The surviving inhabitants of a Soviet-era town in northeastern Kazakhstan where 456 bombs were detonated on their doorstep, have revealed the devastating impact the explosions had on their health, with cancer spiking along with severe birth defects.
Filmmakers Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor ventured to Kurchatov, which was a top secret town established in 1947 as the headquarters of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program. At the time, it was not even visible on maps due to the high level
Kate Middleton is recovering well and will be back by Easter, royal insiders have claimed – but they say she needs to be left in peace as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of Mother’s Day photo row.
Kate publicly took the blame for the family photograph released by Kensington Palace on Sunday as she issued an apology for the ‘confusion’.
It came after a public explosion of conspiracy theories, after six of the world’s top picture agencies including
Matildas captain Sam Kerr’s sporting career has hit a crossroads after an incredibly turbulent year that has seen her life take a staggering series of twists and turns.
The Chelsea striker has pleaded not guilty to a charge of racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, according to the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service.
Kerr was charged with causing a police officer harassment, alarm or distress arising from an alleged incident in Twickenham, south-west London, on January 30, 2023.
A Metropolitan
Chinese car maker MG Motor has unveiled its new MG3 supermini, and it might just be the replacement for the recently killed-off Ford Fiesta.
It comes more than a decade after the original MG3 launched and will be Britain’s most affordable hybrid car, as well as promising more space, a plusher interior and better eco credentials that could see it fill the void left by the nation’s most popular model of all time.
But this will come at a cost.
Whenever I meet someone new and they discover that, as a professor of psychology and neuroscience, I study memory for a living, the most common question I get is: ‘Why am I so forgetful?’
I often ask myself the same question. Daily, I forget names, faces, conversations, even what I’m supposed to be doing at any given time.
We all wring our hands over those moments. Forgetting remains one of the most puzzling and frustrating aspects of the human experience
At a dizzying height of 29,029 feet (8,848 metres), climbing Mount Everest is one of the greatest challenges on Earth.
But climbers are now creating an even bigger challenge for those who have to clean up after them as Mount Everest risks becoming the world’s highest garbage dump.
Experts estimate that there could be as much as 50 tonnes of rubbish left on the mountain, while Everest Base Camp churns out 75 tonnes of garbage every season.
The waste problem
A woman who left ‘nearly immobilized’ in a car accident nearly two decades ago has reinvented herself as a travel content creator and TV host, visiting 92 countries to date – and counting.
Pamela Holt, 54, has forged an identity as a self-described solo traveler – imagining ‘solo’ as an acronym for ‘seeking out life’s opportunities.’
But opening her mind to the possibility of endless adventure only followed a cataclysmic upheaval in her life.
In her mid-30s, the SoCal native
Taylor Swift was surrounded by her celebrity pals as she cheered boyfriend Travis Kelce to victory at Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII.
The Bad Blood singer, 34, rushed 5,500 miles across the globe from Tokyo, Japan, where she had been performing her Eras tour, to the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas where the Kansas City Chiefs were taking on the San Francisco 49ers.
As she entered the stadium she walked in surrounded by her inner circle, including Blake Lively, 36, with
This is the chilling moment a suspected acid attacker rams a car at a mother before taking a child wearing school uniform out of a car and slamming her to the floor ‘like he was in a wrestling ring’.
The disturbing footage shows a man running towards the driver’s door in Lessar Avenue, opposite Clapham Common, and getting inside before ploughing the white car into a woman, aged 31, as members of the public surround the vehicle and rush to
The Queen appeared in high spirits as she prepared to host a reception for authors, illustrators and binders who have been involved a new Miniature Library collection displayed alongside Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House – in celebration of its centenary year.
It was her first royal engagement since King Charles left the hospital yesterday. Camilla, 76, hosted the event at Windsor Castle, to commemorate one of the largest and most famous dolls’ houses in the world – built for King George
