Author: Newslook

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters hit the streets for the tenth weekend in a row. Demonstrators used fire extinguishers and a water hose against riot police who fired tear gas into the train station in Kwai Fong and some accused plainclothes officers …

Three masked youngsters from Hong Kong’s anti-government movement took the unusual step of holding a press conference to demand democracy, condemn pro-Beijing leaders.

At a festival in rural Serbia, retired construction worker Zoran Lazarevic is crowned the king of facial hair with his 140cm-long white mustache.

Egypt is restoring the gilded, gold-plated outer coffin of Tutankhamun for the first time since the ancient king’s tomb was discovered in 1922.

Brazilian prison authorities catch an inmate trying to escape prison dressed up as his teenage daughter, including a mask, a bra and wig.

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong hold a mass rally as they face down increasingly stern warnings from China over weeks of unrest that have plunged the city into crisis. Video provided by AFP – English

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Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and it may be impossible to save.

Dozens of people have died in a recent outbreak of dengue fever in Honduras. Estimates say more than 28,000 are sick.

An industrial dump site in Siberia whose turquoise lake resembles a tropical paradise has become a magnet for Instagrammers.