Balloons

North Korea reacts to 'balloon provocation', threatens to reconsider talks with South

North Korea threatened Wednesday to reconsider proposals for dialogue with South Korea, condemning this week's propaganda balloon launch by US and South Korean activists as an "intolerable" provocation.

How balloons brought smiles in war-weary Afghanistan

Artists and activists have handed out 10,000 pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.

Stop wasting helium on party balloons, say scientists

Scientists have warned their experiments are at risk from a shortage of Helium because the gas is being wasted on party balloons.

Stop wasting helium on party balloons, say scientists

Scientists have warned their experiments are at risk from a shortage of Helium because the gas is being wasted on party balloons.