Paraglider`s lucky escape after being attacked by KANGAROO upon landing.

This is the moment a paraglider's landing goes unexpectedly wrong when's attacked by a kangaroo. Jonathan Bishop was touching down after two hours in the air above Namadgi National Park's Orroral Valley, just outside Canberra, Australia when he saw two kangaroos approaching him.

Rejected from Maths class for being a woman, Ugandan Sarah Nyendwoha Nitro became the first female graduate in East and Central Africa.

Her rise to become a mentor and an inspiration to many girls and women came out of a rather unfortunate incident, which occurred while she was growing up. Sarah Nyendwoha Nitro had just excelled in Mathematics, then a male-dominated field from King’s College Budo in Uganda and had become one of the first six girls to be admitted to Makerere College (now Makerere University). While most of her female colleagues were offered “non-core courses” that were thought to be suitable for women, she chooses to study Mathematics. In a class of 32, she was the only woman. But the worst happened. 

All-female crew to fly Ethiopian Airlines on Women’s Day.

March 8 is International Women’s Day, and Ethiopian Airlines, the Ethiopian national flag carrier, will be marking the day with an all-women flight crew from Addis Ababa to Stockholm and Oslo.

26-yr-old is poised to open a black supermarket chain that sells black-owned products.

$1.2 million is all that the 26-year-old Atlanta-based entrepreneur, Shareef Abdul-Malik, needs to open America’s first black-owned supermarket chain that will sell black-owned products sourced directly from black farmers and entrepreneurs.

Conjoined twins return home after lifesaving surgery in Australia

Two Bhutanese conjoined twins who travelled to Australia to be separated have returned home this week, completing a nearly 12,000-mile round trip to receive the life-saving surgery. Nima and Dawa Pelden, along with their mother, Bhumchu, arrived in Bhutan on Thursday, according to the Children First Foundation (CFF), a charity which funded their medical treatment.

Dad taking knives off streets by swapping them for JD sports vouchers.

A dad is doing his bit to take knives off the streets by swapping them for JD Sports vouchers. Faron Paul runs an informal knife amnesty, offering people vouchers if they hand their weapons into him to give to the police.

Meet Hard-working 11-year-old African Girl Who Services and Repairs Generators for a Living

An 11-year-old has gone viral on social media after it was discovered that she has been working to make a living since she was nine years old.

Belinda Bennet, the first black woman to captain a cruise ship

She has always had a passion for the sea. Growing up in one of the most remote islands in the world, St. Helena a part of the British Overseas Territory, Belinda Bennett loved the ocean and wanted to be a marine biologist. Right from the age that she could walk, she was already in the water, having found herself on a small island.

Bus engulfed in flames after hitting height restricted bridge in Stockholm

A huge fireball engulfed a bus in Stockholm city centre after it crashed into the entrance to a tunnel this morning. The vehicle was travelling towards a height restricted bridge when it crashed into warning barriers hanging from the top.

Post Malone says ‘Wow’ after man’s dance video goes viral

A video posted by dance studio “1 Vibe Dance” has gone viral after an incredible dance number done by a Jacksonville man.

Queen Elizabeth II Has Shared Her First Ever Instagram Post.

By this stage, the idea of sharing a picture to Instagram is old hat for most people, but now one of the world's most recognisable women has jumped on board Queen Elizabeth II has just posted her first picture to the site.

Girl's Hair Goes Up In Flames After She Washed It With Petrol To Get Rid Of Lice.

A teenager was left with severe burns after she was told to wash her hair with petrol in a bid to get rid of head lice.

Four-Year-Old Given Tiny Chance Of Survival Is Now Completely Cancer Free.

A four-year-old girl given only a minuscule chance of survival from an aggressive form of cancer has successfully managed to win her battle with the disease.

Boy Kills Pet Goldfish After Cuddling It In Bed.

A little boy tragically killed his pet goldfish after loving it just too much. Everett Hamlin was heading off to bed when he wanted to give his mate a cuddle, fishing him out of his tank and taking him to bed not knowing it would kill him.

Woman Finds More Than 40 Dead Cockroaches In Takeaway Meal

Finding unwanted stuff in your food is to some degree inevitable, whether it's a hair in your soup (usually one of your own) or a piece of kitchen foil stuck to a chip (watch those fillings...).But there's a line, right? You wouldn't want to find a cockroach in your meal, for instance... let alone 40.