Powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off of Japan and Russia Underwater earthquake happened 100 miles below the ocean’s surface  There have been no reports or serious damage and no danger of a tsunami  Local news channel showed video monitors and shelves shaking at its office  A huge earthquake hit Japan’s northern coast today, but there were no reports of serious damage […]

A HUGE treasure hunt is to be launched to find the wreckage of a "cursed" galleon which went down carrying billions in gold, silver and precious gems. Spain and Mexico have agreed to join forces to search for the legendary Nuestra Señora del Juncal,  which sank in a storm nearly 400 years ago. It disappeared to the bottom of the […]

‘You heard all these screams, the poor sods’: British ex-prisoner of war, 100, who survived Dresden bombing tells how ‘vile’ air raid 75 years ago turned thousands of bodies into ‘a gooey mess’ and changed him ‘into a psychopath’ Victor Gregg was in a prisoner of war camp in Dresden on February 13 1945 Between 35,000 & 135,000 people were […]

Incredible moment tradie called ‘Slab’ brings gecko back to life by performing CPR on the tiny lizard after it almost drowned in his beer A man, nicknamed Slab, found a gecko in his beer after a cigarette outside a pub He thought staff had put the lizard in his drink as a prank but found out otherwise The tradie immediately […]

House prices finally start to climb as ‘Boris bounce’ boosts buyers following Tories’ thumping election win Industry insiders said it’s the first time they’ve seen price rises since July 2018 Buyer inquiries, agreed sales and new instructions all picked up over January ‘Buyers and sellers are mobilising across the country and we’ve been bowled over by the wave of new […]

Paleontologists have discovered the oldest known tyrannosaur species seen in North America. The researchers describe the dinosaur in a new study — they named it Thanatotheristes degrootorum, which means "reaper of death" in Greek. This predator lived 12 million years before the T. rex did, and was 10 feet shorter in length. The finding reveals how T. rex's older relatives […]

A labeling mix-up was to blame for a San Diego hospital mistakenly releasing a patient infected with the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it mistakenly believed the woman was among a group at UC San Diego Medical Center whose samples tested negative for the coronavirus — because the agency and hospital were using […]

Medics are ‘psychologically affected’ by caring for four-month-old boy they say has been technically dead since October as parents beg judges not to withdraw life support Court of Appeal judges today presiding over whether to continue life support  High Court judges in Manchester last month ruled the baby is brain dead  His parents Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq say he is […]

A crazed otter burst into a family’s home, then savaged a 17 year-old girl who lives there. The water-dwelling mammal chased Gwyneth Ewert’s French bulldog Scooter back into his home in Lakeland, Florida, last Tuesday before savaging the teen herself. Gwyneth’s mother Casina Ewert recalled: ‘(Gwyneth) tried to shut the door, and it pushed its way in, hissing and screaming.’ […]

A UNIVERSITY president and female employee have been arrested in a "dark web" prostitution sting. William Bynum Jr., president of Mississippi’s Jackson State University, and Shonda McCarthy, director of the university's art galleries, were among 17 people arrested over the weekend, according to Clinton Police. Police reeled the suspects in – during a two-day operation – with an online ad […]