A house close to a restaurant in the city of Bastogne, near the Luxembourg border, exploded just before 9pm (8pm BST). Benoît Lutgen, the city’s mayor, said two people were seriously injured, while three others had less severe injuries. A severely wounded person was taken to hospital by helicopter which […]
Daily Archives: August 29, 2017
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Arsenal were weighing up a number of options after a day in which both Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling were discussed as possible makeweights in the deal for Sanchez. But City would rather a straight cash transfer and have put in a formal £50million bid to test the resolve of […]
NOAA-trained marine mammal responders collect a sample from the exhalation of a humpback whale, entangled in the anchor line of a small cruise ship, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, near the mouth of Tracy Arm, Alaska. The humpback whale became entangled in the anchor line south of Juneau, getting stuck […]
New rumours today suggest that the official PlayStation Plus September 2017 lineup has been leaked. Sony have yet to confirm what they have planned for next month, but it appears that a rogue advert might have given it away. A screenshot of the official-looking PlayStation ad was taken online, being […]
During an impromptu speech to a crowd of hundreds, the US President got up on a ladder between two fire trucks outside the Annaville fire station. Using a microphone and an amp he was just audible over the wind and the cheering. The President said: “We love you, you are […]
The books may now be behind the TV show, but both rival Queens Cersei and Daenerys are both still very much alive, for now. Martin’s The Winds of Winter, the penultimate book in A Song of Ice and Fire, has gone through a number of delays over the last few […]
Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the massive rafts of fire ants floating in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. These aren’t your typical congregations of fire ants, either. Nature, almost comedic in its cruelty, has made it so their painful, blistering stings are much more potent than usual. Solenopsis invicta […]
When North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward northern Japan’s Hokkaido Island late Monday, its trajectory was initially unclear. Fearing the worst, the Japanese government interrupted television programming and issued digital alerts advising locals to find shelter. Though the missile ultimately flew over Japan and landed in the northern Pacific […]