Video: French 'Rollerman' stunt on Tianmen Mountain, China

Jean-Yves Blondeau is the inventor of the 31-wheel roller suit. Today he proved its worth by rolling down 99 curves and zigzags on China's Tianmen Mountain.

Known as the French "Rollerman", Blondeau, 42, is famous for his skating speed record of 110 kilometers an hour.

His famous roller suit has 10 parts, which include a helmet, kneepads, armguards and protective wear.

Blondeau specially prepared two suits for the challenge on the central Chinese mountain, to ensure the success of his stunt... read more and watch stunt.

Video: Amazing record 88-way female formation skydiving

In a truly amazing display, the 88 member "Pearls of Russia" female skydiving team just set a world record for women's parachuting.

The "Pearls of Russia" team just successfully pulled off a red, white and blue flower formation jump in the skies over Kolomna, near Moscow in Russia... read more and watch video.

Workers forced to fake radiation readings by Fukushima contractor

According to a leaked tape of an internal meeting, a company charged with decontaminating the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, forced workers to lower their radiation readings.

The workers were given lead boxes by a senior executive, which they were told to make into shields. They were told to place these over the dosimeters and, as lead effectively blocks radiation, significantly lower readings were produced... read more.

Soyuz-FG booster vehicle blasts off to deliver 5 satellites

A Soyuz-FG booster vehicle, with a transfer orbit stage Fregat, was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday.

A spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said, “The launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket is scheduled for 10:41 am Moscow time (06:41 GMT).” ... read more.

U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes in northern Japan

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet has crashed in the waters off Hokkaido Island on Sunday morning, close to the town of Nemuro.

According to a spokeswoman for the Misawa Air Base, efforts are currently underway to rescue the pilot

The spokeswoman said that the F-16 jet took off from the U.S. air base in Aomori and crashed at about 11:30 Japan time (02:30 GMT) around 200 miles northeast of Hokkaido Island, and close to the town of Nemuro. Nemuro is 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) north of Tokyo.... read more.

Heavy rains in Beijing, China kill at least 10 people

In continuing heavy rains in China, Beijing has been inundated with torrential rains, killing at least ten and stranding 80,000 at the airport.

Digital Journal reported on July 15 on the flooding and landslides in southern and central China, where at least 21 people were killed.

Now, in one of the strongest rainfalls in over forty years, Chinese TV is reporting that Beijing has experienced flooding in the streets, killing at least ten people.... read more.

Colorado shooter: Police find 30 explosive devices in apartment

Officials said today that the booby-trapped apartment of mass shooting suspect, James Eagan Holmes, was "designed to kill."

In a complex operation to disarm the sophisticated explosives in the apartment, without destroying evidence, the FBI have now managed to access the shooter's apartment.

FBI agent, Jim Yacone, said, "This was certainly challenging". Yacone then confirmed the discovery of sophisticated explosive devices, and how they had to use a robot to disarm a trip wire and the primary bomb.... read more.

Video interview: Wolfson Economics Prize — Euro exit plan

Lord Simon Wolfson is a multi-millionaire and CEO of the Next fashion chain. He came up with a competition - the 'Wolfson Economics Prize' - for the best way to exit the euro.

Lord Simon Wolfson says that leaving the Eurozone could be done over a weekend. 

He also says that a bank holiday is all that is needed to convert all assets into a new currency... read more and watch interview.

Japanese HTV3 space freighter lifts off for ISS

The unmanned Japanese HTV3 space freighter lifted off today and is heading for the International Space Station with supplies.

The third, unmanned Kounotori HTV spacecraft was launched today from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.

Its mission is to deliver a 4.6-ton cargo of clothing, fresh food and equipment to the International Space Station... read more and view photos.

Video: Beach Boys remix 'Why bomb Iran?'

A new version of a Beach Boys song has hit the YouTube 'airwaves'. With flashes of news broadcasts, the song asks, 'Why bomb Iran?'

With pressure heating up on Iran, sanctions in place, U.S. warships and missiles ready, and Israel in a turmoil over the recent tragic killing of Israeli tourists, someone decided to put a music video together.

With music produced by fish0hat0pope, based on "Barbara-Ann" by the Beach Boys... read more and watch video.