A seven-year-old boy died after he suffered seven heart attacks when he was stung by a one of the most toxic scorpions in South America. Luiz Miguel Furtado Barbosa from the municipality of Anhembi, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, was getting dressed to go camping with his family on 23rd October.…
A man has been hailed as a hero after he saved six people when their boat sank in a river but then tragically drowned himself. Ivan Willian Coelho, 36, and six others were travelling by boat on a river near the community of Lontra da Pedreira in a rural part…
A survivor of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in 2012 has received nearly GBP 80,000 in compensation for ‘post-shipwreck stress’. The Costa Concordia cruise ship struck an underwater rock, capsized, and sank off Giglio Island near the coast of Tuscany on 13th January 2012. The Court of Genoa has…
This loyal dog which spent 10 years living in a cemetery following its owner's death has been killed after it was struck by a hit-and-run biker after which it was buried alongside her in an honorary grave. The loyal pooch nicknamed 'Bob Coveiro' ('Bob the Gravedigger') died in the city…
This ancient tree reported to be the world's oldest Ginkgo Tree and over 5000 years old appears to have recovered after being struck by lighting. The ancient tree is found in the neighbourhood of Huangsi, in the city of Fuquan, in the southwest Chinese province of Guizhou. According to national…
The mystery of these 16 cows found dead on an Alpine farm has been solved after tests showed they had been simultaneously struck by a single bolt of lightning. The animals had been spending the summer on an alpine pasture in the rural community of Sankt Johann im Pongau, in…
Two school officials have been sacked after a seven-year-old pupil was struck and killed by a visitor’s car while walking to the loo. The tragedy happened yesterday (2nd June) at the Xi’an No 67 Middle School, in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi, where eight primary classes are currently holding…
Chinese officials have asked archaeologists to check on these ancient murals located in Buddhist grottoes after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck the area. The earthquake took place early on Monday morning in Baicheng County, in Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in north-western China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Although there…
This is the moment a wolf sinks its fangs into a limp dog as the rest of its pack looks on in footage that has struck fear into the hearts of city residents. The incident was filmed at night in the city of Kaluga in the south-western Russian region of…
This is the moment a horse runs onto a road and is fatally struck by an oncoming bus just moments after escaping a funfair. Heartbreaking images show the white horse lying injured on its side as witnesses gather around but are unable to do anything to help, and can only…