Read more about the article Brazilian Hotel Owners Arrested For Extortion And Kidnapping After 20 Years On The Run
Leandro Silva Troesch and Shirley da Silva Figueiredo, owners of luxury inns in Praia dos Garcez, Bahia in Brazil, were arrested on 19 February, 20 years after they participated in an crime through kidnapping, and were sentenced to 14 and nine years in prison. (@pousadaparaisoperdido/Newsflash)
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Brazilian Hotel Owners Arrested For Extortion And Kidnapping After 20 Years On The Run

A Brazilian husband and wife who have been on the run for 20 years ago after being convicted of extortion through kidnapping have been arrested after they started a new life running a swanky guesthouse on an idyllic paradise beach. The couple, who actually own a pair of upmarket guesthouses…

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March 22, 2021
Read more about the article Rescued Cat Refuses To Leave Grave Of Former Loving Owners
Description: Cat called Chatziko makes new home on the grave of its owners, Antonio Douros and his wife, Giota, in the Greek cemetery of Astros Kynourias in the Peloponnese. (Newsflash)
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Rescued Cat Refuses To Leave Grave Of Former Loving Owners

This cat spends all day sitting on the graves of its former owners who rescued it last year and churchgoers even built it a little kennel in the cemetery for shelter. The grieving cat visits its deceased owners every day at a cemetery in the town of Astros in the…

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January 18, 2021
Read more about the article Missing Cat Turns Up 100 km Away After 15 Years
The missing cat, Libby, who was found after 15 years. (Property Animal Protection/Newsflash)
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Missing Cat Turns Up 100 km Away After 15 Years

A missing cat has been found starving and sick on a street more than a hundred kilometres away after she ran away from home 15 years ago - but her old owners can no longer take her back as they already have four other cats. Cat Libby was found 105…

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January 4, 2021
Read more about the article Chinese County Threatens Dogs With A Death Sentence If They Are Caught Walking Outside
Dogs being taken away. (Newsflash)
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Chinese County Threatens Dogs With A Death Sentence If They Are Caught Walking Outside

Dog owners in China have been told their pets will be killed if they are caught walking them outside their homes in a move that has been branded incredibly cruel by animal activists. The controversial dog-walking policy was introduced on Friday, 13th November, in Weixin, a county in the northeast…

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December 11, 2020
Read more about the article French Shop Owners Strip To Protest COVID Lockdown
Traders pose naked to protest against confinement. (Newsflash)
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French Shop Owners Strip To Protest COVID Lockdown

French shopkeepers have posed topless to protest the government “stripping them naked” during the latest COVID-19 lockdown. Hairdresser Helene Wasselin came up with the idea after the local mayors’ plans to allow ‘non-essential’ businesses to carry on was shot down by the regional government. Wasselin, who owns a hair salon…

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November 10, 2020