ADELAIDE, Australia – Two masked Australian men used their car to knock down a pay machine in an effort to steal money at a gas station in Adelaide, Australia. The entire theft was caught in a CCTV camera which was later released by the South Australia police. After an unsuccessful attempt to break open the machine, they refused to give up and came up with an alternative plan. They reversed the car right into the pay machine and use knives to completely detach it from the ground by severing cables. They then load it into the trunk and fled away.…
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VIDEO: Shocking footage shows nursing home workers slapping and swearing at senior citizens’ PALERMO, Italy – Four people were arrested for abusing and beating elderly people at the I nonnini di Enza retirement home in Palermo, Italy. The video footage shows the female caretakers hitting and abusing the elderly people at the ‘I nonnini di Enza’, a non-profit organization, that provides residential care to elderly citizens. Guardia di Finanza police officials reached as soon as the complaint was filed by the elderly woman. “Once again the financiers of Palermo have ascertained inhumane behavior in a retirement home against the elderly,”…
TEL AVIV, Israel — An Arab-Israeli entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in nanotechnology is creating 3D virtual “try-on” simulation software for ecommerce sites selling jewelry and watches. “Lots of small players are trying to bring this kind of tool to the market, but it’s been quick and dirty, so the adoption rate is low,” says GemSight co-founder Basila Kattouf. “We have taken the technology one step forward so there are better visuals for the consumer.” GemSight was one of seven startups in the recently completed fifth cycle of The Hybrid, a non-profit accelerator founded five years ago by the 8200 Alumni Association and…
VIENNA, Austria – The Vienna Zoo has created a new 127-square-meter aviary for an extinct species of owl in an effort to bring their population back into control. Forty-one owls that hatched in the Austrian zoo have already moved into their new home and their population is now stable. Kuehnapfel Jonas, the video journalist at Vienna Zoo, said entrance fees and donations funded the exhibition cost of 180,000 Euros ($218,791). The Association of Friends of the Zoo supported the building with 3,000 Euros ($3,646). “Despite its large size, the aviary is nearly invisible because of the carefully placed girders and…
VIENNA, Austria – An investigative journalist, who works for popular British investigative website Bellingcat, has suggested that the media needs to find a way to return to cheque-book journalism if reporters are to compete with criminals and spies in obtaining Information. Christo Grozev is known for revealing the involvement of the Russian Secret Service and the Federal Security Service in the Salisbury Novichok plot and allegedly poisoning the opposition politician Navalny in August 2020. “We discovered that when we deal with government-sponsored crime, open source can only get you so far and especially when you deal with intelligence services, and…
BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, Germany – A 29-year-old German man died after falling through the ice while skating on a frozen pond near Schlier, a small town in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg. The incident took place in the small town of Germany when the man along with other locals was ice skating, which is a common practice for locals during winter. Suddenly, the ice beneath his feet gave in as he fell into the freezing water. A 60-year-old man was passing by and saw the struggling skater and tried to break the ice to rescue him. However, the efforts went in vain…
SREM, Serbia — A Serbian painter has used wine to create stunning portraits and landscapes, which has caught the attention of viewers across the world. The painter identified as Sanja Jankovic was born in the Serbian region of Srem, an area famous for its vineyards and wine production. “I have been trying different varieties of grapes and their pigments for several years,” said Jankovic, while describing how she works with Vinorel technique. “Carefully choose wines for painting. I avoid wines of lower quality because they contain sugar crystals that leave a sticky mark while acidic wines can destroy the canvas. I…
DALLAS — A quick kindness can change lives. Brandon Ahmad was a broke computer science grad who needed income. Someone advised him to get a certification. It worked — and now he wants this option to be achievable for anyone. “I used to go to the library when I had time off from my temp jobs to research how I could make more money. One day, this man saw me and said I was looking at the wrong certification — but that I had the right idea. Then, he went on to tell me his story — from being jobless to…
ARNHEM, The Netherlands — The Royal Burgers’ Zoo has transferred 15 black-footed penguins to a warmer part of the park as a precautionary measure to escape extreme cold weather in combination with heavy night frost. The zoo located in Arnhem, Netherlands thought not all penguins are able to bear the extreme snow. “These are African penguins (spheniscus demersus) which live in nature along the coast of South Africa and Namibia,” said the representative of Burgers’ Zoo. The African penguins, also known as black-footed penguins, are not naturally used to the extremely cold winters unlike their species of the Antarctic who…
NEWCASTLE, England – A group of cannabis cultivators was arrested by Northumbria Police Officers on Feb. 17 after locals reported suspicious visitors at two different Elswick area properties in Newcastle. When the officers reached the venue, they saw eight men connected with this group of cultivators. They discovered that every room was filled with planters, equipped with proper cannabis growing lights and ventilation. All the arrested men were responsible for the cultivation of cannabis. Buying, selling or possession of cannabis remains illegal in the UK. Only specialists can prescribe medicinal marijuana to patients. All the cannabis found at the site was…