Archive for the ‘World News’ Category

It is interesting how parents can be competitive when it is about their kids. They will always do maximal efforts to ensure their kid is the best in neighborhood. That is not just because of natural-born sense for care it is also the matter of competition with other parents. It seems that competitions like this one are perfect place for parents to show how their kid ... Full story

Indian authorities have captured a Pakistani pigeon which allegedly was a part of unknown spy network in India. Local residents of the Punjab state in India have captured a white pigeon and handled it to police forces. The pigeon is accused to be a spying tool since he had written a telephone number and address which refers to Pakistan. Pigeon is now held in prison where he ... Full story

Traffic accidents are taking hundreds of lives worldwide every day. Even countries like Switzerland are struggling with this problem. Recently there was a national campaign against fast driving lead by a few of organizations. They had different methods of promoting their anti-speeding messages. One of methods to reach the public and to make them think about what could happen was pretty bizarre. They hired a man ... Full story

For all of those who like 'Benjamins' there are some interesting news about their favorite bill. It seems that Benjamins are going to get some new look and additional security measures. The United States Treasury has released a brand new design of $100 bill. The main change is made in order to improve security of those bills. The new security feature will be called ... Full story

Local authorities in Hvolsvollur, in Iceland have confirmed that a volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier has begun today. It is reported that some farms in the Fljótshlíð are evacuated but volcano isn't a threat to inhabited areas. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano is known as active central volcano and his last eruption was recorded about 189 years ago. Local authorities are concerned about the fact that volcano could ... Full story

Sandstorm is something what you really don't want to experience, especially if you are outside of your home. Sandstorms are common in China but you don't see every day a city like Beijing hit with such weather. Chinese capital, Beijing, today was covered with a sand because of a sandstorm that plagued northwestern China in the past few weeks. Sandstorm hit the Capital of China bringing tons ... Full story

About 10,000 couples attended at mass wedding ceremony which was held in Goyang near Seoul, South Korea. Thousands of couples from about 20 different countries celebrated their wedding together. Mass weddings are nice way to save the money and cut huge expenses of wedding celebration but I still believe a very small private wedding celebration is way more better way to celebrate the marriage.... Full story

I have been wondering for a while what would that 'human spider' Alain Robert do if he visited Dubai? He recently decided to take another crazy adventure and to climb another tall building in neighboring Abu Dhabi. Alain Robert climbed the tallest 38-storey building in Abu Dhabi and huge crowd gathered there to watch him. As usual, he didn't use any ropes or other devices. We ... Full story

We have written earlier about wishing spheres in Singapore which were set up to float in Singapore River as a part of New Year's celebration. It seems that these days a lot of people out there are trying to celebrate the New Year in their own unique way. Fireworks are definitely out of fashion. Sao Paulo's Commercial Association have organized an event where a thousands ... Full story

If you were in Singapore today you could see that there is happening something pretty unusual on the Singapore River. Thousands of  "wishing spheres" are taking a part of an art installation that took the place on the Singapore River on December 18. Thousands of people wrote down their New Year wishes on those "wishing spheres". There were few "wishing stations" located in Singapore where you ... Full story