The British INC30 World War II grenade that a farmer found during fieldwork in the German town of Viersen. (Stadt Viersen/Newsflash)

Europe / General News / History

German Farmer Gets Plough Embedded In Unexploded British World War II Bomb During Fieldwork

These images show how a German farmer got his plough embedded in an unexploded British World War II bomb while working his field. Newsflash obtained the images and a statement from the City of Viersen, which is located in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, yesterday (Thursday, 24th March).…

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April 4, 2022

The two long lost 'Striding Horses' sculpture by Austrian-German artist Josef Thorak.

Europe / General News / History

Germany Gets Back Two Hitler Horse Sculptures Worth Over GBP Three Million

Germany has acquired two long-lost bronze horse sculptures worth millions that once stood on the terrace of Adolf Hitler's office at the Berlin chancellery before being looted by the Red Army and then vanishing for decades. The two masterpieces known as the 'Walking Horses' which were commissioned by the Third…

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August 12, 2021

Newborn lamb with six legs surprises those who see it

Animals / General News / Turkey

Mutant Six-Legged Lamb Born On Farm In Turkey

A mutant sheep has been born with six legs on a farm in Turkey and the fluffy animal gets on great with the other lambs. The mutant lamb was born in the neighbourhood of Duzova in the district of Cinar in the south-eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Local farmer Maksut…

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January 26, 2021

Hairullina Varvara who suffers from Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy

General News / Health / Russia

Little Girl Gets GBP 2M Drug To Cure Fatal Disease For Free

This little Russian girl has won a ‘lottery’ to get a free dose of the world's most expensive drug. Hairullina Varvara, 2, is suffering from SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) which gradually destroys muscles and nerve fibres in the body. Varvara's parents learned about the terrible diagnosis of their long-awaited and…

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January 20, 2021

One of the dogs that bit the child

Children / General News / Russia

Boy Torn Apart By Dogs After Mum Gets Drunk On Vodka With Pal

Russian cops are investigating after a mother whose 11-year-old son was torn apart by dogs after she went on a New Year drinking spree with a pal. The mother of three including the boy who died had visited her friend who has a dog kennels in the town of Ivanteevka…

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January 12, 2021

A plane touching the sun during sunrise, the photo that took almost one year to be captured by the photographer Mostafa Atef

Art & Entertainment / General News / Middle East

After Year of Early Starts Photographer Gets Perfect Shot Of Landing Plane At Sunrise

An amateur photographer who works at an airport got the best Christmas present when he finally managed to take a picture of a plane landing just as it appears to touch the rising sun after trying every day for a year. Mostafa Atef, 38, who works at Sharm El-Sheikh International…

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December 23, 2020

Jean Le Roux who has thrown a bottle into the sea and got a response 27 years later

Europe / General News / Human Interest

French OAP Gets 27 Year Later Reply From Brit To Message-In-Bottle

An 84-year-old Frenchman has received a reply from a UK resident to a message-in-a-bottle he threw in the sea 27 years ago. Jean Le Roux from the north-western French region of Brittany threw the bottle in the sea in 1993 just after his father’s death. The Frenchman was returning home…

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November 3, 2020

A scan performed at Hangzhou First People’s Hospital in Zhejiang, China, on 3 June show Mr Xie’s inflamed liver filled with fluid and tumour-like growths due to a parasitic fluke infection

Asia / General News / Health

Man Gets Parasites From Raw Fish And Loses Half A Liver

A Chinese man who ate a delicacy of undercooked fish has lost half a liver after the vital organ was “eaten" from the inside by an army of parasitic flatworms which laid “countless” eggs. The patient, named only as Mr Xie, 55, presented with symptoms including a loss of appetite,…

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July 27, 2020

This is the moment 1.8m Cobra in taking a bath in bathroom, after being rescued from a construction side by Andre du Preez

Africa / Environment / General News

Cold Case Cobra Gets A Hot Bath In South Africa

This is the moment a near six-foot-long cobra slithers in a South African snake catcher’s bathtub after being spotted by nervous construction workers. The incident was filmed by Andre du Preez, who runs the ‘Silverfox Snake Rescues’, at his home in the town of Worcester in the South African province…

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July 27, 2020

The singer Era Ojdanic

Europe / General News / Social Media

Singer Who Said Bad Sex Worse Than COVID Gets The Virus

A randy Serbian OAP singer who said it is “better to die of COVID-19 than not have good sex for three months” has tested positive for the virus. Serbian star Andrija Ojdanic, 73, better known by his stage name Era, revealed that one of his six children has been admitted…

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July 22, 2020