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When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you achieve your dream? If that’s got you thinking about a career change, you may want to look to the Land of the Rising Sun because in Japan there are some unusual employment opportunities available. From human dog food […]

Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the Kudo-kai Yakuza syndicate in the Fukuoka prefecture of Japan, was handed the death penalty on Wednesday for ordering four civilian attacks, including one murder. It is reportedly the first time that the head of a Yakuza group — an organized crime syndicate in Japan — has been sentenced […]

The ambassador of Kyiv in Ankara said that among those receiving stolen grain from Ukraine by Russia were Turkish buyers. The ambassador added that he has seeked help from Turkey to capture those responsible for the illegal shipments. About a third of the global wheat supplies is accounted for by Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine is […]

Turkey claims that it has sovereignty over all Aegean islands in the Eastern Mediterranean region that which are not cited by name in international treaties, according to reports by Tο BHMA. The newspaper states: “After months of declarations from top Turkish government officials that Greece’s sovereignty over a number of its islands in the eastern […]

Photo: From left: Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Saaudun Brahim in court this week; Telegram Pro-Russian forces holding the Donbass region of Ukraine have sentenced two British men and a Moroccan man to death after they were captured during the battel for Mariupol. Aiden Aslin, who is 28 years old, and Shaun Pinner, who is […]

Turkish leader Recep Erdogan has stated that he wants Greece to demilitarise their islands in the Aegean Sea and says that Greece building a military presence there is a violation of treaties that guarantee that the islands should have no military infrastructure. Dispute over the Aegean islands Turkey has been claiming that no islands in […]

Turkish leader Recep Erdogan has been heavily criticised after saying Turkey would ‘bury contemporary Byzantines’ a reference to Christians and Greeks who formerly inhabited what is now Turkey. The inflammatory speech was made at an event to celebrate the 569th anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople to Islamic fighters in the 15th century. The event […]

A man has been reunited with his biological mother after 20 years apart after she sent him a birthday message on Facebook. Benjamin Hulleberg, a middle school substitute teacher from Utah, knew only of his mother as ‘Holly’ and had been raised for two decades by Brian and Angela Hulleberg. Holly had Benjamin when she […]

Photo: Dave Coustick/Wikimedia Commons, @GalwayGirl2505/Twitter Following the school shooting in Ulvade, Texas, the debate over gun control has once again become centre-stage in the United States with many arguing that in order to stop mass-killings there must be tighter restrictions on firearms. Once again, anti-gun campaigners have turned to the United Kingdom as an example, […]

Scientists and researchers are heralding a new drug as a potential breakthrough in the fight against cancer following the publication of trial results in Australia. The drug, known as Dostarlimab, returned a 100% clearance rate on 18 patients suffering from rectal cancer, one of the more common cancers in western society. At the time the […]

A boy who appeared on national television speaking about his 10 years in foster care has finally been adopted by a loving family. Jacob, who is now 15 years old and from Texas, appeared on ABC’s local affiliate, WFAA, 2 years ago and spoke about his 10 years moving through foster care. Throughout those years, […]

A new study published in Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment has stated that genetically modified glow-in-the-dark zebrafish have escaped into the rivers and creeks of Brazil, and there are now worries that this could have a serious impact on the natural flora and fauna of the region. Zebrafish are used extensively in laboratory settings […]

> Photo: Chicken embryo, Graeme Campbell/Wikmedia A team of scientists have made a breakthrough in genetic research and development by growing dinosaur legs inside chicken eggs. The landmark work was led by João Francisco Botelho from the University of Chile and the findings have been published in the journal ‘Evolution’. It is well known that […]

A police department and judge in the United States have come under criticism after a ten-year-old boy was detained for 21 days for joking about a school shooting. The incident occurred shortly after the mass shooting in Texas that made headlines around the world and prompted a resurgence of the firearms debate in the US. […]

The ruins of 11 previously unknown settlements in the Amazon rainforest have been revealed with the assistance of jungle-penetrating lasers. The discovery was reported in the academic journal, Nature, after scientists carried out an examination of six areas within a 4,500 square kilometer region of the Llanos de Mojos in the Bolivian part of the […]

Valtteri Mulkahainen, a teacher in Sotkamo, Finland has captured an amazing series of pictures showing bear cubs dancing in the forest. She said of her encounter with the bear cubs: “The cubs behaved like little children. They were playing, and even started a few friendly fights. I felt like I was on a playground in […]

Spain is setting up plans to provide medical leave for women suffering from period pain. According to a draft bill, women will be allowed to take three days off work which can be extended to five days in certain cases. However, the leaked draft is still being worked on according to politicians, but if implemented, […]

A study has found that the world’s oldest tree might be located in a green forest in southern Chile and could be more than 5,000 years old. Since the tree has a massive trunk, the scientists have been unable to determine the tree’s exact age. To determine a tree’s age, scientists usually extract about a […]

In a video that will spread fear within the Kremlin, conscripted Russian troops have mutinied against their commanders, saying they do not wish to continue with the brutal invasion of Ukraine. In footage from the 113th rifle regiment of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the soldiers say they are hungry, cold and poorly treated. The […]

Authorities in the UK have said they are considering asking the United States to formally extradite actor Kevin Spacey over alleged sex attacks that were said to have taken place within the UK between 2005 and 2013. Last week, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated that they are ready to charge Spacey with four […]