Read more about the article FLARE WELL: Europol Op Leads To Seizure Of GBP 22 Million Of Illegal Fireworks From China
Image shows storages with illegal pyrotechnics, undated photo. The police have seized over 350 tonnes of illegal fireworks worth over EUR 25 million (GBP 22 million) in Germany and the Netherlands. (Polizei Osnabruck/Newsflash)
Crime

FLARE WELL: Europol Op Leads To Seizure Of GBP 22 Million Of Illegal Fireworks From China

Europol has dismantled a criminal network involved illegal firework trafficking worth over GBP 22 million with the help of German and Dutch authorities. https://youtu.be/iKkN_m5VR3E The two-year-long investigation uncovered a Dutch criminal network associated with large-scale trafficking of dangerous and highly explosive fireworks. Experts from the German Regional Police (Landespolizei Osnabruck),…

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November 11, 2022
Read more about the article TURTLE SHOCK: Amazed Boffins Discover 100-Million Years Old Turtle Footprints
Picture shows a turtle footprint in undated footage. Researchers from the Zhucheng Dinosaur Culture Research Center in Shandong Province, China, found more than 20 turtle footprints in dinosaur tracks at the Huanglonggou dinosaur footprint fossil site. (AsiaWire)
Archaeology / History

TURTLE SHOCK: Amazed Boffins Discover 100-Million Years Old Turtle Footprints

Scientists in China have discovered 100-million-years-old fossilised turtle footprints, including one ‘among the world’s best preserved’. Picture shows a turtle footprint in undated footage. Researchers from the Zhucheng Dinosaur Culture Research Center in Shandong Province, China, found more than 20 turtle footprints in dinosaur tracks at the Huanglonggou dinosaur footprint…

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November 7, 2022
Read more about the article LUCKY BRAKE: Lad Saved Runaway Car From Disaster By Yanking On Handbrake
Picture shows the 7-year-old boy who jumped in a car and pulled the handbrake to stop a collision in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, China, in an undated photo. His mom Ms. Li said the whole process took him only 5 seconds, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AsiaWire)
Accidents

LUCKY BRAKE: Lad Saved Runaway Car From Disaster By Yanking On Handbrake

This is the moment a seven-year-old boy stopped a runaway car by leaping through the driver's door to pull on the handbrake. The boy - identified as Wei Chonghao, from Longxian County, Shaanxi province, China - leapt into action when he saw the car rolling back towards a motorcyclist. The…

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September 16, 2022
Read more about the article MAGNET AGONY: Five-Year-Old’s Bowel Burst By Magnetic Beads
Boy, 5, critical after ingesting seven magnetic beads of which six were removed in Liuyang, China. (AsiaWire)
General News

MAGNET AGONY: Five-Year-Old’s Bowel Burst By Magnetic Beads

A five-year-old boy was left in agony after he swallowed seven magnetic beads that burst through his bowel. The youngster was rushed to hospital in Changsha, the capital city of central China's Hunan province, where surgeons performed an emergency op to remove the magnets. But although they managed to remove…

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June 21, 2022
Read more about the article FIRE RISK: Building Looks Like Prison As Residents Install Anti-Theft Network
Building looks like prison as residents install anti-theft network in Tangshan, China. (xy15532533222/AsiaWire)
General News

FIRE RISK: Building Looks Like Prison As Residents Install Anti-Theft Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WotN7G4ns These anti-theft nets that have proved popular in China are a deathtrap waiting to happen in the event of a fire warn fireman. This video went viral after being shared with the comment that it made the apartment blocks look like a prison. But local media outlet Jimu news…

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June 18, 2022