Seeing Is Disbelieving
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true,” said philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. The story of the Israelites illustrates how easy it is to be
Former ‘heaviest woman’ Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty dies
Image copyright Saifee Hospital Image caption Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty rose to the world's attention after an online campaign to help her An Egyptian woman once believed to be the world's heaviest has died in the United Arab Emirates.Eman
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe calls snap election
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Abe's polling figures have risen after several months in the doldrums Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an election a year early and will dissolve parliament on Thursday.Mr Abe said he was seeking
German election: AfD vows to fight ‘invasion of foreigners’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLeaders and protesters react to the election result Germany's right-wing, nationalist AfD party has vowed to fight "an invasion of foreigners" into the country, after winning its first parliamentary seats."We want a
Whale exhumed from Australian beach after backlash
Image copyright Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Image caption An excavator removes the carcass from a beach in New South Wales A humpback whale has been exhumed from an Australian beach following a protest by locals who feared it would attract sharks.The
After the vote
Image copyright AFP Image caption Mrs Merkel's task of forming a coalition could take months Angela Merkel looked exhausted, strained, as she arrived at her party headquarters in the evening after the election ended.Emerging from her car she arranged her
Not so fantastic?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the world's first first fully synthetic plastic "Unless I am very much mistaken, this invention will prove important in the future." Leo Baekeland wrote those words in his journal on
Iraq’s Kurdistan region holds independence vote
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKexit? Iraqi Kurdistan referendum explained - by the voters themselves Voters are heading to the polls in a controversial independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.Iraq's prime minister has warned he
Sri Lankan caught hiding gold in rectum
Image copyright Sri Lanka customs Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle gold and jewellery weighing up to 1kg (2.2lb) hidden in his rectum. Customs officials found 904 grams of gold, worth about 4.5m Sri
Re-cycling
Image copyright Courtesy Logan Mirto Image caption About 5,000 bicycles were abandoned in the desert at this year's festival Thousands of Burning Man revellers abandoned their bicycles when they left the desert festival. Will hurricane victims give them a second