In Egyptian myth, Apophis was the ancient spirit of evil and destruction, a demon that was determined to plunge the world into eternal darkness.
A fitting name, astronomers reasoned, for a menace now hurtling towards Earth from outerspace. Scientists are monitoring the progress of a 390-metre wide asteroid discovered last year that is potentially on a [...]

Christina Wall has traveled back in time, to a place where there is no television, no Internet and no e-mail.
In this pre-1950 land, there are no frozen dinners, no non-stick skillets and no fast food franchises. She can’t use a dishwasher, clothes dryer or microwave; she has no access to ATMs, DVDs or CDs.
Wall, 32, [...]

Trevor Liston was the fourth climber in a group of eight descending Oregon’s Mount Hood in a blinding whiteout Sunday when three climbers and a dog tied together ahead of him slipped off a ledge at 8,200 feet and disappeared.
The climber behind Liston grabbed him, or he might have fallen, too.
Liston and the four remaining [...]

Kidnappers came for Petit-Frère Desilus in the early afternoon, as he was driving away from his office.
The street was busy and he was just 10 feet outside the gated compound where he worked as a billing clerk. But they got him anyway, Desilus recalled recently in a hushed voice, trying to steady his trembling hands.
Two [...]

1964: Cassius Clay crowned world champion
Cassius Clay, 22, has been crowned heavyweight champion of the world after beating Sonny Liston in one of the biggest upsets in boxing’s history.
Clay, from Kentucky, was announced the winner after the hot favourite retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami.
When the bell rang for the start [...]