Category: International

Australian environmentalists want fallen trees from bushfires used to shelter wildlife instead of being used for mulch. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7936875/Fallen-trees-bushfires-used-shelter-wildlife-Australia.html?ITO=applenews (Photo courtesy of dailymail.co.uk)

Firefighters freed a woman whose finger was stuck in the sink overflow drain in her bathroom. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/01/27/Firefighters-free-womans-finger-from-sink-overflow-drain/1451580159073/ (Photo courtesy of London Fire Brigade)

Part of the Great Wall of China closed in attempt to control spread of deadly coronavirus. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/wuhan-virus-great-wall-closed-tourist-sites-12325070 (Photo courtesy of Pixabay)

Huge locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa https://hosted.ap.org/summitdaily/article/3a94858d9ba8c642e80fa3c141c9a8f8/huge-locust-swarms-destroy-crops-east-africa (Photo courtesy of AP)

Two South Vietnamese men have been fined by police after they were filmed showering while riding a motorbike. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51235561 (Photo courtesy of BBC)

Elephants escape Russian circus to play in snow. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/01/24/Elephants-escape-circus-in-Russia-to-play-in-the-snow/9711579880916/  (Photo courtesy of Seattle Times)

Cookies are first food baked in space by astronauts. Chocolate chip cookies were the ones made. After baking, they were sealed in bags, then sent…

Switzerland mints world’s smallest gold coin. https://hosted.ap.org/summitdaily/article/911b9ab38691e43f5a431975a7ab336d/switzerland-mints-worlds-smallest-gold-coin (Photo courtesy of AP)

Meet Vyom, India’s first astronaut robot. India’s space agency has unveiled a robot that will travel to space later this year as part of an…

Australia is being hit with issues of Biblical proportion. Fires, rains, and now showers of venomous spiders. Australians are encountering an influx of funnel-web arachnids, which…