The birth of the modern flamethrower, a psychological weapon of WWI

May 28, 1918 French troops use flamethrowers to flush out German positions in the town of Cantigny, France. Image: The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images Though projected incendiary weapons such as Greek fire were used in naval engagements by ancient Byzantines and Chinese, the modern flamethrower made its debut in 1901, when Richard Fiedler submitted his […]

Tanzanian woman assaulted in India’s Silicon Valley, but local government says attack not racist

Last week, a 21-year-old Tanzanian woman was beaten and stripped by an angry mob in Bengaluru, popularly known as India’s Silicon Valley, after a Sudanese student’s car ran over a local woman in an unrelated incident. Five people have been arrested in the investigations, but the local government has denied that the attack was racist. See […]

‘One meal a day’: JJCC on what it takes to reach K-pop stardom

They may be worshiped as gods by thousands of fans, but K-pop boyband JJCC aren’t shy about revealing the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. The band, which was formed under the watchful eye of film star Jackie Chan and his company, Jackie Chan Group Korea, arrived in Sydney Thursday for a series […]