After their 1945 victory over Nazi Germany, Allied forces shifted their focus on forcing to Japan to surrender. That effort culminated in the first and so far only use of nuclear weapons, which killed more than 200,000 civilians when they were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But the world may never … Read more
A record number of endangered sea turtles have recently hatched in Mexico, aided by the absence of human activity during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 2,250 baby Olive Ridley sea turtles were released into the Sea of Cortez from Mancha Blanca beach in El Desemboque, a small town in Sonora, Mexico. Typically only 500 to … Read more
Neighbours in the tranquil Oxfordshire village of Great Rollright knew housewife Mrs Burton for the scrumptious taste of her scones in the summer of 1945. But they had no idea she was actually top Soviet spy Ursula Kuczynski, who came close to blowing up Adolf Hitler before Joseph Stalin got cold feet. Kuczynski, code-named Sonya, nearly averted the … Read more
The leader of the failed Venezuela coup that has seen two former US special forces soldiers taken into custody has apparently provided security for Donald Trump. Ex-Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, 43, can be seen in footage with an earpiece at one of the president’s rallies in Charlotte North Carolina in October 2018. He also claims … Read more
Some babies are born bald, their hair an afterthought that creeps in like a cap of soft moss in the months to follow. Some babies are born with little more than tufts of wispy down; a peachy, fuzzy hint of the glory that is to come. And some babies are born like Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas … Read more