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A faux bearskin cap made by PETA. Wildlife photographers Andy Parkinson, Megan McCubbin, and Aaron Gekoski added their names to a letter sent on PETAs behalf to Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace, calling on the Ministry of Defence to stop funding the slaughter of black bears for the Queens Guards caps. (PETA/Newsflash)

Animal Lovers Strip Ahead Of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:June 8, 2022

Animal lovers have torn British defence chiefs off a strip with a nearly-nude demo over royal guards' bearskin hats ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Royal guards will wear the…

Ram has been sentenced to three years in jail for allegedly attacking and killing an old woman named Adhieu Chaping in South Sudan in May 2022. (CEN)

Rampant Sheep Gets Three Years Jail For Butting Woman To Death

Post author:Michael Leidig
Post published:June 2, 2022

A ram has been sentenced to three years in jail after it was convicted of killing a woman. The baffling sentence was passed by a court in Rumbek, capital of…

Georg Eisenreich, Justice Minister, Member of the Bundesrat of Germany. (@G.Eisenreich/Newsflash)

German States Are Outlawing Russian Z And Making It A Criminal Offence To Support Putins Actions In Ukraine

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:April 4, 2022

German states have declared that showing the Russian 'Z' used in the invasion of Ukraine will become a criminal offence. Several federal states have announced that there will be criminal…

Mario Teran Salazar, the man who killed Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and who died in Bolivia on 10th March 2022. (Newsflash)

Former Soldier Believed To Have Executed Che Guevara In Bolivia Dies Aged 80

Post author:William McGee
Post published:March 16, 2022

The soldier believed to have executed Che Guevara during his failed attempt to foment revolution in Bolivia has died. Mario Teran Salazar, the man accredited with killing the Argentine physician…

Deep insights into the Enigma thanks to special X-ray technology. (Fraunhofer IIS/Newsflash)

Experts Scan WWII Enigma Machine And Others Dating Back To 1870 Showing Inner Workings With 3D Models

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 10, 2022

Experts in Germany have scanned the fascinating inner workings of encryption machines that were first developed in 1870 and that also included the famous Enigma machines used by the Nazis…

One of the serum bottles which are considered to be 112 years old, found in the walls of the Namazgah Bastion in Canakkale, Turkey where Gallipoli campaign took place. (Newsflash)

Vials With Mysterious Serum Found At Gallipoli Battle Site

Post author:Feza Uzay
Post published:March 9, 2022

Two mysterious 112-year-old glass vials have been found during restoration work in the area where the Gallipoli campaign took place. The military campaign took place during World War I on…

The team that did the rescue of a jaguar that was domesticated by employees of a farm after losing its mother in the fires that occurred in the Pantanal in 2020, near Caceres, Brazil, on 3rd February. (PMMT/Newsflash)

Jaguar Orphaned By Wildfires As Cub And Domesticated Is Rescued By Cops After Becoming Threat

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:February 25, 2022

This is the moment the police rescue a domesticated jaguar that was saved as a cub during the 2020 Brazil wildfires and has started hunting livestock and grown into a…

North American B-25 Mitchell, like the one shot down in 1943, near Sciacca, Italy. (U.S. Air Force/Newsflash)

B25 Bomber And Remains Of Five US WWII Soldiers Found In Sicily

Post author:Marija Stojkoska
Post published:December 31, 2021

An American B-25 bomber that was shot down during World War II has been found in Sicily along with the remains of five airmen. The search started in 2017, but…

The silver treasure found by urban archeology. (Andreas Brucklmair, KMA/Newsflash)

Hoard Of 5,600 Silver Coins From Roman Empire 2000 Years Ago Discovered In Germany

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:November 30, 2021

A hoard of 5,600 silver coins from the Roman Empire dating back nearly 2,000 years have been unearthed in Germany. The Augsburg Art Collections and Museum said in a statement…

Mundo Novo Environmental Military Police rescues 5-meter anaconda trapped in branches after feasting on large animal in Brazil. (PMMS/Newsflash)

Cops Free Anaconda That Got Trapped In Branches After Eating Huge Animal Whole

Post author:William McGee
Post published:November 9, 2021

This is the moment a cop on a boat uses a spade to prod and free a giant anaconda from some riverside branches after it got trapped in them due…