Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cordGoogleThe "Skeleton Bridge" where people rope jump from in Ponte do Esqueleto, BrazilA woman has died in what appears to be a tragic extreme sports accident in Brazil.Three men have been arrested over the incident, in which instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge in São Paulo...

Kaleidescape’s movie player blows streaming, and your wallet, awayWe’ve lost something in the past 15 years. Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Apple; they’ve all convinced us that streaming is the best way to watch movies and shows at home. With everything at our fingertips, there’s no need to run to Blockbuster for the weekend’s entertainment, or wait for a DVD rental to arrive in the mail. And going...

Giant new dinosaur identified from remains found in ThailandReutersThe nagatitan lived between 100 and 120 million years agoA new type of giant long-necked dinosaur, twice the size of a tyrannosaurus rex, has been identified up by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand.The nagatitan, the largest-ever dinosaur found in South-East Asia, weighed 27 tonnes - as much as nine adult Asian...

E Jean Carroll asks judge to order Trump to pay $5m after Supreme Court denies appealWriter E Jean Carroll has asked a judge to order Donald Trump to pay the $5m (£3.7m) in damages awarded by a jury that found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case three years ago.The request comes a day after the US Supreme Court declined Trump's request to review the...

Trump's new world order is real and Europe is having to adjust fastKatya AdlerEurope editorBBCDowntown Munich is best-known for chic shops and flashy fast cars but right now its streets are bedecked with posters advertising next generation drones."Europe's security under construction" boasts the slogan on an eye-catching set of sleek black-and-white photographs, festooned across a...