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Massive iceberg pivots, breaks near south Atlantic penguin colony island
(Reuters) - Strong currents have taken hold of a massive Antarctic iceberg that is on a collision course towards South Georgia Island, causing it to shift direction and lose a major chunk of mass, a scientist tracking its journey said on Friday.
Giant iceberg on course to collide with south Atlantic penguin colony island
(Reuters) - An enormous iceberg is heading toward South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic, where scientists say a collision could devastate wildlife including penguins, seals and albatross.
Trump loyalist Loeffler's attacks on pastor Warnock risk suburban votes in Georgia's U.S. Senate race
MARIETTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Beau Davis, a 33-year-old security specialist from the Atlanta suburbs, is the kind of voter Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue may need to win runoff elections next month that will determine the balance of power in Washington.
7.4-magnitude quake shakes southern Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON: A 7.4-magnitude quake shook the southern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with an epicenter 195 miles (316 kilometres) from islands hosting British Antarctic research stations.
Britain, Argentina in fresh row over drilling in Falklands - media
(Reuters) - Argentina triggered a fresh diplomatic row with Britain on Thursday over the disputed Falkland Islands after the country's Congress passed a law that establishes criminal sanctions for the "illegal exploration" of hydrocarbons in the Argentine continental shelf, according to the Guardian newspaper.
Explorers complete Shackleton's epic Antarctic journey
SYDNEY: A team of exhausted but elated explorers successfully recreated Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic survival journey Monday, completing a three-day climb across mountains despite a treacherous blizzard.
Wild weather strands Shackleton adventurers
SYDNEY: Two adventurers attempting to recreate an epic 1916 Antarctic expedition by Ernest Shackleton were Saturday stranded on a plateau above a glacier after wild weather hit the final leg of their journey.
Fumes at U.S. McDonald's restaurant kill 1, sicken 9
ATLANTA (Reuters) - One woman died and nine others were sickened after breathing toxic fumes in the bathroom of a McDonald's restaurant in south Georgia, authorities said on Thursday.
Sergeant gets life sentence for killing fellow U.S. soldiers
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without parole for the 2008 murders of two fellow soldiers in Iraq.
FEATURE - Caucasus insurgency casts pall over Russian Olympics
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Suicide attacks that killed 40 on the Moscow metro last month have fuelled fears Islamists will target the 2014 Winter Olympics, to be staged in the mountain range where the militants have their strongholds.