 200 a year are stolen. Many of the thieves are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
A teenage man recently turned himself in to police officers, after stealing an ambulance that was out on an emergency call in Atlanta, Georgia. Read more…

The overuse of antibiotics in food animals is an argument that has raged since the early 2000s. In 2001 it was estimated that food animals received 20m pounds of antibiotics per year, compared to humans consuming only 3m pounds.
Read how America is about to ban all but the use of 7 antibiotics in food animals…

Once again, Laura Dekker, the would-be youngest solo around the world sailor, has been thwarted, as Dutch child protection services asked judges, in the Netherlands, to extend her supervision by 12 months.
Larua still plans to succeed before her 17th birthday…

After closing beaches on the Yellow Sea, China’s worst ever oil spill more than doubled in a week. Environmental officials warned the black gooey crude oil posed a ‘severe threat’ to sea life and water quality.
One fire fighter drowned in the black ooze…