no comment Spectators watch William Shatner launch into space Hollywood's Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, has blasted into space and safely returned to Earth in a convergence of science fiction and science reality 14/10/2021
no comment Rockettes rehearse for live Christmas show The Radio City Rockettes dancers are busy rehearsing for their Christmas show in New York, which returns this year after being canceled last year due to the pandemic 14/10/2021
no comment Residents flee threat of new lava flow on La Palma Around 800 residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes as a lava flow on La Palma island advances. 13/10/2021
no comment Spanish city of Merida hosts festival to rekindle with its Roman-past Every year, Mérida re-enacts its Roman past by holding Emerita Lvdica, an event in which the city goes back to the 1st century AD, when the Romans lived in the city. 13/10/2021
no comment Local emergency declared as California battles devastating wildfires A major Southern California highway remained closed Wednesday and evacuation orders were in place from a growing blaze driven by intense winds that raised the risk of wildfires in much of the state. 13/10/2021
no comment Bosnian spinning house built to change views In Bosnia, a man built a house able to rotate on its foundation to please his wife's desire to change the view from her bedroom The builder reused electric motors and wheels of an old military transport vehicle to spin their new home. 13/10/2021
no comment Artificial Intelligence helps complete Beethoven Symphony The world premiere was presented last Saturday (9 October) in Bonn, Germany, the birth city of the legendary composer. It took two years for an international team of experts to complete the work. 13/10/2021
no comment Kim reviews powerful missiles at weapon convention North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed powerful missiles developed to launch nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland, as he vowed to build an “invincible” military to cope with what he called persistent U.S. hostility, state media reported Tuesday. 12/10/2021
no comment Royals attend military parade marking Spain's Day King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain presided over Spain's annual military parade in central Madrid Tuesday, in celebration of the country's national day. 12/10/2021
no comment Thousands locked down as La Palma volcano destroys cement works Aerials images from La Palma shows lava pouring down the slopes towards an industrial zone and destroying a cement works, raising fresh fears of toxic gases. 12/10/2021
no comment Washington grower wins California "Super Bowl" of pumpkin A Washington State grower won this year's 48th Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, held in Half Moon Bay, California. 12/10/2021
no comment Retrospective celebrates 25 years of Ron Mueck sculpture A new exhibition celebrating 25 years of sculpture by artist Ron Mueck is opening in London's Thaddaeus Ropac gallery. 12/10/2021
no comment Russians celebrate 65 years of the Volga GAZ-21 Russians have taken to the streets in an old Volga GAZ-21 in celebration of the car's 65th anniversary. 11/10/2021
no comment Greenpeace protest outside Downing Street Greenpeace activists put up an oil-splattered statue of Boris Johnson outside Downing Street on Monday, urging the prime minister to block the proposed development of a huge new oilfield off the Scottish coast. 11/10/2021
no comment Lava flow drags down big rocks in La Palma Drone footage showed huge rocks flowing down wide streams of lava from a Spanish volcano, almost three weeks after it first erupted. 11/10/2021
no comment Extinction Rebellion hold demo in The Hague Protesters from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion demonstrated in The Hague on Monday. 11/10/2021
no comment 'Have a bash!' - the World Conker Championships take place Over 2,000 people flocked to a small village in Northamptonshire, England to watch the return of the World Conker Championships. 11/10/2021
no comment Tens of thousands of Polish EU supporters demonstrate in Warsaw Large protests were held across Poland on Sunday in a show of support for the European Union after the nation's constitutional court ruled this week that the Polish constitution overrides some EU laws. 11/10/2021
no comment In the Israeli desert, astronauts simulate "life on Mars" Equipped with space suits, astronauts advance with heavy steps towards a Martian station erected in a crater in Israel. 10/10/2021
no comment Thousands decry president, instability in Tunisia Several thousand demonstrators gathered in central Tunis on Sunday to protest against President Kaïs Saied's "exceptional measures", which his critics have called a "coup". 10/10/2021
