The 20 major countries people struggle most to locate on a map, with over half unable to find Canada

Indonesia is the hardest major country to place on a map, according to a study. In a survey, participants from around the world were asked to pinpoint countries on an interactive map and a ranking of the top 20 countries people struggled to find was then drawn up. Indonesia came top of the ranking with … Read more

East London water: Hipsters clear supermarket shelves as engineers locate burst pipe

East Londoners can expect their water supply to return ‘throughout the morning’ after engineers worked overnight to fix a burst water pipe, according to Thames Water. Supermarkets’ bottled water aisles were stripped bare overnight after the problem was first reported on Tuesday afternoon at around 4.30pm. Engineers couldn’t find the source of the problem, a … Read more

Mexico authorities locate the remains of seven of the 10 abducted police officers

Dismembered bodies of seven police officers who were among 10 kidnapped in Mexico are found in a mini van Police on Monday found the bodies of seven cops who were kidnapped in the Mexican state of Jalisco last Thursday The dismembered bodies were located in black plastic bags inside a mini van that had been … Read more

Ohio sheriff’s office is trying to locate YouTube star Myka Stauffer’s autistic son

YouTube star Myka Stauffer and her husband are being investigated by authorities in Ohio after revealing last week that they had ‘rehomed’ their adopted autistic son Huxley by handing him over to another family.  The bombshell admission that he had been rehomed has sparked furious backlash online and has already cost Myka her partnership with … Read more

New computer algorithm can locate people lost at sea

Researchers develop a new computer algorithm to locate people lost at sea by modeling ‘traps’ in the water that could pull them in different directions Scientists from MIT and elsewhere developed a new search and rescue tool The computer algorithm identifies multiple ‘trap’ regions in the ocean These traps could pull people in several different … Read more