Fireworks & mass hugs as N. Korea celebrates becoming a nuclear nation (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Soldiers and citizens of Pyongyang took to the streets in celebration to mark the successful launch of North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile. The festivities marked the launch of the Hwasong-15 missile earlier this week, which North Korean officials claim can reach anywhere in the mainland United States. Civilians took part in dances, while soldiers […]

Oswald killer Jack Ruby told FBI informant to ‘watch the fireworks’ the day JFK was shot – documents

Published time: 18 Nov, 2017 22:56 Edited time: 18 Nov, 2017 22:58 Freshly released FBI records show that Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, asked an FBI informant if he wanted to “watch the fireworks” just hours before President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. The document, which was among 10,744 files […]

Woman suffers severe burns & dies after Mexico fireworks factory explosion (VIDEO)

Published time: 8 Nov, 2017 03:40 A woman has died after an explosion at a house that served as a fireworks factory in San Cristobal de las Casas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Shortly after the blast, dramatic footage began to circulate online, with San Cristobal resident Luis Alberto Garcia posting his own […]

Emmerdale spoilers: Priya and Pete's affair FINALLY exposed as FIREWORKS hit the village

After doing the dirty on Leyla (played by Roxy Shahidi), Pete (Anthony Quinlan) finally had to come clean after he was exposed by his own mother.  Emma Barton (Gillian Kearney) has a bit of a reputation for stirring things up in the Dales, and tonight was certainly no exception, after she decided to spill the […]

Early universe ‘fireworks’ challenge notions of how stars form

At the rate things are going, astronomers may have to toss out the rule book for galaxy formation. Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an ancient galaxy (formed 2.7 billion years after the Big Bang) with two dozen star nurseries measuring ‘just’ 200 to 300 light years across. That sounds big, but scientists […]

Plenty of player changes but where are the fireworks?

Thankfully, U2’s Bono and The Edge saved the day. The Irish rockers performed as part of Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations on Parliament Hill and gave us hockey fans a much-needed break from the colossal yawn known as the annual NHL free-agent frenzy. Sure plenty of players changed addresses. The Winnipeg Jets did a nice job landing defenceman Dmitry Kulikov […]

Canadians celebrated the nation’s 150th anniversary with fireworks and poutine — here are the photos

Blair Gable/Reuters It’s Canada’s birthday! July 1, also known as Canada Day, marks the 150th anniversary of the confederation. An estimated half a million people are expected to attend celebrations in the capital Ottawa, where the government spent approximately half a billion Canadian dollars (US $ 386 million) on the festivities. See how Canadians and a couple of royal […]

America’s dangerous love for pyrotechnics: 4 facts about fireworks

MFS Photography / Shutterstock.com In the eyes of many Americans, the Fourth of July is a day for parades, barbecue and, of course, fireworks. The tradition got its start at the beginning of our nation’s history after the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia to write and sign the Declaration of Independence. A day after the […]

‘Rocket War’ returns to sleepy Greek island as thousands of fireworks light up night sky (VIDEO)

Published time: 17 Apr, 2017 03:23 A ‘rocket war’ isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Easter, but on the Greek island of Chios, residents have revived the spectacular and dangerous tradition after a one year hiatus. Parishioners of the local Greek Orthodox churches of Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani […]