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

Emergency / General News / North America And Caribbean

Thousands Of Bees Captured Swarming A Family’s Porch Light In Florida

Thousands of bees were captured swarming around a family’s porch light in recent images taken in Florida. The bees apparently moved on soon after baffled onlookers reached for their phones to capture the incident. It happened in the coastal city of Cape Coral in the state of Florida on Tuesday,…

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September 13, 2022

Photo shows a cruise ship named Costa Venezia, undated photo. (@kiyiemniyet/Newsflash)

Accidents / General News / Turkey

Brit Holidaymaker Rushed To Hospital After Fall On Cruise Ship

A British holidaymaker was rushed to hospital after she suffered a fall on a cruise ship and hit her head on the deck. The ship was moving through waters off Gallipoli (Gelibolu), Canakkale Province, north-western Turkey when the incident occurred on 5th September. The Costa Venezia - which is more…

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September 12, 2022

Photo shows a rare purple pearl, undated photo. Scott Overland was dining out at Salt Air Kitchen and Bar in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA, on a family vacation when he discovered a rare treasure on his dinner plate. (Scott Overland/Newsflash)

Food And Restaurants / General News / North America And Caribbean

Man Discovers Rare Purple Pearl In Clam At Delaware Restaurant

A man has discovered a rare "one-in-a-million" purple pearl in a clam at a Delaware restaurant. Scott Overland was on holiday with his wife Katie and his kids Addie, 6, and Logan, 2, in the coastal town of Rehoboth Beach, in the eastern US state of Delaware, when he made…

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August 27, 2022

Brittany Collins of The Nature Conservancy measures oysters and crabs on 10th of February 2021, on a restored reef in the Hillcrest Oyster Sanctuary. (Bo Lusk/Newsflash)

Environment / General News / North America And Caribbean

Ruined Oyster Reefs Can Be Restored Say Experts

Oyster reefs almost wiped out by centuries of neglect can be restored in just six years, say marine experts at the University of Virginia. And even 'functionally extinct' reefs that have lost up to 85 per cent of their population can come back quickly, the study reveals. Study lead Rachel…

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April 22, 2022

The 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth caught off the coast of Newburyport, United States. (New England Fishmongers/Newsflash)

Archaeology / General News / North America And Caribbean

New England Fishermen Reel In Mammoth Tooth And Use Proceeds To Send To Ukraine

New England fishermen were left stunned when they reeled in a 12,000-year-old mammoth tooth instead of their usual catch of clams and molluscs - and the charitable bunch has decided to auction it off to help Ukrainians in need. Tim Rider, co-owner of the New England Fishmongers, told Newsflash that…

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March 16, 2022

This five-year-old girl collects and sells bottles to save money for her brother who suffers from cancer in Tangshan, China. (AsiaWire)

Asia / Children / General News

Girl, 5, Collects Bottles And Saves Pocket Money To Help Pay Med Bills For Brother Who Has Cancer

This young Chinese girl has been praised for saving her pocket money and also collecting bottles so she can raise cash to pay for her brother's chemotherapy treatment. The family lives in Tangshan which is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast Chinese province of Hebei. This five-year-old girl…

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March 9, 2022

The Galwad-Y-Mor suffered an explosion on 15th December, 2021, off the Norfolk coast, UK. (Macduff Ship Design/Newsflash)

Accidents / Europe / General News

Lucky Escape For UK Fishermen After Boat Sets Off Unexploded WWII Bomb

A British fishing crew had a lucky escape when their vessel hit a 250-kilogramme WWII bomb that detonated on the seabed and threw the boat around. The explosion took place 22 nautical miles north of the coastal town of Cromer in the English county of Norfolk. The government agency Marine…

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February 7, 2022

A juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas), defecated more than 10 different types of plastics in San Clemente del Tuyu in Argentina in December 2021. (Fundacion Mundo Marino/Newsflash)

Animals / General News / South America

Rescued Turtle Defecates Over 10 Different Types Of Plastic

A turtle rescued from a fishing net has defecated over 10 different types of plastic. The juvenile green sea turtle was taken to the rescue and rehabilitation centre of the Mundo Marino Foundation in the coastal town of San Clemente del Tuyu in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires. The…

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December 29, 2021

Weird elevator with locks on buttons in Yancheng, China. (wdxj0823/AsiaWire)

Asia / General News

Woman Finds Weird Elevator With Locks On Buttons

A woman in China was surprised to find locked padlocks on the buttons of an elevator and decided to film it to share online. The strange incident was reported in the city of Yancheng, in the eastern-central coastal province of Jiangsu. The camerawoman identified only as Ms Wu said she…

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December 9, 2021