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.