Read more about the article Waste Sent Back To Austria For Checks After Claims It Was Illegally Shipped To Malaysia
Illustrative image of a plastic waste landfill in Malaysia. (Newsflash)
General News

Waste Sent Back To Austria For Checks After Claims It Was Illegally Shipped To Malaysia

One hundred tonnes of plastic waste that Greenpeace said was illegally dumped in Malaysia has been shipped back to Austria for officials to investigate. The samples sent for analysis arrived in the Austrian town of Enns on 22nd February. The 28 sealed containers had 100 tonnes (220,462 lbs) of waste,…

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March 23, 2021
Read more about the article Mexican Parents Reunite With Son After He Illegally Crossed The US Border 24 Years Earlier
Son reunited with parents after 24 years. (Newsflash)
Crime

Mexican Parents Reunite With Son After He Illegally Crossed The US Border 24 Years Earlier

A Mexican man who worked illegally in the US for over a decade and then ended up homeless on the streets in Mexico after US immigration officials kicked him out of the country has been reunited with his family after 24 years. Roberto Carlos Salas, 37, had hoped for a…

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January 29, 2021
Read more about the article Cops Seize Wild Savannah Cat Worth Up To GBP 14,300 From Turkish Home
Savannah breed African wild cat that was illegally smuggled into Turkey. (Newsflash)
Animals

Cops Seize Wild Savannah Cat Worth Up To GBP 14,300 From Turkish Home

An illegally-smuggled wild African Savannah cat has been seized from a man in Turkey who most likely planned to sell it on for profit. The animal was confiscated from a residence in the district of Sapanca in the Turkish province of Sakarya a few days ago. According to local media,…

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January 4, 2021
Read more about the article Dinosaur Skeletons, Eggs And Endangered Species Seized
The Spanish police seize 4,000 fossils in the port of the Spanish province of Valencia. (Newsflash)
Police

Dinosaur Skeletons, Eggs And Endangered Species Seized

Some 4,000 illegally exported fossils, including five dinosaur eggs worth EUR 150,000 have been seized along with valuable rocks and minerals in a raid by Spanish police. They also reportedly found several live animals that had been also hidden with the fossils in the hope of smuggling them into Europe.…

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October 20, 2020
Read more about the article Father Kills Son, 11, In Tragic Murder-Suicide
Claudio Baima Poma and his son. (@baima.p.claudio/Newsflash)
Crime

Father Kills Son, 11, In Tragic Murder-Suicide

This devoted dad who feared losing his 11-year-old son has taken both their lives in a tragic murder-suicide, leaving a haunting note to the child's mother that concludes "Andrea and his dad forever together". Claudio Baima Poma, a 47-year-old worker from Rivara, near Turin, Italy, shot his son, Andrea, before…

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September 24, 2020