An American satellite was launched on Thursday to investigate the edge of the atmosphere, the outer shell of the earth. There, more than a hundred kilometers above our heads, the atmosphere slowly merges into the infinity of the universe.
The 31-year-old Briton who was found dead last year in his bedroom in Hampshire appears to have been killed by his own python. This is evident from months of research by the coroner.
Several people were injured, probably after a volcano erupted at a ski resort in Japan. One skier was surprised by an avalanche after the eruption on Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, but he is now in safety, reports national broadcaster NHK.
A landslide in Colombia has killed at least 13 people. The victims were in a bus that fell through the avalanche into a ravine. There is a baby among the dead, reports the emergency response service.
The fatal heart attack to which the American rock musician Tom Petty (66) died last October, according to the autopsy, was caused by an 'involuntary overdose of medication'. According to the report of the physician that Friday (local time) was revealed there were traces of seven substances in his blood.
Oil and gas company Shell has applied for a taxi service in London.
After the girl rock group Pussy Riot, who spent some time in a prison camp in Moscow in 2012 after their punk prayer with colored balaclavas, Russia is under the spell of Homo Riot.
Singapore arrested seventeen people because of possible involvement in the theft of oil from a Shell refinery. The arrests were made at several incursions on Sunday, after Shell had reported the theft in August, reports the police. At the raids, millions of cash money were seized.
In the heavy bus accident in Peru, at least 52 people were killed in the end. The emergency services have announced this after the rescue operation has ended. The bodies of a 79-year-old and 22-year-old woman were the last to be recovered. At least six people survived the accident and are treated in the hospital for their injuries.
The death toll of the bus accident in Peru has risen to 36. This was reported by the Ministry of Health of the South American country. A bus with about fifty passengers hit a road along a rock and landed one hundred meters lower upside down on a beach near the town of Pasamayo, north of the capital Lima.
More than forty people were killed by a road accident in Peru. A bus with about fifty passengers hit a road along a rock and landed one hundred meters lower upside down on a beach near the town of Pasamayo, north of the capital Lima.
A catastrophe and a Christmas wonder at the same time: the village of Vals in Tirol has been shut down by a landslide from the outside world. A huge, loose mass of stone masses down the access road. None of the 150 inhabitants present were injured.
Is the elongated, red-colored object of 400 meters long and 40 meters that was spotted in October by astronomers a space probe that was built by extraterrestrials? Or is it an ordinary piece of space rock? A group of scientists hopes to receive an answer to that question.
The French rocker Johnny Hallyday died at the age of 74. He died of the effects of cancer. His wife brought out the news.
Amnesty International calls on Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to conduct a criminal investigation into the role of Shell in crimes committed by the Nigerian government against the Ogoni community in the 1990s.
Just two years after attacks in Paris, the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal has given a surprise appearance in the French capital. The band was on the 13th of November 2015 in Bataclan concert venue when 90 people were shot by terrorists.
You know them: the perfect holiday slides on Facebook and Instagram. For example, a rock formation in the Norwegian Trolltunga is one of them. The mountain extends beautifully above the lake Ringedalsvatnet. Yet, this tourist plaster appears to be an illusion.
The American rock band Foo Fighters will be coming to Pinkpop next year. The band is the first name released by the organization for the 49th edition.
George Young, the older brother of AC / DC founders Angus and Malcolm, died at the age of 70. On his site, the Australian band writes that George Young was the mentor of the group. 'Without his help and support, there had never been an AC / DC.'
Director Guy Elliott has immediately escorted Shell due to fraud in his time as financial topman at Rio Tinto mining company.
The woman who, as an oldest woman, ever went out of marathon, died at the age of 94. American media reported that Harriette Thompson succumbed to the injuries she suffered from a fall when she handed presents to neighbors.
The Egyptian police arrested seven people who had taken a rainbow flag to a rock concert. Sources within security services say the group is suspected of promoting 'sexually abusive behavior', a euphemism for homosexuality.
The parties in the House of Representatives have reacted badly on Wednesday evening to the increase of the care premium next year by about 10 euros. This increase stems from the plan of the coalition in order to freeze the risk of EUR 385 next year.
With the iPhone X, Apple engineers delivered the most powerful smartphone all the time. The fact that it took only ten years to get there since the very first iPhone, is due in part to a number of Dutch companies.
Paul McClean, a 25-year-old journalist, was drawn into a lagoon in Sri Lanka by a crocodile.
A man who ran the fire on Saturday night at a ceremony at the Burning Man festival in the desert in the US Nevada died of his injuries on Sunday. Firemen tried to save the man when he introduced the bonfire.
Walter Becker, guitarist and co-founder of Steely Dan, died on Sunday at the age of 67. He leaves a rich oeuvre.
In California, a forest fire blocks one of the access roads to the famous Yosemite Natural Park. Highway 41 was closed on Thursday due to the fire seas between Oakhurst and the national park. Over three hundred firemen fight the flames. Their work is hampered by the summer heat and the drought.
Rescuers are in a remote valley in the Swiss canton of Graubünden looking for eight people who have disappeared after a landslide. According to the authorities, there are people from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The topman of oil company Chevron John Watson leaves. That reports the Wall Street Journal. This month, Chevron would officially confirm the departure.
