Read more about the article BURIED TREASURES: Man Finds Iron-Age Viking Sword And Jewellery While Clearing Forest Undergrowth
Picture shows a Viking-era sword found in Janakkala, Finland, undated. A landowner clearing undergrowth in his forest, found a Viking-era sword, called the regional history association who then discovered jewellery an other items. (Reijo Hyvonen/Newsflash)
Archaeology

BURIED TREASURES: Man Finds Iron-Age Viking Sword And Jewellery While Clearing Forest Undergrowth

A man has found an Iron-Age Viking sword and jewellery while clearing some undergrowth in his forest in Finland, yet despite the fact that they suspect there are more treasures - the local heritage committee does not have the cash to dig them up. Picture shows a Viking-era sword found…

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November 3, 2022
Read more about the article ROME BURNS: Wildfire Burns And Destroys Mountain Forest Near Rome
Italian firefighters use a Canadair aircraft in a fire-extinguishing intervention that lasted for more than 20 hours as a raging wildfire burned through an Italian forest. The Monte degli Elci fire that has been burning since the afternoon of Oct. 18, 2022 near Rome, Italy. (Vigili del Fuoco/Newsflash)
General News

ROME BURNS: Wildfire Burns And Destroys Mountain Forest Near Rome

This is the moment Italian firefighters use a Canadair aircraft in a fire-extinguishing intervention that lasted for more than 20 hours as a raging wildfire burned through an Italian forest. Newsflash obtained the footage from the Vigili del Fuoco, along with a statement that said the plane was dumping the…

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October 21, 2022
Read more about the article WHISKY BUSINESS: Influencer Burns Down 250 Football Pitches Of Forest With Fireworks To Promote Booze
Lucas da Silva Simplicio, poses in undated photo. He is suspected of setting fire to the Parque Estadual Serra do Rola Moca, Brazil, on Sep. 15, 2022. (Newsflash)
Crime / Social Media

WHISKY BUSINESS: Influencer Burns Down 250 Football Pitches Of Forest With Fireworks To Promote Booze

There is widespread outrage in Brazil after a 29-year-old influencer allegedly burnt 250 football pitches of forest while setting off fireworks to promote his whisky business. It reportedly took 100 firefighters and other emergency crews two days to put out the blaze. The massive fire was started near Belo Horizonte,…

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October 19, 2022
Read more about the article SCORCHED EARTH: Daunting Footage As Wildfire Burns Through Californian Forest
The vegetation fire south of Orleans Ranger District in Humboldt County, California, USA on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (@FIRIS/Newsflash)
General News

SCORCHED EARTH: Daunting Footage As Wildfire Burns Through Californian Forest

This aerial footage shows giant plumes of thick smoke rising from a burning forest that was scorched by an active wildfire in California. https://youtu.be/c06V9KRbxeI News wire agency Newsflash obtained the footage from the Fire Integrated Real Time Intelligence System (FIRIS), which took to the skies to map out the proper…

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October 13, 2022
Read more about the article US Man, 51, Kills Self In Bali And Asks To Be Cremated In Monkey Forest In Note
The body of an American tourist, named Robert Paul Evans, 51, has been found hanging on a tree in a land near the Monkey Forest, in Ubud, Bali on 18th October 2021. (PMI Kabupaten Gianyar/Newsflash)
Animals

US Man, 51, Kills Self In Bali And Asks To Be Cremated In Monkey Forest In Note

A 51-year-old American man has requested in a note that his ashes be scattered in a monkey forest after allegedly killing himself in Bali. The body of the American citizen, named as Robert Paul Evans, was found hanging from a tree near the town of Ubud on the Indonesian island…

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October 20, 2021