A rare bee attack in the French town of Aurillac left 24 people injured, including some critically, according to local authorities. People walking in the south-central France town were stung over a period of 30 minutes on July 6, according to The Associated Press. Firefighters and medical teams were rushed to the scene to treat the … Read more
An unnamed hiker who fell down a crevasse while traversing a glacier in Switzerland has been rescued thanks to a very obedient little companion, his chihuahua. The man was hiking on Friday on the Fee Glacier in the south of the country with his white and brown long-haired dog when he stepped on a snow bridge, … Read more
Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty on Monday of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned the verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial. Patterson faces life in prison and will be … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Andrei Badalov, the vice-president of Russia‘s national oil pipeline, Transneft, has been found dead after allegedly falling out of a window of his home in suburban Moscow, law enforcement told Russian state media on Friday. The former businessman’s body was discovered beneath a window of a house … Read more
More details have been released about the death of Juliana Marins, who fell hundreds of feet near an active volcano in Indonesia last month. The Brazilian tourist, 26, was found dead on Mount Rinjani after she slipped and fell off a cliff while climbing Indonesia’s second-highest volcano on June 21 with a group led by … Read more
Two female tourists were killed by an elephant in Zambia on Thursday while on a walking safari in a national park, according to police. Eastern Province police Commissioner Robertson Mweemba said the victims — 68-year-old Easton Janet Taylor from the U.K. and 67-year-old Alison Jean Taylor from New Zealand — were attacked and trampled by … Read more
A Chinese-American man attempting to fly solo to all seven continents was detained by authorities after reportedly landing without permission in Antarctica. Ethan Guo, 19, is trying to set a record as the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents in a small aircraft in a quest to drum up donations for research … Read more
NOTE: This story contains disturbing details. Please read at your own discretion. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran man residing in Maryland who was wrongly deported to CECOT, a mega-jail in El Salvador whose name translates roughly as the Terrorism Confinement Centre, says he was subjected to severe physical and psychological torture while detained. According … Read more
Liverpool soccer player Diogo Jota was killed in a car crash in Spain when the Lamborghini he was in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday. He was 28. The Portuguese soccer star’s 25-year-old brother, André Silva, also died in the car crash near the northwestern city of Zamora, authorities said. … Read more
An American tourist has vanished in Turks and Caicos after he left his Airbnb in the early morning, walking toward the downtown area of the popular tourist destination. Brian Tarrance, 51, was last seen on security footage leaving his rental home in Grace Bay, Providenciales, and walking toward the downtown area around 3:30 a.m. on … Read more