Hundreds of people pulled the keep of Hirosaki Castle closer to its original position A group of 1,800 volunteers gathered in northern Japan to pull a 400-tonne historic castle keep across the ground using heavy ropes, marking a major step in a decade-long restoration project. The mass effort in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, saw participants take…

Jillian Thornton remembers friend Nikitha Godishala (right) who was found murdered in an apartment in Columbia. Accused Arjun Sharma has been arrested in India. Indian woman Nikitha Godhishala was found dead in an apartment in Columbia on January 3 after a person believed to be her boyfriend, Arjun Sharma, filed a missing person report and…

Facial Construction by Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University (Image: ) More than 1,000 years after his death, a man who lived through the upheaval of the Norman Conquest has been given a face. Known as “Conquest Man”, he was buried at St Peter’s Church in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, around 1079, just 13 years after William…

File photo: A dog rests on muddy ground in front of a damaged house after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT): A black-and-white dog, its collar still intact, has refused to leave the site of a row of four homes washed away in last week’s flood in…

After sitting on the market for nearly a year with no buyers, the 1928 French Norman mansion ‘Château des Grotteaux’ is heading for auction. Concierge Auctions will handle the sale, opening bidding on September 16 at around $2 million, according to CandysDirt. This is a significant drop from its initial asking price of almost $5.8…

Russian President Vladimir Putin with China’s President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with the two leaders discussing bilateral ties and international…