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The ship Sir Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage on has been found off the coast of Canada – 62 years after it sank.Irish explorer Shackleton suffered a heart attack and died aboard Quest while trying to reach the Antarctic in January 1922. He was 47 years old. After his death, Quest was acquired by a Norwegian company and involved in several expeditions until 5 May 1962, when it sank […]

Denmark's food agency has recalled three South Korean spicy instant ramen noodle products - warning consumers they are so hot they might cause "acute poisoning".The Samyang Foods products being withdrawn are Samyang Buldak 3x Spicy & Hot Chicken, 2x Spicy & Hot Chicken and Hot Chicken Stew. The agency issued the warning on Tuesday and said the products were being recalled because the levels of total capsaicin in a single […]

Researchers have found the route of one of Europe's busiest winter getaways - the annual migration of millions of insects heading south through a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees.Using video cameras and butterfly nets, researchers from the University of Exeter recorded an estimated 17 million flies, wasps, butterflies and dragonflies pouring through a single 30-metre-wide pass between two peaks on the border of France and Spain each autumn. "To […]

Banana firm Chiquita Brands has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) to 16 family members of people killed by a right-wing paramilitary group it funded during Colombia's long civil war.The decision by a federal jury in Florida marks the first time the company has been found liable in any of a number of similar lawsuits pending elsewhere in the US. It also marks a rare finding that blames a private […]

A controversial Ukrainian battalion has received weapons from the US for the first time in a decade as Kyiv continues to strike targets inside Russia.The US State Department announced on Tuesday the Azov Brigade is now allowed to use American weapons against Russia, marking another expansion of American support for Kyiv. Meanwhile, Kharkiv's mayor has touted the decision to let Ukraine strike inside of Russian territory with Western weapons as […]

A plane's windscreen and nose were badly damaged by hail on a flight from Majorca to Vienna.It happened on Sunday afternoon as Flight 0S434 flew through a thunderstorm cell that Austrian Airlines said was not visible on radar. It said the jet made a mayday call on its way back from the Spanish island but landed safely in Vienna with no injuries.Images on social media showed the nose of the […]

Singapore Airlines is offering injured passengers compensation after a flight from London to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence last month.One man died and dozens suffered injuries on the Boeing 777 Singapore Airlines flight on 21 May after the plane hit turbulence so bad it dropped 54m in just four seconds. People described "launching into the ceiling" as more than 100 passengers and staff were left needing hospital treatment, with […]

A joint investigation into a data breach at a DNA testing company has been launched by UK and Canadian watchdogs.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced the investigation into the October 2023 incident. US-based genetics company 23andMe analyses its customers' DNA through home saliva collection kits to provide insights on factors such as health and ancestry.According to the company's website, it […]

An aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president and nine others has gone missing.According to the president's office, Saulos Chilima was on board when the flight "went off radar" after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning. Rescue operations are ongoing, it added, after efforts to "make contact" with the plane failed."The public will be updated of any developments on the situation as facts are established," Malawi's Office of the President and Cabinet […]