Austrian skydiver and extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has died in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to local media. The 56-year-old shot to global fame in 2012 with his record-breaking free-fall from space. Austrian extreme athlete Felix weiterlesen...
INDIA: Boeing aircraft in the spotlight following Air India crash
India and South Korea have ordered comprehensive checks of Boeing aircraft following the Ahmedabad crash which killed 260 people. A preliminary report indicates fuel switches moving to cutoff position just before impact. The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing weiterlesen...
AUSTRALIA: German backpacker explains how she got lost in Australia
Carolina Wilga thanked Australians for their help, saying she made it out of the wilderness because of the "outpouring of support." She had spent 11 nights in Australia's remote Outback. German backpacker Carolina Wilga thanked her "rescuer and angel" in weiterlesen...
SCANDINAVIA: British campers increasingly choose Sweden
Brits love camping in Sweden: The Scandinavian country recorded a remarkable 120,189 camping guest nights from the United Kingdom from January to May this year. This represents an increase of almost 10%, compared to the same period in 2024. Interest in camping and cabin holidays in Sweden is particularly strong, with 14% of travellers in weiterlesen…
MUSIC: Live Aid at 40 – Hope, hype and hard questions
Though often seen as a moment of unity, Live Aid wasn’t devoid of cultural blind spots. What is today’s view of the global gig that made history? “It’s 12 noon in London, 7 a.m. in Philadelphia, and around the world it’s time for Live Aid.” This television announcement on July 13, 1985, heralded over 16 hours weiterlesen…
INDIA: Air India crash linked to sudden fuel switch shutdown
A preliminary report into the June 12 crash in Ahmedabad shows the fuel control switches, used to shut down the engines, were moved to the cutoff position. A preliminary report into last month’s Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad found the aircraft engines’ fuel control switches shifted from “run” to “cutoff” within a second of each other, causing weiterlesen…
Guardian Australia: German backpacker found alive after 12 days missing in remote Australian bushland
German backpacker Carolina Wilga has been found alive after going missing 12 days ago in remote Western Australian bushland. According to the Guardian Australia, Western Australia police’s Martin Glynn told reporters on Friday evening that the 26-year-old had been located walking on a bush track on the edge of the reserve where she had gone weiterlesen…
NEUSEELAND: “Herr der Knochen” Peter Jackson will gigantische Moa-Vögel genetisch wiederbeleben helfen
Erfolgsregisseur Peter Jackson (Herr der Ringe- und Gollum-Filme) will die genetische Wiederbelebung des ausgestorbenen Riesenvogels Neuseelands, Moa, finanzieren helfen. Fossilien-Fan (“Herr der Knochen”) und Oscar-Preisträger Jackson besitzt eine der größten privaten Sammlungen von Moa-Knochen und hat sich mit dem amerikanischen Biotech-Unternehmen Colossal zusammengetan, teilt die New Zealand Society UK mit. Colossal plant, den Moa „wiederzubeleben“ weiterlesen…
