Picture shows an x-ray of gold bars hidden in game controllers, undated. Customs officials seized gold with a total weight of around one kilogramme during an air freight inspection at Leipzig-Halle Airport, in Germany, on July 25, 2022. (Hauptzollamt Dresden/Newsflash)

Crime / Europe / General News

Customs Cops Seize Gold Bars Trafficked In Game Controllers

Customs police have seized gold bars worth more than GBP 50,000 stashed inside wireless game controllers found after airport X-Ray checks. Picture shows gold bars hidden in game controllers, undated. Customs officials seized gold with a total weight of around one kilogramme during an air freight inspection at Leipzig-Halle Airport,…

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November 8, 2022

Image shows groups of spheres from Akrotiri, undated photo. Archaeologists from the University of Bristol In England suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. (Konstantinos Trimmis/Newsflash)

Archaeology / Europe / General News

Mysterious Spheres Could Be From First Ever Board Game

Scientists believe mysterious stone spheres found at ancient archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and Aegean may be playing pieces from one of the first-ever board games. The experts - from Bristol University - believe the spheres may have been sling stones, tossing balls, a counting or record-keeping system, or counters…

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October 10, 2022

Image shows koala Uki in his new plant paradise, undated photo. (Zoo Zurich, Maria Schmid/Newsflash)

Animals / Europe / General News

Tarni The Randy New Koala Wastes No Time Looking For A Date

These images show a male koala joining other members of its species at a zoo in Switzerland that include a female, with the cute animal apparently wasting no time to call out to its potential mate Maisy. The randy koala can be seen being released into its new surroundings, before…

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September 30, 2022

First time safari goers encounter curious young elephants, on the 18th of June, in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa. (@ranger_ebz/Newsflash)

Africa / Animals / General News

Adorable Elephant Calves Try To See Off Safari Tourists

This is the adorable moment two elephant calves try out their tusker skills to confront a tourist safari at a South African game reserve. Delighted holidaymakers at the Kapama Private Game Reserve in Limpopo Province watched from their jeeps as the pair confronted them in the bush. The first one…

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July 22, 2022

Illustrative picture of big game hunting

Animal Rights / Europe / General News

Hunters To Enjoy Quarantine Exemptions In France

French officials are allowing game hunters to be exempt from lockdown restrictions so that they can tackle the growth in numbers of wild boar and roe deer. According to national newspaper Ouest-France, the decision was made by the State Secretariat for Biodiversity and announced on Sunday 1st November. The exemption…

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November 9, 2020

B.V. took a screenshot of the won online jackpot of 2.2 million euros, before the casino website crashed

Business / Europe / General News

Man Loses 2.2m Euro jackpot When Online Casino Crashes

A Belgian gambler who was told he had won 2.2 million euros on an online betting game was devastated when the site crashed and the amount was reduced to just 56 euros when it restarted. The online gambler, named only as B.V. in local media who is from Sint-Truiden in…

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May 25, 2020

Vyacheslav Makarov

General News / Politics / Russia

Hit World Of Tanks Game Creator Founds Political Party

One of the creators of the hit online game World of Tanks has launched his own political party in Russia that plans to use a mobile app to help create policy. Vyacheslav Makarov, 40, the co-creator of the widely popular online game World of Tanks, recently announced that he wanted…

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April 10, 2020

Map from Skyrim video game was noticed in an Ukrainian geography book

Education / Europe / General News

Ukraine Geography Schoolbook Has Map From Skyrim

A map from Bethesda's bestselling video game Skyrim has apparently mistakenly been used in a Ukrainian geography textbook recommended by the country’s Ministry of Education. Eagle-eyed Ukrainian secondary school students noticed that one of the maps in their geography textbook had seemingly been lifted from the fantasy world of the…

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February 12, 2020

Mari Mobility Development must pay Nintendo 50 million yen

Asia / Business / General News

Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Mario Go-Kart Company

Nintendo have won a 350,000-GBP lawsuit against a go-kart rental company who marketed themselves as a real-life ‘Mario Kart’ with customers able to hire outfits from the famous game. Japanese gaming giants Nintendo first took legal action against Mari Mobility Development in a 2017 lawsuit. Nintendo argued that Mari Mobility…

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February 5, 2020

Japanese boy’s real-world ninja animation

Asia / Children / General News

Boy Goes Viral With Imaginative Sticker Game On Train

This is the viral moment an imaginative little boy uses a simple ninja sticker on a transparent sheet to create an exciting scene on the window as he enjoys a train ride. The incident was filmed on the Tokyu Den-en-Toshi Line in the central Japanese capital Tokyo and the footage…

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January 28, 2020