Swiss residents who heat their homes to more than 19 degrees Celsius face up to three years in jail under strict new guidelines as Europe's energy crisis bites. The Swiss government has introduced a strict set of guidelines that it intends to implement if the gas runs out this winter.…
Two chubby young pandas have been put on a strict diet at a Taiwanese zoo. Yuanzai and Yuanbao, two female panda cubs at Taipei Zoo in Taiwan, have been placed on a diet to reduce their fat, salt, and sugar intake. The cubs are the daughters of Tuantuan and Yuanyuan,…
A jealous ex-boyfriend who used a chisel to fatally stab a young nurse and mum-of-one in a Nazi concentration camp bunker in Germany has been jailed for just 12 and a half years after the judge saw no "maliciousness" in the act. The defendant, named only as Kurt L., 29,…
A famous British zoo expert has declared Vienna Zoo the best in Europe for the sixth time. British zoo expert Anthony Sheridan has voted Schoenbrunn Zoo, the self-proclaimed world's oldest zoo, the best in Europe after assessing 160 zoos in 29 countries. Schoenbrunn Zoo said in a statement obtained by…
The dog that bit off and swallowed a man's big toe after he tried to kick it for begging for a slice of pizza faces being put down. The victim, Steve S., whose full surname was not reported due to strict local privacy laws, was left hospitalised with heavy bandaging…
Cops in Germany have discovered this altar to Hitler at the home of a man who drunk-dialled them. Pjero B., whose full surname was not reported due to strict local privacy laws, called the police for help this week with the staff member who took his call noting he sounded…
A Dutchman has been arrested for selling the coronavirus online so that people can give themselves the deadly virus. The man, who was arrested by the Dutch financial police, was also reportedly selling infection tests as well so that people could verify that they had been infected once they had…
A 101-year-old former SS guard at a Nazi concentration camp who is on trial for complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners has claimed in court he was just a farmhand who worked nearby. Josef S., surname not reported due to strict local privacy laws, is on trial at a…
The lawyer representing survivors of a concentration camp during the trial of a 96-year-old woman who worked there in her late teens has slammed the court saying "you want to silence us!" The outburst took place during the trial of a woman named only as Irmgard F., 96, in reports…
This is the moment caretakers feed a leaf to an adorable obese raccoon who needs to go on a strict diet after weighing almost twice her recommended weight from eating her favourite puppy food. The three-year-old raccoon named Lisa was filmed at a raccoon cafe in the city of Novosibirsk…