Standing barefoot on a wooden jetty on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, I am being helped, one leg at a time, into an upside-down life jacket. Once I’m strapped in, it looks like a boxy, neon nappy. But our guide says it’s the best way to travel this freshwater lazy river. Worn like this, we’re vertical in … Read more
Shocking images show a surfer paddling her way through trash-filled oceans in a bid to highlight plastic pollution. TV personality and adventurer Alison Teal, dubbed the ‘female Indiana Jones’, can be seen exploring the coastline of Tulum in Mexico with piles of waste choking the waters and obstructing her path. Other photos show a similar … Read more
Eleven states have ordered their schools to shut down while Washington State is closing schools in three counties near Seattle as more than six million American children will be staying home this month due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest school district behind New York City, also announced it … Read more
Ten states have ordered their schools to shut down while Washington State is closing schools in three counties near Seattle as more than six million American children will be staying home this month due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest school district behind New York City, also announced it … Read more
Apple reopens stores in China but suspends ‘Today at Apple’ sessions in the US and tells employees not to offer Apple Watch or AirPods try-ons due to coronavirus concerns Apple closed its stores in mainland China back in February over health concerns The closures have reportedly had a negative impact on sales within the country However, … Read more
A frequent flyer claims he ended up in a Mexican jail at the hands of corrupt police officers during a trip he took to reach a special loyalty status with an airline. TV and internet producer Andrew Kimmel, from Los Angeles, tells of his extraordinarily rotten luck on his Twitter account – a tale so … Read more
British tourist sparks health alert in Mexico after coming down with measles… forcing medics to monitor daily 369 people she has met there The 50-year-old woman began feeling ill in the tourist resort of Playa del Carmen She was taken to a private hospital with a fever, cough and red marks on her skin Lab results confirmed … Read more
Passengers aboard the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship continued to disembark the liner on Tuesday, a day after it docked in Oakland. The evacuation of the 951-foot ship began Monday, with several hundred people let off the ship. About 2,000 passengers, including hundreds of Californians, were still aboard Tuesday morning. ‘I’m bored and frustrated,’ said … Read more
Traces of the ancient Mars-sized wandering planet Theia that nearly destroyed Earth and formed the Moon 4.5 billion years ago have been found in lunar rocks. This goes some way to proving a long-held theory that the Moon was formed out of material expelled after Theia collided with the Earth billions of years ago. Researchers … Read more
A 75-year-old male passenger who traveled on the Grand Princess and died from the coronavirus was infected before he came on board the quarantined vessel, says the medical officer on the vessel which remains off the coast of San Francisco with as many as 3000 people stranded on board. The now-deceased passenger from Placer County, … Read more