While Beijing drivers are used to delays and traffic jams, when it comes to a nine day, non stop epic traffic jam, even the sturdiest driver’s nerves become frayed. On some days the traffic creeps no more than a third of a mile.
It is though illegal coal mining is at the bottom of it…

While attempting to land on an island in the Caribbean, a Colombian passenger plane was reportedly hit by lightning just before it crashed.
Read how the only death occurred from an apparent heart attack…

Scientists have recently confirmed that Vanuatu was host to a never-before-viewed supersize animal, in the genus Meiolania, (giant horned turtles). It was pushed to extinction by humans, on the 80 tropical island archipelago of Vanautu, in the north west corner of the South Pacific.
Read how Vanuatu is home to many more giants…

The vast majority of people are being led, to believe, through a well circulated email, that the first three digits of the bar code on food packets, shows the country of origin, of the contents. This would unfortunately appear to be another ‘urban legend’.
Read how the barcode only refers to the origin of the packager or processor, not the actual product…

When a single engine Piper crashed landed on an Alaskan glacier there was double trouble.
Read how a rescue of five turned into a rescue of 12 people…

The latest surveys show that newspapers in particular, are on the endangered species list.
Read how people prefer to get their news…

A crate of Shackleton’s Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a hundred years, was opened recently. The heritage dram however, won’t be enjoyed by whisky lovers because it’s being preserved for its historical significance.
Read what will happen to this very special whiskey…

It appears that Internet scammers will use anything they can get their greedy hands on to get information illegally, from church funding to man made disasters.
Read the latest email being circulated…

A Belgium man has become the first victim of a antibiotic drug-resistant superbug, which originated in South East Asia.
Fears are the bug has spread worldwide, as cases discovered in Australia…

Eastern and southern Australia has been ravaged by swarms of locusts, since April, following the recent floods. Locusts are one of the most destruct pests on earth, found on all continents of world, except the Arctic regions.
They have caused millions of dollars of damage in Australia…