There are 63 national parks in America – but within them, a seemingly infinite variety of landscapes. Here we showcase every single one with breathtaking photographs and in the captions tell you about their most fascinating features. We invite you to scroll down and go on an armchair odyssey across 52.2million acres of nature at … Read more
Incredible photographs taken by one of America’s earliest news picture agencies have emerged, with Titanic survivors, teenage suffragettes and even royalty among the images. The pictures were produced and gathered for worldwide distribution by George Grantham Bain through his Bain News Service. The service was established in 1898 by Bain, who was known as the … Read more
North America’s megafauna — giant animals such as woolly mammoths and bear-sized beavers — were driven to extinction by a near-glacial climate, a study claimed. Researchers from Germany used a new statistical method to estimate the changing population sizes of the giant animals from the radiocarbon record. They found that megafauna numbers responded to climatic shifts, and they … Read more
Rumours swirl that one of America’s biggest dating shows is coming Down Under as casting opens in Australia for participants of ALL genders and sexual orientations By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:52 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 22:53 GMT, 10 February 2021 A new American dating show is set to begin … Read more
Former Vice President Mike Pence has unveiled plans to launch a new podcast aimed at America’s youth to attract ‘new hearts and minds to the conservative cause’. The podcast will be one of a number of projects Pence will work on in the coming months as part of his newly revealed partnership with the Young … Read more
A Minnesota-based transit manufacturer has just unveiled what it’s billing as ‘North America’s first heavy-duty automated transit bus.’ The 41-foot Xcelsior AV from New Flyer can seat 40, with additional room for standing passengers and two spots for wheelchairs. The electric vehicle uses AutoDrive technology to construct a 360-degree 3-D model of its surroundings via LIDAR, … Read more
The first people to settle in the Americas some 15,000 years ago traveled from northeast Asia and were accompanied by canine companions, a new study reveals. A team of international researches examined at a trove of archaeological and genetic records of ancient people and dogs and found both had traveled together west into the rest … Read more
Boris Johnson has congratulated Joe Biden on being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States as he said the nation had been through a ‘bumpy period’ under Donald Trump. The Prime Minister said America’s leadership is ‘vital’ to the rest of the world, from tackling the climate crisis to the coronavirus pandemic, as … Read more
The White House was in darkness this morning aside from the Residence, where Trump is gathering the last of his things before moving out to make way for Joe Biden, who will be inaugurated as America’s 46th President at noon. President Trump is expected to fly to Florida at around 8am, skipping Biden’s inauguration ceremony … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… America’s new dawn By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:08 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 02:08 GMT, 20 January 2021 Advertisement Share or comment on this article: