Dolphins are intelligent enough to operate touchscreens

The eight-foot screen was created complete with dolphin friendly apps and keyboard so the animals in the aquarium could interact with it. With the device, researchers have developed a range of studies to better understand dolphin vocal learning, their capacity for symbolic communication and how their behaviour changes when they are able to use the computer to make requests—for specific videos, images and interactive games etc.

Jun 2, 2017

Vili Fualaau files for separation from Mary Kay LeTorneau

Vili Fualaau has filed for separation from his wife and former teacher, Mary LeTorneau. LeTourneau was convicted of raping Fualaau when he was 12 years old and eventually served 7.5 years in prison. The two married in 2005. 

Jun 2, 2017

Police officer plays divine game of football with Irish nun

Garda OConnell of the Henry St Community Policing Unit in Limerick city was spotted in a tense standoff with a member of the Dominican Sisters in Limerick during the Our Lady of Limerick Triduum and Festival. A video of the game was shared to Facebook by the Garda Siochanas Southern Region page on 31 May. 

Jun 2, 2017

Five times Jeremy Corbyn lost his cool

Leader of the U.K. Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has had some feisty interviews in the past. So before the General Election on 8 June, here are five times his temper got the best of him. 

Jun 2, 2017

Distraught Yazidi campaigner and former Isis sex slave makes tearful return to her village

Nadia Murad is now a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and works advocating for Yazidi women in Iraq.

Jun 2, 2017

Watch massive dust storm turn the sky red in Sudan capital

A huge dust storm rolled into Khartoum on Thursday, June 1, blanketing the Sudanese capital in dust. The video shows the sky turning red as the thick wall of dust, or haboob, passed over the city.

Jun 2, 2017

Need For Speed Payback reveal trailer (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

EA and Ghost Games have officially revealed Need for Speed Payback, the latest entry in the hit driving series. The game has been given a 10 November release date on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Jun 2, 2017

Nigel Farage pleased as 2015 election rival Craig Mackinlay charged in expenses scandal

Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative candidate for South Thanet, has been charged by the Crown Prosecution Service over his 2015 election expenses. In the last general election, Mackinlay beat then Ukip leader Nigel Farage in the Kent constituency. 

Jun 2, 2017

Suspect wanted over theft of Portland train stabbing victims wedding ring

Portland Police released a video on 1 June of a man suspected of stealing the wedding ring and backpack of Ricky Best, a victim of the 26 May Portland train stabbing. Best was one of two men fatally stabbed after they intervened when a man launched a racist rant at two women, one wearing a hijab, aboard a Portland Train.

Jun 2, 2017

Leaders and influencers react to Donald Trump pulling U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement

Donald Trump has announced he is following through on one of his campaign pledges and is pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, stirring controversy with world leaders expressing disappointment at the withdrawal.

Jun 2, 2017

Protesters speak out against Paris Agreement withdrawal

Protesters outside the White House called US President Donald Trump a puppet of the polluters after he announced the US would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. During his statement Trump said the treaty was not really about climate change but instead aimed to give countries an economic advantage over the US Syria and Nicaragua are the only two other countries which havent signed the agreement.

Jun 2, 2017

Google reveals Americas most misspelled words

In honor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee gets underway, Google has decided to honor the annual event by compiling a list of the most misspelled words in the country.

Jun 2, 2017

French President Macron: Make our planet great again

French President Emmanuel Macron categorically ruled out any renegotiation of the Paris climate accords on June 1 and said US President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw would harm American interests and citizens. During a televised address, the recently elected president echoed Trumps election slogan to convey his message, saying Wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet great again.

Jun 2, 2017

French President Macron: Make our planet great again

French President Emmanuel Macron categorically ruled out any renegotiation of the Paris climate accords on June 1 and said US President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw would harm American interests and citizens. During a televised address, the recently elected president echoed Trumps election slogan to convey his message, saying Wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet great again.

Jun 2, 2017

Donald Trump announces withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord: Were getting out

Donald Trump has confirmed that he will withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, in effect ensuring the worlds second largest emitter of greenhouse gases will quit the international effort to address dangerous global warming. The US will remove itself from the deal, joining Syria and Nicaragua as the only countries not party to the Paris agreement. There will be no penalty for leaving, with the Paris deal based upon the premise of voluntary emissions reductions by participating countries.

Jun 2, 2017

City of Orlando releases bodycam footage from inside Pulse nightclub

The city of Orlando released bodycam footage from police as they entered Pulse nightclub in the early hours of 12 June 2016. Video shows officers entering the nightclub as abandoned cell phones ring all around them. The shooting at the gay nightclub, the deadliest in US history, left 49 dead and 53 injured.

Jun 2, 2017

City of Orlando releases bodycam footage from inside Pulse nightclub

The city of Orlando released bodycam footage from police as they entered Pulse nightclub in the early hours of 12 June 2016. Video shows officers entering the nightclub as abandoned cell phones ring all around them. The shooting at the gay nightclub, the deadliest in US history, left 49 dead and 53 injured.

Jun 2, 2017

Manila shootings and explosions

Eyewitnesses reported gunshots and explosions at Resorts World Manila casino and hotel early Friday morning, June 2, as the building near the capitals international airport was evacuated and heavily armed police descended. Other hotels in the area were also on lockdown.

Jun 2, 2017

Manila shootings and explosions

Eyewitnesses reported gunshots and explosions at Resorts World Manila casino and hotel early Friday morning, June 2, as the building near the capitals international airport was evacuated and heavily armed police descended. Other hotels in the area were also on lockdown.

Jun 2, 2017

Why Black music matters

Its African American Music Appreciation Month in June. Originally decreed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, as Black Music Month former President Barack Obama renamed the month. Let us recognize the performers behind this incredible music, which has compelled us to stand up- to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our county and amp;#39;s enduring promise of freedom and opportunity for all, Obama proclaimed.  African American music begins with the spiritual, a religious-themed song sung by slaves as they worked on the plantation fields of the South. Drawing on spirituals, field hollers and work songs, the blues was developed. Nearly all American music today is influenced by the blues: Jazz, Country, Rock. Hip-hop/rap is one of the few American musical styles that is not influenced by the blues but was also pioneered by African Americans. 

Jun 2, 2017