WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Animal welfare officials in Colombia have begun giving pigeons vasectomies as a humane way to keep numbers down in the capital Bogota. The Institute for the Protection and Animal Welfare of Bogota (IDPYBA) announced that nine pigeons underwent the snip on 9th November. Mauricio Cano, of the…
Police have initiated a search after a 30-year-old British woman went missing in the Hungarian capital. Bartram Christina Frances disappeared from Budapest's 7th district Erzsebetvaros in the early hours of Wednesday, 28th September. Budapest Police Headquarters announced that Frances is of average built and is about 165 centimetres (5.4 feet)…
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…
Hungary's government has sacked the chief and vice-chief of the state meteorological service after an incorrect weather forecast led to fireworks for Hungary's Statehood Day in the capital being cancelled. Chairwoman Dr Kornelia Radics and Vice-Chair Gyula Horvath were dismissed from the Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ) with immediate effect after…
This is the cute penguin that escaped from the Budapest zoo and was caught when it waddled out in front of a patrol car. The Budapest Police Headquarters (Budapesti Rendor Fokapitanysag; BRFK) said the incident was tackled by cops in the 14th district of Zuglo, in the capital city. Police…
A 16-month-old tot has died with COVID-19 while waiting for an intensive care bed in Brasilia, where there is over 95 percent occupancy due to the omicron variant hitting the Brazilian capital in recent weeks. The toddler, name not disclosed, was admitted to a public hospital on Monday, 31st January,…
Three US diplomats in Switzerland and one in Paris are said to be suffering from the mysterious 'Havana Syndrome', which is said to have affected more than 200 State Department employees in US embassies all over the world. The three US diplomats are based in Geneva and the fourth one…
Turkish police have carried out their largest ever ancient artefact bust in the capital Ankara, seizing 16,398 coins and 399 other historical items dating back to the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. The Ankara Anti-Smuggling Crimes Branch Office carried out the raid in Mamak, a district in the city…
Paramedics have discovered a massive arsenal of weapons and Nazi objects from the World War II era in the flat of a 64-year-old man in the heart of the Austrian capital Vienna. The incident took place in the Hernals district of the Austrian capital Vienna on the morning of Thursday…
This ancient marble statue of the Aztec god of art, dance and games has gone on show in Mexico City. The statue, which was uncovered in the Guerrero neighbourhood of Mexico City on 17th July 2019, has now gone on show at the Museo del Templo Mayor (Main Temple Museum)…