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Blazing a trail of destruction

[2017-01-25 08:17]

Lambs suffered broken legs trying to escape the blaze that tore across Tarcila Becerra's land. Today there's nothing on the blackened soil left for the few chickens that survived to graze on, and horses whinny in a makeshift stable a few blocks from her ravaged home.

Pet pigeons return as IS militants take flight

[2017-01-25 08:17]

For the first time in over two years, flocks of white and gray pigeons can be seen circling Mosul's rooftops.

Bangladesh plants million trees to cut lightning deaths

[2017-01-25 08:17]

Bangladesh has begun planting 1 million palm trees to help prevent hundreds of people being killed by lightning strikes every year, a top official said on Tuesday.

VR makers turn Sundance green

[2017-01-25 08:17]

When consumers get excited about advances in virtual reality, they are usually thinking about videogaming, new and immersive movie-watching or - let's face it - pornography.

On the prowl for wandering big cats

[2017-01-25 08:17]

Kenyan authorities have fitted a tracking device onto one of the 36 lions that live in a wildlife park on the outskirts of the capital city, aiming to stop the animals coming into unwanted contact with people.

On horns of a dilemma as bullfighting returns

[2017-01-24 08:33]

Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police and harassed spectators attending a bullfight in Bogota on Sunday as the "fiesta brava" returned to Colombia's capital for the first time in four years.

Ribbon running out for India's typing tradition

[2017-01-24 08:33]

The end is coming, though admittedly it may not look that way at 10 am on a Tuesday morning, when dozens of young Indians have arrived for morning classes at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, and every battered Remington is clattering away.

Female animators draw back from sex bombs and nerd girls

[2017-01-24 08:33]

The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney's desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years, though for a long time almost all were men.

Hollywood set for Oscars picks with no big surprises

[2017-01-24 08:33]

All eyes will be on Hollywood on Tuesday as the list of nominees for this year's Oscars is unveiled with critical darlings La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea set to fare well.

Sailor stays cool in record attempt

[2017-01-24 08:33]

Lisa Blair set off from the Western Australian town of Albany on Monday as she attempts to be the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, non-stop and unassisted in less than 100 days.

Thrillseekers tread the boards in drone craze

[2017-01-23 07:47]

Skirted on all sides by snow-clad pine forests, Latvia's remote Lake Ninieris would be the perfect picture of winter tranquillity - were it not for the huge drone buzzing like a swarm of angry bees as it zooms above the solid ice surface.

Doctors call for alcohol ad ban

[2017-01-23 07:47]

A group of doctors in Australia has called for the nation's cricketing bodies to ban alcohol sponsorship, claiming it is negatively affecting children.