Politician’s Daughter Swindled EUR 23 Million In COVID Facemask Tax Scam
A top politician's daughter who won huge contracts to supply face masks during the COVID crisis has gone on trial accused of dodging EUR 23 million in taxes. Andrea Tandler,…
Image shows COVID-19 masks, undated photo. Germany has burnt over 17 million expired masks as of January 2023. (Newsflash)
Germany Burns More Than 17 Million Expired Covid Masks
Health officials in Germany have incinerated more than 17 million expired COVID-19 masks. The unused medical masks - bought in the first months of the pandemic - were reportedly destroyed…
Image shows a female koala with a cub in its pouch, undated photo.
(Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)
World’s Oldest Zoo Spots New Koala Arrival Peering From Mum’s Pouch
The oldest zoo in the world has announced that a new koala baby has arrived way after spotting it in its mother's pouch. Zookeepers were thrilled to see the little…
A team of Princeton researchers has now discovered clear evidence that Megalodon and some of its ancestors were at the very highest rung of the prehistoric food chain – the highest “trophic level.” (Harry Maisch/Newsflash)
Scientists Who Crunched Data During COVID Lockdown Find Huge Shark Was World’s Ultimate Predator
The ultimate predator of predators was a massive 50-foot-long shark that was so powerful it even ate predators that ate other predators. Prehistoric megatooth sharks that got their name from…
An illustrative image of a gorilla. (Newsflash)
Three Gorillas Test Positive For COVID In Spain
Three gorillas have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Spanish zoo. It is not the first case of gorillas being infected, following reports last year that multiple gorillas at a…
Muzaffer Kayasan (56) who lives in Sariyer in Istanbul, Turkey, made 78 Covid tests and all of them were positive. (Newsflash)
COVID Grandpa Cured After 14 Months In Quarantine
A leukaemia sufferer who had 85 positive COVID-19 tests has finally hugged his grandchildren after spending 14 months in quarantine. Muzaffer Kayasan, 56 - from Sariyer, in the Turkish province…
COVID vaccine developed at MedUni Vienna could protect against omicron and other variants. (MedUni Wien/Newsflash)
New COVID Vax Could Protect Against All Variants
Scientists believe they are on the verge of producing a new COVID vaccine that could protect against all variants, including Omicron. The vaccine - produced at Austria's Medical University of…
Rukiye Kizilirmak Yuceturk, the nurse who was arrested in 2021 in Izmir, Turkey, on the allegation that she prepared fake vaccination cards. (CEN)
Nurse Faces 241 Years And 6 Months In Jail For Fake COVID Jab Scam
A Turkish nurse faces 241 years and six months behind bars for pretending to jab patients in return for cash so they could obtain COVID-19 vaccination certificates. Rukiye Kizilirmak Yuceturk,…
Seattle doctor Tami Meraglia accused of selling fake 'miracle cures' for nearly $750,000, to treat COVID-19 and other medical ailments. (Washington State Office of the Attorney General/Newsflash)
Seattle Company In Hot Water For Promoting Snake Oil Stem Cell Treatments For COVID
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has launched a lawsuit against a Seattle-based company for "deceptively marketing stem cell treatments for COVID-19 and dozens of other serious medical conditions". Attorney…
DNA analytics in the lab. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Newsflash)
Chunk Of DNA Inherited From Neanderthals Makes Humans More Likely To Get COVID But Less Likely To Get HIV
A piece of DNA that many humans have inherited from the Neanderthals makes it more likely to get a serious bout of COVID-19 but 27 percent less likely to get…