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20/02/2013 WIRE: In this rendering provided by Blue Star Line, the Titanic II is shown cruising at sea. The ship, which Australian billionaire Clive Palmer is planning to build in China, is scheduled to sail in 2016. Palmer said his ambitious plans to launch a copy of the Titanic and sail her across the Atlantic would be a tribute to those who built and backed the original. (AP Photo/Blue Star Line) Pic. Ap

Palmer reveals Titanic II moving to Paris

CLIVE Palmer has announced that his controversial Titanic II project will be headquartered in Paris instead of London — and he’s blaming Brexit for the decision.

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TOPSHOT - Firefighters help youngsters to evacuate in a flooded street during a rescue operation following heavy rains that saw rivers bursting banks on October 15, 2018 in Trebes, near Carcassone, southern France. - Six people died following storm and flash floods during the night of October 15 in the Aude department in southern France, authorities said. (Photo by Pascal PAVANI / AFP)

Deadly floods wipe out villages in France

A NUN who was swept from a monastery is among 11 people who have died in violent rainstorms that turned rivers into raging torrents.

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Stunning volcanic ‘lost world’ found

ABOUT 400 kilometres off the coast of Australia, researchers have discovered a lost world deep below the sea.

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TOPSHOT - Earthquake damage to State Highway 1 is seen south of Kaikoura on November 16, 2016. Rescue efforts after a devastating earthquake in New Zealand intensified on November 16 as a fleet of international warships began arriving in the disaster zone. / AFP PHOTO / Marty MELVILLE

Vital clues to ‘megathrust’ quakes revealed

THE force can twist the earth like a piece of ‘elastic’ with devastating consequences. This is how they happen.

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Rescuers try to rescue a 15-year old earthquake victim Nurul Istikharah from her damaged house following earthquakes and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. Rescuers were scrambling Sunday to try to find trapped victims in collapsed buildings where voices could be heard screaming for help after a massive earthquake in Indonesia spawned a deadly tsunami two days ago. (AP Photo/Arimacs Wilander)

Indonesia sends an SOS to the world

INDONESIA has called for international help as the death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes and a tsunami reached at least 832 people. WARNING: Graphic images

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**DO NOT USE - EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30 2018 - FOR SUNDAYS** GROUP WEB + PRINT RIGHTS, ONE TIME USE (NO WEB UNTIL ROLLOVER) MUST CREDIT Minibeasts/Alan Henderson Conehead Katydid The inquisitive face of a Conehead Katydid (Copiphorini). They have large mandibles which are well suited to a diet of seed eating. Some are opportunistic predators, tackling prey such as caterpillars with their spiny front legs. An image from the book, Minibeasts by Alan Henderson. Picture: Minibeasts/Alan Henderson Minibeasts, is available from www.exislpublishing,com and wherever incredible books are sold.

Bug-eyed at insect insight

A JAW-DROPPING series of photos has put the fascinating miniature world of minibeasts under the microscope, giving humans an intimate insight into a bug’s life. Australian insect expert and photographer Alan Henderson has released his new book Minibeasts, which canvases a visual feast of colourful critters in their natural environment across Australia.

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Destroyed buildings and cars are seen in Mont-Bleu, Gatineau, Quebec, close to Ottawa after a tornado shattered Canada's capital on September 21, 2018. - A tornado sparked chaos near the Canadian capital Ottawa on Friday, injuring dozens as homes were damaged, cars flipped over, and over 130,000 people left without power, local media said. Meteorologists reported gusts whipped up to around 120 miles per hour (190 kilometers per hour), with the city of Gatineau, about five miles north of the capital, taking the brunt. (Photo by Vincent-Carl LERICHE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT « AFP PHOTO / VINCENT-CARL LERICHE] » - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS [- NO ARCHIVE ]

Tornado strikes near Canadian capital

A POWERFUL tornado struck Canada’s capital region of Ottawa ripping apart dozens of homes and throwing cars into the air in scenes compared to a Hollywood movie.

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TUGUEGARAO, PHILIPPINES - SEPTEMBER 14: Rain covers the city lying on the path of Typhoon Mangkhut as residents prepare its approach on September 14, 2018 in Tuguegarao city, northern Philippines. Super typhoon Mangkhut is expected to land Saturday and officials have ordered evacuations and school closures with millions of people in the storms predicted path. The category five storm would be the strongest to hit this year, with wind gusts already at 270 kilometres an hour. (Photo by Jes Aznar/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Typhoon makes landfall in Philippines

A MONSTER typhoon has hit the Philippines. Ferocious wind and rain is causing widespread damage, putting more than four million people at risk.

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The Aplin brothers came across the giant squid on a morning dive near Wellington. Picture: Facebook.

Divers pose with ‘monster’ squid

IT’S bigger than a man … much bigger. A monster squid which washed up on a popular beach is causing waves for its freakish appearance.

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Farmer Glen Blonik's response to heaven's opening.

‘Someone’s excited’: Farmer’s cheeky rain dance

FARMER Glen Blonik is so unused to seeing rain recently he had one response, and Australia is rejoicing in his bare-naked cheek.

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Supplied undated image obtained Thursday, August 23, 2018 of Hide and Seek by Malaysian-based photographer Tracey Jennings. A school of fish fleeing from prey has won the Australian Geographic's nature photography competition's top gong. Malaysian-based Tracey Jennings captured the black and white shot underneath the Arborek Jetty in Raja Ampat in Indonesia, after seeing other images on social media. (AAP Image/Tracey Jennings) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Photo where ‘death plays around you’

A MESMERISING image described by judges as “intriguing” has won the 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year.

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Handout drone picture taken in 2017 released by the Brazilian government body FUNAI (National Indian Foundation) on August 23, 2018, showing a thatched hut in the indigenous territory Vale do Javari in the Brazilian Amazon forest in the State of Amazonas, near the border with Peru. - Video and still images released by FUNAI taken in 2017 and 2018 show members of an isolated tribe walking through a clear in the jungle, canoes, axes and a thatched hut. (Photo by Adam MOL / National Indian Foundation / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Rare drone glimpse of Amazon tribe

NEW video footage has provided a rare glimpse of an isolated Amazon tribe that researchers still know very little about.

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ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES - SPECTACULAR images offering insight into the lives of the Huaorani people in the Ecuadorian Amazon have been revealed showing how they use traditional methods to hunt monkeys for food. The collection of pictures show people with dead monkeys hanging around their necks and another person in the trees in action trying to catch their next meal with a blow gun. Other shots show a man creating an ornate headpiece and woman knitting a hat. Other shots offer further insight into what the people eat with bare toucans, the bird made famous through advertising the Irish stout Guinness, hanging from their necks and a peccary pig roasting on an open flame. The stunning pictures were taken by conservation photographer, Pete Oxford (58) from Torquay, Devon in the Ecuadorian Amazon. To take his shots, Pete used a Nikon camera. Pete Oxford / mediadrumworld.com

Inside Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes

THE Brazilian Amazon is home to mysterious uncontacted tribes, who live isolated lives deep in the jungle, unaware of modern life.

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Russian warship could hide $170b in gold

TREASURE hunters are swarming at the thought that a sunken Imperial Russian warship may contain $170 billion in gold.

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An undated handout photo released by mining giant Rio Tinto on February 22, 2012 shows a 12.76 carat pink diamond -- the largest of the rare and precious stones ever found in Australia. Named the Argyle Pink Jubilee, the rough stone was found at Rio's pink diamond operations in the Kimberley region of western Australia and would take 10 days to cut and polish in Perth. --- EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS AFP PHOTO / HO / RIO TINTO

A quadrillion tonnes of diamond beneath us

START digging. Now. In a few hundred years, you could be mega rich. Science has detected a quadrillion tonnes of diamonds nestled deep beneath our feet.

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Magma ‘hell’ found under America

A NEW supervolcano is brewing deep beneath the United States. There are three key states affected. They may never be the same again.

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What it looks like when humans vanish

IN THE end “nature is stronger than man,” says photographer Jonk Jimenez — and these epic pictures of abandoned places prove it.

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Stonehenge - the famous prehistoric stone circle in Wiltshire, England Supplied by: English Heritage / Visit Britain

Theory reveals Stonehenge’s maths secret

A NEW book suggests the builders of the famous site were privy to a mathematical theorem of a famous Greek philosopher two millennia before he developed it.

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Beautiful Baobab trees at sunset at the avenue of the baobabs in Madagascar

These trees have scientists stumped

SOMETHING strange is happening to the world’s oldest trees in what puzzled scientists have described as “an event of an unprecedented magnitude.”

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‘My heart was beating like crazy’

SOME of the most amazing wildlife photography you will see has been submitted to the National Geographic’s annual contest.

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Aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia

Shock finding in Barrier Reef fossils

FOSSILISED coral taken from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed how it survived five previous “death events”.

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KAPOHO, HI - MAY 19: A bird rests on a wire as lava from a Kilauea volcano fissure erupts on Hawaii's Big Island on May 19, 2018 in Kapoho, Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey said the volcano erupted explosively on May 17 launching a plume about 30,000 feet into the sky. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Man ‘lava-bombed’ while sitting on porch

A MAN was seriously injured when a “lava bomb” struck him from the active Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

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Fears super volcano is about to blow

A CLUSTER of earthquakes and a usually dormant geyser’s fourth eruption has sparked speculation about if the Yellowstone Park super volcano will blow, causing a new ice age.

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Yellowstone geyser unusually active

Yellowstone geyser unusually active

SOMETHING odd’s happening under Yellowstone National Park. The world’s largest geyser has erupted three times in just six weeks. Is the sleeping supergiant volcano getting restless?

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Inside Spain’s eerie ghost towns

ONCE touted as “privileged” real estate, the burst of a spectacular housing bubble in Spain has left ruins dotted across the country.

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The ghost mushroom Omphalotus nidiformis emits a soft green glow after dark, which is bright enough to make out words on a page. The natural phenomenon is a result of the chemical reaction between fungal enzymes and oxygen. ForestrySA is inviting people to visit Ghost Mushroom Lane in the South East pine forest near Mount Gambier during May and June after local photographer and nature enthusiast Ockert le Roux discovered the mushroom in the region. Picture: Ockert le Roux

Take a trip down Ghost Mushroom Lane

THESE are the eerie mushrooms that glow so brightly you can read by them — and ForestrySA is inviting you to stand among them in their tens of thousands.

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Mysterious ice circles baffle NASA

A NASA aircraft has spotted something in the Arctic that it can’t explain and has “never seen before,” the space agency says.

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In this photograph taken on April 6, 2018, a man takes photograph of a deep chasm in the earth - which has appeared following heavy downpours of rain in March - near the town of Mai-Mahiu, Nakuru County in the Rift Valley, some 54kms (33.5 miles) south-west of Nairobi. / AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA

Giant chasm: Is Africa splitting in two?

A MASSIVE chasm has appeared from nowhere and it is growing every day. Geologists say it is proof that Africa is splitting in two.

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Northern Beaches Council lifeguard Liam Arms with a mountain of seaweed that has forced the closure of Collaroy Beach.

Crazy reason Aussie beach is closed

ONE of Sydney’s most popular beaches will be closed for the long weekend for a pretty bizarre reason. Here’s why.

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Residents warned of ‘rivers in the sky’

A METEOROLOGICAL phenomenon known as an atmospheric river is about to hit California, with residents told to brace themselves for heavy rain.

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