Churchill is often called the polar bear capital of world (Representational photo) Hundreds of polar bears are expected to gather near the Canadian town of Churchill in Manitoba as temperatures fall and the animals wait for Hudson Bay to freeze.To prevent dangerous encounters between the bears and local residents, conservationists are testing noisy drones that…

Co-pilot of the doomed Learjet flight has been identified as Nathalia Gadelha Nathalia Gadelha, a 20-year-old aspiring commercial pilot, has been identified as the co-pilot aboard the Learjet 60 that crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board. Gadelha was identified by her mother and stepfather, according to the New York Post….

US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has stepped into election disputes ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm elections, breaking with decades of practice aimed at keeping federal law enforcement agencies from appearing to favour a political party or candidate.The department has filed lawsuits challenging election procedures in California and Alaska, raising concerns among critics that its…

A New Zealand couple who bought a hillside property for NZ$122,500 more than 30 years ago are now selling the unusual recycled-brick castle they spent three decades building and improving. Denise and Greg Powell bought the 13-hectare property at 785 Portobello Road in Broad Bay, on New Zealand’s Otago Peninsula, in 1992. What began as…

File photo: Russia formally leaves anti-torture convention amid allegations of abuse in detention Russia has formally withdrawn from the council of Europe’s Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, bringing an end to the European body’s mandate to independently monitor conditions in Russian prisons, police stations and other places…