Eagle Mountain mystery: Why 4,000 residents vanished from California’s most guarded ghost town | World News

[ad_1] Eagle Mountain stands as a haunting monument to industrial collapse and modern-day secrecy. Founded in 1948 by Henry J. Kaiser, it was a meticulously planned ‘company town’ where approximately 4,000 people were provided with schools, parks, and a pioneering healthcare system. However, the dream evaporated in 1983, when the Kaiser Steel mine closed due […]

Tipu’s ghost and Trump’s jibes haunt a transatlantic Franco-American rift

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: In the hallowed halls of the White House and the Elysee Palace, the United States and France have managed to upgrade a centuries-old alliance into something far more contemporary: a full-blown, transatlantic group chat gone wrong.The latest fracture in this storied alliance—a bond dating back to when the French were […]

Ghost trees rising from ice: The 100-year-old earthquake that created Kazakhstan’s eerie underwater forest | World News

[ad_1] The story of nature tucked away in Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, Kaindy Lake, seems like something out of a dream. Tree trunks poke eerily out of the water, ghostly and silent. It’s strange. Almost unreal. Locals and travellers alike are drawn to it, though, curious to see a forest frozen in time. Over a […]

What happened to the ‘ghost boy’ who spent more than a decade locked inside his own body |

[ad_1] Martin Pistorius was diagnosed with locked-in syndrome/ Image: X A South African man who spent more than a decade fully conscious but unable to move or speak has reflected on life after emerging from a condition often described as being “locked inside” his own body. Martin Pistorius, who fell ill as a child and […]

This abandoned Soviet ghost town sits frozen at the edge of the Arctic | World News

[ad_1] This abandoned Soviet ghost town sits frozen at the edge of the Arctic (AI-generated) An abandoned town, largely unchanged from decades ago, sits at the far northern edge of Svalbard, beyond reliable phone signal or internet access. Pyramiden lies deep inside the High Arctic, once a working mining settlement and now a destination for […]

‘Ghost games’: 456 bags of human remains found near FIFA World Cup stadium in Mexico | World News

[ad_1] The discovery of 456 bags containing human remains in clandestine graves near Estadio Akron, a confirmed venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, has renewed scrutiny of Mexico’s long-running crisis of disappearances and violence linked to organised crime.The remains were found at multiple sites within an estimated 10 to 20 kilometres of the stadium […]

World record: Ukrainian’s ‘ghost’ snipers kill Russian soldiers from 4 km; AI and drone-assisted rifle used

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A Ukrainian sniper unit reportedly set a new world record on Thursday for the longest confirmed sniper kill, striking Russian forces from over 13,000 feet (4,000 meters).The shot, fired using a Ukrainian-made rifle and assisted by artificial intelligence and drone guidance, killed two Russian soldiers near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Fox news reported […]

Who was Virginia Giuffre? The voice that took on Epstein – and why her ghost haunts Trump administration

[ad_1] Virginia Giuffre, once an anonymous teenage victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling sex-trafficking operation, became one of the most prominent and courageous voices to expose the web of elite abuse he orchestrated. She died by suicide in April this year at her farm in Western Australia at the age of 41.Now, the US justice department […]