Read more about the article Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue
Rescue teams work to help a 20-year-old Uzbek student trapped on the peak by a snow storm, in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. The man had found the peak during internet research for the most beautiful vantage point for photos, and went up before 20 centimetres of snow fell. (BRK/Newsflash)

Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue

A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. The 20-year-old…

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Read more about the article Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland
Image shows the Italian village of Monteviasco, undated photo. Residents asked their village to be annexed to Switzerland after cable car that connects them to the rest of the world has remained broken since 2018. (Newsflash)

Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland

Stranded villagers in an Italian Alpine hamlet have asked Switzerland to annex them after four years of bungling by local politicians. The village's gondola lift has been out of action…

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Read more about the article Four-Year-Old Syrian Girl Dies On Stranded Migrant Boat
The 4-year-old girl died of thirst on a boat loaded with migrants that was stuck on the high seas for about 10 days and no country wanted to rescue the migrants, despite repeated calls for help. (Newsflash)

Four-Year-Old Syrian Girl Dies On Stranded Migrant Boat

A four-year-old Syrian girl who left Lebanon for Europe on a fishing boat with 60 other migrants died of thirst after no ship or country came to their aid. Loujin…

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Read more about the article Endangered Pink Dolphin Released In Safe Waters After Becoming Stranded For Month
Pink dolphin stranded in a river rescued in Casanare, Colombia in January 2022. (Armada Colombia/Newsflash)

Endangered Pink Dolphin Released In Safe Waters After Becoming Stranded For Month

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This is the moment Colombian Navy personnel and conservationists rescue an endangered pink river dolphin after it became stranded for over a month, and then release it in safer waters.…

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Read more about the article Dramatic Rescue As Mountain Road Becomes Raging Torrent
Firefighters in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China, rescue a passenger from a car stranded on a flooded mountain road in Pan'an County on 4 August

Dramatic Rescue As Mountain Road Becomes Raging Torrent

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This is the dramatic moment Chinese firemen rescue three tourists who were stranded and threatened with being washed away when the mountain road they were travelling on turned into a…

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