Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita was eliminated from the Olympic Games pole vault competition in a rather bizarre way. Ogita was attempting to clear a height of 5.3 metres in group A of the...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 14 August...

As the Louisiana floodwaters swallowed Lyn Gibson's two-story home, she hacked away on a hole near the roof, desperately trying to get to safety. She used a saw, a screwdriver and her...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 13 August....

Gary Lineker has kept the promise he made on Twitter to his followers and hosted Match Of The Day in just his underpants. Gary, 55, vowed to front the football programme in his...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 12 August. ...

In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth's oldest living animal with a...

A Polish woman who went into labour on the way to a hospital got a helping hand from a tram driver who used string from an umbrella to tie off the umbilical cord. Paulina Kacperska and her...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 11 August. ...

 A wave of coordinated explosions rattled multiple cities across southern Thailand, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, police said Friday. Among the injured were 10...