Read more about the article Japanese Village Offers GBP 8,000 For Slippery Creature’s Capture
Photo shows a model of a "tsuchinoko" that is displayed at a museum in Higashishirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, undated. Tsuchinoko, literally translating to "child of hammer", is a snake-like being. (Higashishirakawa Municipal Government/CEN)

Japanese Village Offers GBP 8,000 For Slippery Creature’s Capture

A village in Japan is reportedly offering more than GBP 8,000 to anyone who captures the mythical 'tsuchinoko' serpent during an organised hunting event to be held this spring. The…

Continue ReadingJapanese Village Offers GBP 8,000 For Slippery Creature’s Capture
Read more about the article Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism
Image shows the municipality of Goldegg, in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the state of Salzburg, Austria, undated photo. Historian Johannes Hofinger from the Salzburg City Archives reportedly wrote a brochure in which he glorified the technical achievements of the Nazi regime in the municipality. (Newsflash)

Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism

A historian has been accused of glorifying the Nazi regime in a new history of their brutal hold on power in Austria during World War II. Writer Johannes Hofinger apparently…

Continue ReadingFury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism
Read more about the article Miracle Recovery Of Brothers Lost In Amazon Astounds Medics
Picture shows the brothers Gleison Carvalho Ferreira, 9, and Glauco Carvalho Ferreira, 7, undated. They had been missing for 26 days in the Amazon rainforest, in municipality of Manicore, Brazil, and were found on the March 15 , 2022. (CEN)

Miracle Recovery Of Brothers Lost In Amazon Astounds Medics

Two young brothers who were close to death after 26 days lost in the Amazon rainforest have astonished medics with their rapid recovery. Gleison and Glauco Carvalho Ferreira went missing…

Continue ReadingMiracle Recovery Of Brothers Lost In Amazon Astounds Medics
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…

Continue ReadingPlease Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland
Read more about the article Three-Year-Old Found Safe After Two Nights In Wilderness
Yegor Novolotsky, 3, poses in an undated photo. Novolotsky, who went missing after going for a walk, was found alive in a forest belt in the town of Veliky Ustyug in Vologda, Russia, Wednesday, Aug 3, 2022. (Marina Novolotskaya/Newsflash)

Three-Year-Old Found Safe After Two Nights In Wilderness

A three-year-old boy who vanished without a trace from his village in Russia has been found alive in a forest after two nights alone. Young Yegor went missing in Morozovitsa,…

Continue ReadingThree-Year-Old Found Safe After Two Nights In Wilderness

End of content

No more pages to load