British couples will have to quarantine for two weeks before they can hold their babies after arriving at a Ukrainian clinic where 97 newborns are marooned due to coronavirus lockdown. Four desperate British couples have flown to Kyiv and are now on a fortnight’s quarantine before meeting their infants at the BioTexCom human reproduction centre. … Read more
Woman strips off and puts her knickers over her face after Ukrainian shop worker refused to serve her without a mask on The unnamed woman put her knickers on her head at a post office in Ukraine She was asked to put on a face mask but opted to use her knickers instead It was … Read more
Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’ that compiled years worth of stolen data Ukraine’s security service arrested a hacker called Sanix Sanix was arrested in connection with a database of 773M stolen passwords an usernames A police raid also turned up two terabytes of other stolen data The … Read more
A Russian ex-spy charged with downing the passenger jet MH17 has said he feels a ‘moral responsibility’ for the disaster. Igor Girkin is one of four people accused of murder over the missile shot in July 2014 which killed all 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine. Girkin was a commander of separatist … Read more
Lions who were both born into captivity have found happiness together after their rescuers decided to introduce them to one another. King of the jungle Luke and lioness Phuku defied the odds to form a strong bond at Love Lions Alive sanctuary in Free State, South Africa, after meeting earlier this year. The pair were … Read more
China’s ambassador to Israel, 58, is found dead in bed at his Tel Aviv apartment just three months into the job Du Wei was found in his bed at his apartment in the suburb of Herzliya, Tel Aviv No cause of death has yet been given and Israeli police said it is investigating The 58-year-old … Read more
‘Ukrainian cannibal killed his girlfriend and fried her legs to eat after getting hungry while boozing at home’ Man identified as Olaksandr, 41, admitted to killing girlfriend and cooking legs Said to have been frying and eating victim’s legs when police raided his house He and girlfriend, 50, were reportedly drinking at home in city … Read more
Four tourists including an American are discovered hiding in a cave in India where they have been for a MONTH after running out of money during coronavirus lockdown Tourists in India are discovered living in a cave after running out of money Some police officers in Rishikesh, northern India are ‘making tourists write lines’ The country … Read more
Raging forest infernos in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone burning for eight days are now ‘close’ to exploded nuclear reactor amid new fears of radiation contamination Wildfires burning through Chernobyl forests are nearing the nuclear reactor There are fears that flames could reach radioactive trucks and vehicles abandoned after the notorious 1986 power station explosion Kiev has … Read more
Student Alex Hendriks expected lifeless desolation when he visited the centre of the Chernobyl disaster zone in northern Ukraine with his friends. And while it was certainly bleak – it was far from lifeless inside the radioactive ruins. There were hundreds of dogs roaming around. The 22-year-old said: ‘My first thought was, “Wow, there are … Read more