Singapore is moving hundreds of foreign workers to floating hotels managed by a British company based in Liverpool to keep them isolated from possible COVID-19 infection as the island state battles a second surge of infections. Described as "self-sufficient", the floating hotels are operated by Liverpool-based company Bibby Maritime and…
A Dutch animal ambulance that also removes dead pets discovered to their relief that a dead dog dumped in a plastic bag in a forest was an abandoned stuffed toy. The animal ambulance network in the Netherlands provides transport for sick, wounded or lost animals, and it also collects dead…
The Malaysian authorities have stepped up the protection measures of the vulnerable sun bear after the Chinese government claimed the animal’s bile can be used to treat coronavirus. The Chinese government made international headlines when it recommended the use of Tan Re Qing, an injection which contains bear bile, for…
This 32-year-old man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for raping and killing a 13-year-old girl who was home alone while her mother did the shopping during the COVID-19 lockdown. The man named in reports as Jose Ramon N., 32, was arrested on Thursday 9th April and sentenced…
Story By: Ana Marjanovic, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News The Croatian police have managed to track down two suspects who allegedly beat two black gay American soldiers for dancing “a little more vigorously” than others in a local nightclub in October. The two Americans, named in reports as soldiers Ny'Zavian Dozier, 24, who also…
