New Zealanders are to vote in a referendum on whether the national flag with its Union Jack and Southern Cross star constellation should be ditched, prime minister John Key said today. He believes the current design represents a past colonial era, adding: “The flag remains dominated by the Union Jack in a way that we ourselves are no longer dominated …

The late Roger Lloyd Pack is to be heard in one of his final roles later this month, after being added to the cast of Radio 4 comedy series Gloomsbury. The actor – who famously played Trigger in BBC1 sitcom Only Fools And Horses – died almost two months ago, after developing pancreatic cancer.

Authorities say one of the passengers using a stolen passport on the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner was Iranian — a 19-year-old who they believe was intending to migrate to Germany and is not suspected of having links to terrorism groups. Police in Malaysia named the teen as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad.

It’s been almost eight years since Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin tragically died following a stingray attack at the Great Barrier Reef. In the years since, the accident has been discussed from a lot of different angles, but we haven’t heard a whole lot from the one man who was there. That all changed over the weekend when cameraman Justin Lyons, …

A friend of “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday testified in his murder trial that the athlete had “a big love for firearms” and had twice in his presence set off a handgun in public. Darren Fresco corroborated earlier testimony that a seething Pistorius had fired a shot through the sunroof of a car in 2012 after they were stopped …

Angel Falls in Venezuela (Or as natives used to call it “waterfall of the deepest place/the fall from the highest point”) is the world’s highest waterfall with a 979 meters drop. The waterfall drops from Auyantepui mountain. Angel Falls were not known to the world till 16/11/1933 when the American pilot, Jimmie Angel (Angel Falls were named after his surname) …

The Ggantija Temples in Xaghra, Gozo, are one of the most important archaeological sites in the Maltese Islands. Their listing on the UNESCO World Heritage List makes them a site of universal significance. The site consists of a megalithic complex of two temples surrounded by a massive common boundary wall, and raised on a high terrace wall. The origins of …

Dun Aengus is a fort situated on the edge of a cliff at a height of 100 meters overlooking the Atlantic on the Aran Island of Inishmore. It consists of a series of concentric circular walls, the innermost; the citadel encloses an area approximately 50 meters in diameter with 4m thick walls of stone. These walls have been rebuilt to …

The Pantanal of South America is one of the most immense, pristine and biologically rich environments on the planet. Often referred to as the world’s largest freshwater wetland system, it extends through millions of hectares of central-western Brazil, eastern Bolivia and eastern Paraguay. With its extraordinarily concentrated and diverse flora and fauna, and a landscape spanning a variety of ecological …

An enormous water python has devoured a metre-long fresh water crocodile following an epic duel that shocked onlookers at Lake Moondarra, near Mount Isa, on Sunday. And that’s not uncommon, according to University of Queensland snake expert Bryan Fry.

Less than a year after her high-profile split from perennial bachelor George Clooney, Stacy Keibler has officially moved on. The actress and former pro-wrestler tied the knot with tech entrepreneur Jared Pobre on the beach in Mexico on Saturday. Though the nuptials were a surprise for the small group of friends and family members on vacation with the couple, they …