Burial officials in Austria are opening up unused graves in cemeteries where gardeners can grow organic veg alongside the dearly departed. The bizarre plan means anyone with a burial plot…
Food officials in Singapore are to approve 16 different kinds of bugs including crickets, grasshoppers and silkworms as fit for human consumption. The insects and larvae are to be approved…
Twenty-nine ancient artefacts worth USD 20 million have been returned to Greece by the United States, including a coin that was minted to commemorate the murder of Julius Caesar. The…
Austrian customs have seized nearly 45,000 fake Louis Vuitton purses and Versace sunglasses hidden in boxes at Vienna Airport. The counterfeit products, weighing more than two tonnes, were found inside…
Holidaymakers at the party hotspot Ibiza have been warned they could be struck down with deadly dengue fever. Officials on the Spanish island - known for its wild nightlife -…
Spain's tourist hotspot Valencia is to ban any loud noise at night in new rules announced by council chiefs. Officials in the city have sanctioned new regulations banning any "screaming…
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…
A Nazi World War II treasure map showing the site of buried chests of gold and jewels has been made public by officials in the Netherlands. The seven chests are…
Traffic police who pulled over a couple for a driving offence were astonished when they found a live tiger in their boot. Public Security Department officials in El Marques, Queretaro…
A three-year-old boy was stung to death by a swarm of killer bees after disturbing a nest outside the family home. The agonising attack happened when victim Marcos Suarez Medina…