131 days to go, Brown Thomas has officially opened its Christmas shop in Dublin

IRELAND MIGHT BE enjoying the final few weeks of summer, but the festive season has already arrived in one part of the country. Department store Brown Thomas has officially opened its Christmas store in Grafton Street in Dublin, with 131 days for just over a third of the year left until the big day.

Newborn baby pulled out of DRAIN with umbilical cord still wrapped round its neck

A screaming newborn baby with his umbilical cord wrapped around its neck has been pulled alive from a DRAIN. The heartbreaking discovery was made by a milkman who was passing by when he heard the baby's cries from the drain in southern India.

From a ship-shaped building in South Korea to a lantern-style tower in Thailand.

They are the buildings that have saved countless lives at sea by guiding ships to safety in some of the world's most dangerous locations.

Workers near completion of Russia's latest supersonic 4,000mph strike bombers

Russia is in the final stages of assembling its new generation of pinpoint accurate supersonic strike bombers, ready for test flights later this month.

Bizarre Instagram challenge sweeping Russia invites people to pose as though they've FALLEN flat on their face

A bizarre new challenge sweeping Instagram has seen people sharing photos of themselves apparently having fallen from boats, cars and even planes.

Tanmay Bakshi 14 ,Works for Google and Earns Over $1.25M Annually.

While an average African teenager is hawking goods on the major roads due to incompetent and corrupt leaders pivoting the affairs of the continent, 14-year-old Tanmay Bakshi is a software programming whiz.

‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ blamed for worrying new plastic surgery trend.

Now surgeons say the filters are leading to a concerning new trend coined ‘Snapchat Dysmorphia with plastic surgery.

Terminally ill boy, 7, ‘marries’ his mum .

Seven-year-old Logan Mountcastle, who was diagnosed with an incurable genetic disorder in December, was all smiles as he tied the knot with mother Joelean in the pretend wedding.

Tour de France winner admitted to psychiatric hospital

GERMANY’S TOUR DE de France champion Jan Ullrich was admitted to a psychiatric hospital on Friday after his brief detention for allegedly assaulting a prostitute. The 44-year-old former cycling star was earlier Friday released on bail pending an investigation for possible attempted manslaughter.

Skin bleaching in Africa: Teens are using injectables as the trend sees worrying growth.

DR. ISIMA SOBANDE was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies.She dismissed it as an urban myth. But it wasn’t long before she saw it with her own eyes.At a health centre in Lagos, a mother brought in a two-month-old infant who was crying in pain.“