Satellite images shows ash covering St Vincent island Satellite imagery shot before and after the eruption of a volcano on the tiny eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent showed ash covering the settlement ... News Lens • 11 hrs
Date offers for author after mother's online assistance An author in the United States has received date offers after his mother announced "he's single" to an online conference with a synagogue about his ... News Lens • 19 hrs
Why tighter gun control laws are unlikely in the US US President Joe Biden announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States last week, but more ambitious steps will be harder to ... News Lens • 20 hrs
Bitche is back on Facebook following mistake by censors The French town of Bitche is celebrating its return to Facebook, three weeks after censors took down its page, believing the name to be an ... News Lens • 13 Apr
Spanish school turns to beach classes to combat Covid After a year of remote learning and socially distanced classrooms, one school in the Spanish region of Murcia is looking outdoors, trying to combine clear ... News Lens • 13 Apr
Biden turns to canine school to solve Major problem The US President's boisterous young dog, Major, is leaving the White House again, this time for extra schooling in how to behave more like a ... News Lens • 13 Apr
'World's largest rabbit' stolen from its home A rabbit proclaimed the biggest in the world has been stolen from its home in England. News Lens • 12 Apr
25,000 apply for 'Covid test' holiday to Greek resort Almost 200 Dutch tourists traded lockdown in the Netherlands for eight days of sunshine and relaxation in a Greek beach resort, as part of a ... News Lens • 12 Apr
Cambodians condemn photo-editing of genocide victims Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide have condemned a decision to publish colourised images that featured victims of the genocide, with some ... News Lens • 12 Apr
Russians celebrate 60 years since Gagarin's spaceflight Russians are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight to space carried out by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, as the Soviet hero remains one ... News Lens • 12 Apr
Brazil building new Christ statue, taller than Rio's A giant new statue of Christ being constructed in southern Brazil will rise even higher than the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks Rio ... News Lens • 10 Apr
Hands-free: Monkey plays video game - with its brain Elon Musk's startup devoted to meshing brains with computers was closer to its dream yesterday, having gotten a monkey to play video game Pong using ... News Lens • 10 Apr
Gobsmacked: Italian harbour swarmed by jellyfish What do you call a grouping of jellyfish? Residents in the northern Italian port town of Trieste found out on Wednesday when a 'smack' of ... News Lens • 09 Apr
Egyptologists uncover 'lost golden city' near Luxor Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor that they say is the "largest" ever found in Egypt and ... News Lens • 09 Apr
5 things we learned from the latest Covid-19 briefings Both the HSE and the National Public Health Emergency Team have held press briefings on a day when the one millionth dose of a Covid-19 ... News Lens • 08 Apr
Track Record - Model train plays tunes on 2,840 glasses At Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland museum, shut during Germany's coronavirus lockdown, a model train chugs along a track lined with thousands of water-filled glasses, tapping out ... News Lens • 08 Apr
Spanish energy company sued over deaths of birds Prosecutors in Barcelona are suing energy giant Endesa for the deaths of hundreds of birds electrocuted by its high-wire power lines, court documents show. News Lens • 07 Apr
Mexican election candidate launches campaign in coffin A Mexican congressional candidate launched his election campaign in a coffin to highlight the country's many thousands of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related ... News Lens • 07 Apr
Takeaway demands fuel rush on ketchup sachets Americans may soon have to forgo ketchup on their burgers and chips, with manufacturers struggling to keep up with demand for single-use packets as restaurants ... News Lens • 07 Apr
French winemakers light up vineyards overnight French winemakers have lit candles and burned bales of straw to try to protect their vineyards from sharp spring frosts, with the forecast of more ... News Lens • 07 Apr
Dutch cargo ship adrift off Norway following rescue The crew of a Dutch cargo ship was evacuated in stormy weather off the coast of Norway late yesterday, leaving the abandoned vessel adrift and ... News Lens • 06 Apr
Norwegian fails in bid to ski around quarantine A Norwegian who tried to ski around his country's virus quarantine system by skiing back from Sweden had to be rescued after bad weather thwarted ... News Lens • 05 Apr
Over-80s are vaccinated on a vaporetto in Venice The city of Venice began vaccinating some of its elderly residents on a vaporetto - the public water buses are the most convenient method of ... News Lens • 05 Apr
'Secret luxury dining' claims leave sour taste in Paris A report by a French television channel alleging "clandestine" luxury dinners in Paris despite the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked an investigation and a political furore ... Coronavirus • 05 Apr
Egypt's pharaohs paraded to new resting place A procession of floats carried the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, through Cairo on Saturday evening, to a new ... World • 05 Apr
