A man in Germany has had two toes amputated and has gone through over 30 operations having spent four weeks in a coma after being bitten by a mosquito. Sebastian Rotschke, 27, was admitted to an intensive care unit after he was bitten by an Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus).…
A man trying to smuggle nearly 900lbs of honey into Germany was seized by police at Stuttgart Airport. The 57-year-old suspect had reportedly brought the sweet stuff from Turkey and did not have veterinary or customs documents. His haul was discovered at the Stuttgart Airport bus terminal. Newsflash obtained a…
The self-styled world's oldest zoo in Vienna has celebrated its 20th anniversary with the addition of numerous babies from a variety of species - the latest being these adorable newborn squirrel monkeys. https://youtu.be/55TvMM5occw Tiergarten Schoenbrunn/Newsflash The footage shows a number of babies from a variety of different species cuddling with…
A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. The 20-year-old has started the trek up the mountain between the Salzburg Province, Austria, and the German Free State of Bavaria in…
City officials have felled more than 100 trees so that a colony of lizards can get enough sun, it has emerged. The lizards - common wall lizards, or Podarcis muralis - have had to give up their current home in the city of Stuttgart, Germany, to make way for new…
A researcher in Germany is hoping to cure millions of people affected by hearing loss with a new gene therapy. Over 430 million people around the world suffer from genetic deafness. Genetic changes in more than 150 genes can be to blame for the sensory disorder. One researcher wants to…
Curious endangered eight-foot-long blue shark is escorted back to the deep after it turned up at a yacht club on the Spanish coast. The footage shows the shark in Valencia marina as it was spotted swimming around the moored boats as marine experts move in to move it to safer…
A 1,800-year-old wine press in an ancient Roman fortress has been unearthed by archaeologists in Georgia. The press - still in remarkable condition - was reportedly found a few hundred metres from where a former garrison at the Gonio Fortress was, nine miles from the city of Batumi. The fortress…
This Andy Warhol piece of Queen Elizabeth II from 1985 is set to go under the hammer in an upcoming auction that could see it fetch EUR 200,000. Image shows Andy Warhol's Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, from Reigning Queens, 1985, signed in pencil, undated photo. It will…
A huge collection of nearly 500 ancient Roman and Celtic gold coins worth up to EUR 3 million have been stolen in a raid on a museum in Germany. Police say 483 coins were taken in the burglary at the Kelten and Roemer (Celtic and Roman) Museum in the middle…