Woman accidentally finds missing turtle after 12 years in her home in Chengdu, China. (50689999/AsiaWire)

Animals / Asia / General News

Woman Finds Long Lost Tortoise Under Bed Looking Like It Had Been Fossilised After It Disappeared In 2009

A Chinese woman has found the body of her long lost missing tortoise under her bed and hard as stone as if it had been fossilised after it went missing in 2009. Ms Zhang, from the city of Chengdu in the Chinese province of Sichuan, found her old tortoise on…

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November 22, 2021

A Lancia Fulvia car that has been parked in the same place for 47 years will be removed and made into a monument in Conegliano in Veneto, Italy. (Google Maps/Newsflash)

Europe / General News / Motoring

Italian Car Parked On Side Street For Nearly 5 Decades To Finally Be Moved But Will Be Back After Renovation

An old Lancia that has been parked on an Italian street for 47 years and has become a tourist attraction is going to be removed, restored and turned into a monument. Angelo Fregolent, 94, parked his Lancia Fulvia 1962 outside the newsagent he ran with his wife, Bertilla Modolo, in…

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November 4, 2021

Andres “N”, 72, suspected of committing approximately 30 acts of femicide in Atizapan de Zaragoza, when he was transferred to the Tenango del Valle prison, after an attempted attack led by inmates of the prison he was held in, Mexico, in May, 2021.

Crime / General News / North America And Caribbean

Self Confessed Cannibal That Killed Up To 30 Women Moved To Safety After Fellow Inmates Tried To Kill Him

The 72-year-old self-confessed cannibal accused of slaughtering up to 30 women and eating body parts after butchering them in his cellar has been moved to another prison for his own safety after other inmates tried to kill him. Elderly Andres Filomeno was arrested at his home on Lomas de San…

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June 8, 2021

Doctor Catalin Denciu from Piatra Neamt, who jumped into fire to save his patients from Piatra Neamț County Hospital on 14 November 2020, declared 'Hero of the Year' in Belgium.

Europe / General News / Health

Doctor Who Saved COVID Patients In Hospital Blaze Named Hero Of The Year

A badly injured Romanian doctor who was moved to Belgium to be treated for the severe burns he suffered after he ran into the flames at a burning hospital to save COVID-19 patients has been honoured as the ‘Hero of the Year’. The title, awarded in Belgium is selected from…

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April 18, 2021

Former circus bear Jambolina who was being kept in a tiny cage in Ukraine

Animals / Europe / General News

Worlds Loneliest Bear Kept Isolated In Cage Box For Years Is Moved To Stunning Alpine Retreat

The world's loneliest bear kept isolated in a tiny box-like cage for over a decade ever since she was a cub is to finally meet other bears in an Alpine paradise after years of being tortured to make her perform in a travelling circus. The bear named Jambolina, who is…

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December 22, 2020

The tarantulas in his shoes

Asia / Crime / General News

Over 100 Tarantulas found Hidden In A Pair of Old Trainers Seized At Airport

Filipino customs officials have found 119 living tarantulas inside a pair of old Asics trainers being moved through an international airport. The shocking find on the eve of Halloween took place at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the city of Pasay in the Philippines. The 119 tarantulas were hidden inside…

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November 7, 2020

The kid is kneeling in the middle of the street praying

Children / General News / South America

Stunning Pic Of Face Mask Boy Praying For End Of COVID

This stunning photo of a six-year-old boy in a face mask kneeling in the middle of an empty street praying for the end of coronavirus and asking God to be able to hug his grandparents again has moved netizens. The touching scene was captured by the photographer Claudia Alejandra Mora…

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April 26, 2020

The derailed train

Accidents / Europe / General News

Stuck In The Air Train To Be Moved A Year After Crash

Bucharest Metro officials have appealed for help in working out how to get an underground train that has been stuck in the air inside a terminal in the capital city ever since it crashed a year ago. The incident happened when the train which was travelling at 50 kph careered…

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February 3, 2020

Europe / General News / Immigration

IS Wife Arrested On Return To Germany

A suspected supporter of the so-called Islamic State who reportedly married one of the militia and moved to Syria has been arrested after landing in Germany. The 30-year-old woman, named in reports as 'Lorin' arrived at Frankfurt Airport aboard a plane from Turkey with four children and was immediately arrested…

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December 8, 2019

Message sent to inform about Gigi’s death

Central America / Children / General News

4yo Potter Fan Who Moved Radcliffe Loses Cancer Battle

The four-year-old Harry Potter fan whose brave fight with cancer prompted Daniel Radcliffe to send her a video message of support has died. Gisela 'Gigi' Garcia Fomperosa, from the city of Cuernavaca in south-central Mexico's Morelos state, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 19 months ago when she was only…

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March 14, 2019