It feels like stepping onto another planet. Some 90% of all the ice on the globe is locked into Antarctica. If all of it melted, the oceans would rise by 70m (230ft). That might not be on the cards, but fundamental...
The zoo in Gaza, which was badly damaged in the Israeli offensive, now only has about 10 animals left - they used to have about 400. Much of what is left includes Ostrich feathers on the ground and the burnt...
created by Amy Judd | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 401 views | 33 recommendations | 11 comments
Thousands of China's toy makers have shut down their factories in the busiest time of year, the run up to Christmas, because of the world economic crisis.Summer and autumn are usually the busiest times of year for...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 142 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
According to new research, more than half of all amphibians (frogs, toads and newts) living in Europe could go extinct within 40 years as a result of climate change, diseases and habitat destruction. Most...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 221 views | 5 recommendations | 6 comments
Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...
So, stage one is you lose touch with your audience. Stage two is you lose readership. Stage three is your advertisers run. Stage four is your valuations plummet. Stage five is the analysts...
created by Leonard Brody | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 460 views | 7 recommendations | 6 comments
Wendy Alexander, the Scottish Labour leader who ran into some trouble over campaign contributions last week, has resigned. The Labour Party in the UK is now scrambling to find a successor for her, but it will be...
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"BEICHUAN, China (AP) — The search for survivors in the rubble of China's powerful earthquake grew bleak Sunday, with rescuers in some areas no longer listening for trapped victims.There were a few tales of...
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" Bernanke offers bleak view on U.S. economy By Michael M. Grynbaum Published: April 2, 2008 "Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, presented hisbleakest assessment yet of the economy on...
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Congratulation to novelist Alison 'A.L.' Kennedy for her Costa 'Book of the Year' Award win. As a sometime stand-up comedian, however, her book doesn't sound quite like the 'pick me up' one might imagine could...
Since striking sci-fi gold with her starring role as Agent Dana Scully on the X-Files, Gillian Anderson has been trying to expand her range. First, there was her moody attempt to speak/sing over earnest 90s...
" The New York Times may be having more trouble with its publishing company. The company has frozen new hiring, and has also cut a “small amount” of newsroom jobs. No journalists have lost their jobs (yet),...
created by comoms | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 483 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"Buy-to-let landlords could trigger a house price crash as increasing numbers sell their properties because of higher interest rates and fears of price falls.
According to property website landlord.co.uk, many are panic-selling, fearing a bleak winter for the housing market....
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"October 19, 1987, is known as Black Monday, the day the New York Stock Exchange suffered the worst crash in history, with a banf that echoed around the world. The Dow Jones Index (the Dow in short) then sank 22.6...
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