Cambodia Tourism Cambodia is a beautiful south-east Asian country, which is one of the hottest tourist spots in the world. It has a sad, bloody history, after the demise of the powerful Khmer Empire in the late 15th century. It was plundered first by its neighbours and later colonised by the French, which ended after brutal carpet bombing by the US in the 1970s. Following this, Cambodia continued... 

National Geographic National Geographic was one of the magazines which had a readership that was the envy of the magazines around the world for the eclectic fan following that it has had across the generations. But it also seems to have either started feeling the pinch or has come to realize that to spread its outreach, and to expand its readership among the youth of the modern times, all across the... 

Love and Money If a random search were made about the odes that have been made to love and the ode that has been devoted to the reach of money, odes to love would far out-number the odes made to money. But love does not make the world function and without money the world succumbs, it crumbles around in such a manner that it is difficult to reorganize to its original shape. In the quest to make money,... 

London, July 16 (ANI): A woman who became the world’s oldest new mother in 2006, when she gave birth to twin boys at the age of 66, has passed away. Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara’s brother has revealed that she sided on Saturday, aged 69. He told the paper Diario de Cadiz that shortly after she gave birth to her sons Christian and Pau, his sister had been reportedly diagnosed with cancer. In... 

London, July 6 (ANI): A roller coaster, which was recently opened at a British theme park, has made it into record books a the world’s steepest ride. The terrifying Mumbo Jumbo, at Flamingo Land, near Malton, North Yorks, is a 98ft-high ride and is worth a whopping 4million pounds. The roller-coaster plunges down at 112 degrees before twisting through a series of tight turns. It puts riders... 

Washington, July 4 (ANI): Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say that the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident, may be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world. The researchers have found that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they’re also perfect blood donors for the microbiology tests... 

Melbourne, June 10 (ANI): The soaring rise in the swine flu cases in Australia has moved the world “very very close” to a pandemic, the World Health Organization has said. So far, 1224 cases have been confirmed in Australia, out of which 1011 were reported in Victoria alone. Five new cases were reported overnight in Queensland. Keiji Fukuda, WHO assistant director-general, said the world is “getting... 

Srinagar, June 3 (ANI): The youth and the students in Jammu and Kashmir are getting more and more fascinated with laptops increasing its sale in the state. The youth find themselves connected to the rest of the world while on move. “In the last five to six days, I have noticed that in Kashmir interest towards laptops have increased and that is a good sign. I hope that there should be more use... 

London, May 26 (ANI): Status Quo is set to perform at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. The veteran rockers will entertain the crowds with headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event running from 26-28 June. Joining the Brit band in the ranging final line-up are Tom Jones, Franz Ferdinand and... 

Melbourne, May 25 (ANI): The mother-daughter relationship is the most powerful bond in the world, and can affect everything from health and self-esteem to all other relationships, say experts. A Pennsylvania State University had found that despite conflicts and complicated emotions, 80 to 90 per cent of women at midlife reported a good relationship with their mother. According to Dr. Christiane Northrup,... 

Washington, May 18 (ANI): In a new research, an international team of scientists has identified the world’s largest leatherback sea turtle population in Gabon, West Africa. The research involved country-wide land and aerial surveys that estimated a population of between 15,730 and 41,373 female turtles using the nesting beaches. It highlights the importance of conservation work to manage key... 

London, May 13 (ANI): Jessica Watson, a 15-year-old girl from Australia, is all set to attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world just after her 16th birthday next week. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, Jessica Watson, from Buderim on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, who turns 16 next week, will set out from Brisbane on her 10.4m sloop,... 

Washington, May 13 (ANI): With the help of equipment that could revolutionize underwater archaeology, archaeologists will try to uncover the secrets of Pavlopetri in Greece, which is the world’s oldest submerged town. The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four meters of water just off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece. The ruins date from at least 2800 BC through to intact buildings,... 

Istanbul, May 13 (ANI): The marble hall of the palace-like house in which the Roman consul lived in the city of Efes in Turkey in 275 A.D. has begun to be restored, putting back together 350-square-meter walls that are now broken into 120,000 pieces, in what is probably the world’s biggest puzzle. According to a report in Today’s Zaman, the deputy supervisor of the ongoing excavations... 

Nilambur (Kerala), May 13 (ANI): Two teak trees, believed to be the oldest in the world, are dying. The trees are located at the plantation, about 40 kilometres from Malappuram town in Kerala’s Malappuram district.  As per forest officials here, two out of the 117 plants are in the dying stage, they have died almost 90 percent. But the officials have still retained in the plantation and tourists...