Greek Coast Guards seized 260,000 Amphetamine pills with Swastika symbol in Rhodes. (Hellenic Coast Guard/Newsflash)

Crime / Europe / General News

Coastguard Seizes 260,000 Amphetamine Pills With Inverted Swastika Symbol After They Wash Up On Shore

The Greek coastguard has seized over 260,000 amphetamine pills bearing an 'inverted swastika' symbol after they washed up on shore. The Greek authorities are investigating after numerous bags of the pills washed up on the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastellorizo. Each bag is said to weigh between 350 and…

Comments Off on Coastguard Seizes 260,000 Amphetamine Pills With Inverted Swastika Symbol After They Wash Up On Shore

February 1, 2022

Tikal, Ancient Mayan City of Guatemala. (Newsflash)

Central America / Crime / General News

Mystery After German Explorer Missing For 2 Days Found Dead Near Mayan Temple Seen In Star Wars Movie

A German explorer has been found dead near a Mayan temple used in Star Wars after going missing for nearly two days. The body of the explorer, who has been named as Dr Stephan Baitz, was found in the jungle in Guatemala, near the Tikal temple complex, after reportedly having…

Comments Off on Mystery After German Explorer Missing For 2 Days Found Dead Near Mayan Temple Seen In Star Wars Movie

January 26, 2022

The chameleon found by a greengrocer in cauliflower, in Bilsen, Germany, on 30th December. (Polizeidirektion Bad Segeberg/Newsflash)

Animals / Europe / General News

German Cops Arrest Chameleon After Greengrocer Finds It Hiding Among Cauliflowers

German police have ‘arrested’ a frightened little chameleon after a greengrocer found it hiding among his cauliflowers. The colourful chap was found in the village of Bilsen in the northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein at around 10.30am on 30th December. The local police said in a statement that the Old…

Comments Off on German Cops Arrest Chameleon After Greengrocer Finds It Hiding Among Cauliflowers

January 13, 2022

Chameleon bitten by dog survives after surgery in Pretoria, South Africa. (Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital/Newsflash)

Africa / Animals / General News

Googly Eyed Chameleon Released In Wild After Dog Bit Chunk Out Of Abdomen

A chameleon has been treated and released back in the wild after it was attacked by a dog and left with a large hole in its side with part of its spleen and air sac protruding from the wound. The injured flap-necked chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) was attacked by a dog…

Comments Off on Googly Eyed Chameleon Released In Wild After Dog Bit Chunk Out Of Abdomen

January 12, 2022

Pet turtles frozen to ice before being brought back to life in Zhengzhou, China. (1594631633/AsiaWire)

Animals / Asia / General News

Frozen Turtles Thaw And Come Back To Life After Woman Leaves Them Outside In Icy Temps

This is the moment a Chinese woman films her pet turtles apparently coming back to life after they froze in blocks of ice when she left them outside in bitter temperatures. The incident took place in the city of Zhengzhou in the Chinese province of Henan last week, and the…

Comments Off on Frozen Turtles Thaw And Come Back To Life After Woman Leaves Them Outside In Icy Temps

January 10, 2022

Ivermectin package pictured, an 87-year-old died of COVID on 27th November, after having been prescribed Ivermectin from his family doctor for treatment, in Tennengau, Austria. (Newsflash)

COVID / Europe / General News

Doctor Faces Ban For Prescribing Ivermectin Horse Dewormer To OAP, 87, Who Died After Taking It To Treat COVID

An Austrian doctor is facing a professional ban after prescribing the horse dewormer ivermectin to an 87-year-old OAP to treat COVID-19 and the elderly patient later died after taking it. The incident took place in the Tennengau region in the state of Salzburg, in western Austria, with the patient dying…

Comments Off on Doctor Faces Ban For Prescribing Ivermectin Horse Dewormer To OAP, 87, Who Died After Taking It To Treat COVID

December 28, 2021

Felipe Barbosa Francisco, 5, pictured, died after being bitten by a scorpion while playing at his great-grandmother's residence, in Valparaiso, Brazil, on 15th December. (Newsflash)

Children / General News / South America

Child, 5, Dies After Being Stung By Scorpion In Brazil Despite Being Given Serum Treatment

A five-year-old child has died in Brazil after being stung by a scorpion, despite being given an anti-scorpion serum. The incident took place in the town of Valparaiso, which is located in the state of Sao Paulo in south-eastern Brazil, on Wednesday 15th December. Young Felipe Barbosa Francisco was stung…

Comments Off on Child, 5, Dies After Being Stung By Scorpion In Brazil Despite Being Given Serum Treatment

December 27, 2021

Moussa Ghazanfarabadi (pictured) is a head of Iran parliament's judicial commission, who signed the law, named Protection of the Public's Rights Against Animals to parliament, Tehran, Iran. (Newsflash)

Animal Rights / General News / Middle East

Iran Sparks Widespread Mockery After Proposing To Ban Pets Because Animals Living With Humans Is A Destructive Social Problem

Iran has sparked widespread mockery and outrage after lawmakers proposed to ban pets because animals living with humans is apparently a "destructive social problem". Ultraconservative lawmakers representing about 25 percent of Iran's parliamentarians - or 75 MPs - have signed a bill that apparently proposes to ban pets, according to…

Comments Off on Iran Sparks Widespread Mockery After Proposing To Ban Pets Because Animals Living With Humans Is A Destructive Social Problem

December 23, 2021

The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex around eleven meters long and four meters high that was built in Upper Bavaria. (@dinopark.bayern/Newsflash)

Archaeology / Europe / General News

118 Stone T-Rex Set To Return Home After 66 Million Years

A T-rex that once roamed North America is set to return home after a US millionaire paid German palaeontologists to put it back together for him like a giant jigsaw puzzle. The dinosaur experts in Upper Bavaria have spent months piecing together the 11-metre- (36-foot-) long, four-metre- (13-foot-) tall specimen.…

Comments Off on 118 Stone T-Rex Set To Return Home After 66 Million Years

December 20, 2021

The medical team who saved the Pakistani expat who tried to commit suicide by swallowing cement and survived after removing the hardened cement from his stomach in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (@jeddahhealth/Newsflash)

General News / Health / Middle East

Solid Cement Block Removed From Mans Stomach After He Swallows Mix

These images show the stomach-shaped cement block in a man's stomach after he swallowed powdered cement in what is believed to have been a failed suicide attempt and it mixed with his gastric acid. The substance hardened in the 30-year-old man’s insides and caused a blockage in his stomach, resulting…

Comments Off on Solid Cement Block Removed From Mans Stomach After He Swallows Mix

November 30, 2021