Cat stands on top of a glass partition in the intensive care unit in the hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in undated footage. The viral video has caused outrage in Ecuador. (CEN)

Animals / General News / South America

Outrage Over Cat Spotted In Intensive Care Unit Of Ecuadorian Hospital

These images showing a cat in the intensive care unit of an Ecuadorian hospital have caused outrage. The images were reportedly filmed in the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo public hospital, in the coastal city of Guayaquil, in western-central Ecuador. They have been confirmed as genuine by the hospital, according to local…

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October 15, 2022

Picture shows bee toys, exhibits of Museum and Exhibition Center of the Medynsky district of the city of Medyn, Russia in an undated photo. The Center will participate in the application for a grant from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives. (Elena Merker/Newsflash)

Environment / General News / Russia

Russia Announces Plans To Open Bee Museum In 2023

https://youtu.be/x6f4Q1AiYiY A museum dedicated to celebrating bees that is scheduled to open in 2023 in Russia is revealed in an exclusive new video. 'The Bee Museum' will be operated from the city of Medyn in the Medynsky District, the "honey capital" of the Kaluga Oblast region in western Russia. This…

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September 8, 2022

The large potato-shaped stone that was surgically removed from a patient's bladder in Ordu, Turkey. (Newsflash)

General News / Health / Turkey

Huge Bladder Stone That Looks Like A Potato Has Been Removed By Doctors

A huge bladder stone that looks like a giant potato has been removed from a Turkish man by stunned doctors. The operation took place in the Urology Department of Fatsa State Hospital, in the town of Fatsa, in the northern Turkish province of Ordu. A patient (middle) who had a…

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April 4, 2022

Visitors touch tiger cub for luck in Suzhou, China. (659770839/AsiaWire)

Animals / Asia / General News

Zoo Slams Visitors For Stroking Tiger Cub On The Head To Bring Good Luck

A Chinese zoo has defended itself over footage of visitors flocking to scratch the head of a tiger cub believing it would bring them good luck. The video that went viral was filmed at Suzhou, a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui province in China. After it was seen by local…

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March 9, 2022

Luiz Davi Silva de Abreu (2) who died after being carried away by a flood in Itupiranga in Para, Brazil in February 2022. (Newsflash)

Accidents / General News / South America

Tragedy As Cute Boy, 2, Washed Away By Floodwaters While Playing Outside Home

This adorable two-year-old boy has tragically died after he was swept away by floodwaters while he was playing in front of his home. The incident took place during heavy rainfall in the municipality of Itupiranga in the northern Brazilian state of Para. Luiz Davi Silva de Abreu was found by…

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March 6, 2022

Salvador, stolen as a baby 16 years ago, in 2005, from a hospital, was found and will soon be reunited with his family, in Jalisco, Mexico, in February, 2022. (Newsflash)

General News / Human Interest / North America And Caribbean

Mexican Couple Reunited With Son Abducted From Hospital 16 Years Ago As Newborn

A Mexican couple has been reunited with their teenage son 16 years after he was abducted from hospital as a newborn. Mother Rosalia Lopez and father Yasir Macias have waited the best part of two decades to see their son Salvador again. According to the news site El Informador, Salvador…

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March 3, 2022

The dog named Broli hasn't eaten well or slept for two days and wont leave the body of Eduardo Porras who died in an avalanche in Dosquebradas, Colombia, in February, 2022. (Newsflash)

Animals / General News / South America

Loyal Dog Refuses To Leave Side Of Dead Owners Coffin

These images show a poor pooch pining for its owner next to his coffin after he was killed in a landslide this week. Eduardo Porras was killed while waiting for the bus to go to work in the city of Dosquebradas in the Colombian department of Risaralda on Tuesday, 8th…

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February 28, 2022

An illustrative image of Greenland, where the ice sheet has lost 4.7 trillion tons of ice over the past 20 years, causing sea levels to rise by 1.2 centimeters. (Newsflash)

Environment / General News / North America And Caribbean

Climate Change Causes Greenland Ice Sheet To Lose 4,700 Billion Tonnes Of Ice In 20 Years

Climate change has caused the Greenland ice sheet to lose 4,700 billion tonnes of ice over the last 20 years, enough to submerge the USA in half a metre of water, according to Danish researchers. Polar Portal, a joint project involving several Danish Arctic research institutes, announced the devastating effects…

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February 18, 2022

Giulio Burattini (36) who died during a hunting trip in the woods of Piancastagnaio in Italy in January 2022. after he was wounded by a wild boar. (Newsflash)

Accidents / Europe / General News

Wild Boar Turns Tables On Hunter, 36, Who Bled To Death In Woods In Front Of Dad

A wild boar has turned the tables on an Italian hunter after attacking him and severing his femoral artery, causing him to bleed to death in the woods in front of his father. The hunting incident took place in the woods in the municipality of Castell'Azzara in the province of…

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February 3, 2022

Ana Karen Oliveira Ximenes, 1 year and 10 months old, was playing in the backyard when she was attacked by the dog that ran away from the neighbour, in Niteroi, Brazil, on 16th January. (Newsflash)

Children / General News / South America

Girl, 1, Mauled By Neighbours Pit Bull While Playing In The Garden

This cute one-year-old girl is fighting for her life in hospital after being attacked by a neighbour's pit bull while playing in the garden and being dragged from the property. The dog attack took place in the city of Niteroi in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area on the afternoon…

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February 3, 2022