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Representative image credits: IANS At least 20 people died, and several remain missing after a boat capsized on Lake Maï-Ndombe in northwestern Congo, according to local residents. The vessel, traveling from the town of Kiri to the capital, Kinshasa, included a newly ordained Catholic deacon, the local Diocese said in a statement on Friday.The boat…
Is there really a lake in Africa that turns animals into stone? The idea sounds mythic, but it’s rooted in a striking natural phenomenon found at Lake Natron, a shallow, highly alkaline lake in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border. Over the past decade, photos of eerily preserved birds and bats along its shoreline…
Nestled on Middle Island in the Recherche Archipelago off Western Australia, Lake Hillier looks like a scene from a fantasy painting, a candy-pink body of water ringed by white salt crusts and eucalyptus woodland. Its colour has fascinated sailors, scientists and tourists since Matthew Flinders first noted “a small lake of a rose colour” in…
Ellie-Jean Coffey faces death threats after being falsely accused of defecating in India’s sacred lake video (Image via Getty) Australian surfing star Ellie-Jean Coffey is facing death threats after people in India wrongly accused her of defecating in a sacred lake. The 30-year-old posted a short Instagram video two days ago showing her urinating off…
Electronic Arts (EA), the creator of globally popular video games including “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is poised to exit public markets after agreeing to a $55 billion acquisition. The deal, one of the largest leveraged buyouts ever, will transfer EA into private ownership, giving the company room to restructure without the scrutiny of…
The bursting of a barrier lake in Taiwan’s eastern Hualien County has killed at least 14 people, officials said Wednesday, as rescue teams continued operations after Super Typhoon Ragasa unleashed torrential rains across the island.“As of 7 am (Wednesday), 14 people are confirmed dead and 18 were reported injured,” Lee Kuan-ting, a Hualien County Government…
Dal Lake (PTI file photo) During a routine cleaning of Dal Lake on Saturday, workers came across parts of a shell that had exploded there during Operation Sindoor in May.The Lake Conservation and Management Authority staff found the remains and handed them over to the nearest police station for examination and further action.On May 10,…
