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  • VIDEO: Men climb up pipe to save kids from fire

    VIDEO: Men climb up pipe to save kids from fire

    Three men in Russia climbed up a drainpipe outside a three-storey building to save two children after they got stuck inside a burning apartment.

    The video that did rounds on social media shows a man climbing a drainpipe outside a building while a child is trying to escape through a window on the third floor.

    Two other men climed up the pipe to form a chain and joined the rescue efforts.

    The video recorded by the residents across the street showed the man around 30 metres above the ground holds the child with one hand while holding on to the drainpipe with the other.

    Once he gets hold of the child, he passes him to the other man right below him clinging to the pipe. The second person then passes the child to the third and then a woman on the ground hold the child.

     Later, fire extinguishers arrived and drenched the fire. The men who saved the children have been nominated for bravery awards for their heroic efforts.

  • VIDEO: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    VIDEO: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    An elephant has damaged the venue and four cars at a wedding ceremony after getting irked by the sound of crackers in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

    As per reports, the incident happened on Friday night when the groom named Anand Tripathi reached the wedding venue with an elephant.

    A video from the wedding recently went viral on social media that shows the groom arriving at his wedding venue, sitting in a carriage decorated with neon lights. The barat also included an elephant and some horses. The elephant then started destroying the venue and everything that came in its way because it was irked by the sound of the crackers.

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    The groom fled away from the scene after the destruction made by the elephant.

    Later, a team comprising officials from the forest department and police was called for help who then managed to control the elephant.

  • VIDEO: Parachutist lands on pitch during soccer match

    VIDEO: Parachutist lands on pitch during soccer match

    A parachutist landed in the middle of a football pitch during a soccer match in Poland.

    Video doing rounds on social media shows the man lands on the half-way line on the pitch wearing a black and green jumpsuit.

    The players from Olimpia Elbag and PISA Primavera Barczewo stopped the match while the referee amused the crowd by showing the parachutist a yellow card. 

    Read More: Man kills co-worker with slap in face

    A man then rushed onto the pitch and helped the parachutist with the fall. The game continued after the intruder with the help of the staff gathered up his parachute and left the field.

  • Man kills co-worker with slap in face

    Man kills co-worker with slap in face

    A man in Bahrain allegedly killed his bully collegue with a slap in his face.

    As per reports, in a case hearing at Bahrain’s High Criminal Court, a man from an Asian country was accused of slapping and killing a colleague after causing him permanent disability.

    A medical report was submitted in court from the hospital where the victim went. The report stated that  the victim died after being slapped hard in the face.

    The suspect who is an employee in an industrial company told the court that while he was on duty, collecting weeds and dirt accumulated in the workplace, an annoying co-worker along with a few others bullied him.

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    “The annoying co-worker asked me to work hard and began to give orders to me. His behaviour was irritating. I did not like it because he was just bullying me as he was not in charge and I was doing hard physical effort,” the accused told the court.

    The defendant was charged with assaulting and inflicting injuries on the victim and causing him a permanent disability estimated at 100 per cent, without intending to do so, as indicated in the papers.

    The trial will continue on June 16 after a lawyer is assigned to defend the accused.

    A neurologist told Gulf News, “The face has a huge array of nerve endings, contains around 40 muscles and 14 bones and has sensitive skin, the cartilage of the nose, joint of the jaw and eyes. A hard slap cannot only damage any of these parts but also affect the blood flow from the heart to the brain.”

  • ‘A model family,’ friends remember Muslim Canadian family killed in a targeted attack

    ‘A model family,’ friends remember Muslim Canadian family killed in a targeted attack

    The victims of Sunday’s truck-ramming attack in Canada were a “model family,” friends say. People from around the world mourned the killing of four members of a Muslim Pakistani-origin Canadian family, reports Geo News.

    The lives of three generations were snuffed out in a moment. Madiha Salman, age 44, who was doing postgraduate work in civil and environmental engineering; her 46-year-old husband, Salman Afzaal, who loved to greet people at the mosque; their 15-year-old daughter, Yumna Salman; and Afzaal’s 74-year-old mother, who has not been named.

    The couple’s son, nine-year-old Fayez, remains in hospital with serious injuries but is recovering, relatives said.

    UN Secretary-GeneraI Antonio Guterres expressed his outrage over the targeted killing of a Pakistani-origin Muslim family in Canada, and called for unitedly standing against Islamophobia.

    “I am appalled by the targeted and heinous attack on a Muslim family in Ontario, Canada,” the UN chief wrote on Twitter.

    Earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, too, offered his condolences to the victims of Sunday’s attack and called it an “act of evil.”

    “You are not alone. All Canadians mourn with you and stand with you, tonight and always,” Trudeau tweeted.

    On Sunday, a man ran a black pickup truck over the family of five at a London intersection, killing four of them and wounding a boy.

  • 11-minute flight: Billionaire Jeff Bezos is going to space without a pilot

    Amazon billionaire, Jeff Bezos will fly to space with his brother Mark Bezos next month, on the first human spaceflight. The spacecraft are being made by his company, Blue Origin. The automated capsules with no pilot will include six passengers, including the winner of an ongoing auction taking place for a seat. After that, the remaining seats will be up for sale.

    In an Instagram video, the world’s richest person, Bezos disclosed that ever since he was five years old, he has dreamed of traveling to space.

    If the mission is successful, Bezos will leave behind Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk. and British entrepreneur Richard Branson, who are also hoping to fly to space by the end of this year.

    As per reports, the total flight time would be 11 minutes approximately. The mission is to get ahead of the Karman line known as “an imaginary boundary” which is about 62 miles above the Earth and hundred kilometers above sea level.

    Since this is the first human spaceflight, there is no guarantee that the flight is safe for passengers. However, Blue Origin has successfully launched dozens of rockets from Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas.

    Blue Origin was founded by Bezos in 2000 with the mission of cheap traveling to space and reusable launch systems.

    The news came after the announcement made by Bezos in February that he would step down as the CEO of Amazon and would focus on his other work.

  • Woman finds deep-fried towel in chicken

    Woman finds deep-fried towel in chicken

    A woman in the Philippines was shocked after she allegedly found a deep-fried towel in her chicken from a fried chicken chain.

    As per details, Alique Perez had ordered food from a restaurant in the Philippines on Tuesday. When the order was delivered, she tried to cut some chicken for her son. She was shocked when she found a deep-fried towel instead of a portion of fried chicken.

    Perez posted a video on social media and wrote, “Just something that frustrated me this late. We had Jollibee delivered via grab. Ordered chicken for my son, while I was trying to get him a bite, I found it super hard to even slice. Tried opening it up with my hands and to my surprise a deep-fried towel. This is really disturbing… How the hell do you get the towel in the batter and even fry it!?!?”

    Read More: Artist sells invisible sculpture for more than $18,000

    “Now I know that it really happens. So disgusting and embarrassing… to think that you’re even branched in BGC. There’s a first for everything. And this has been the worst first! Calming myself down for this..,” she added.

    “The essence of the towel contaminated the oil and the batter from the supplier so how many chickenjoys are affected? We won’t know.”

    The restaurant stated on Wednesday that they had to close the branch in Bonifacio Global City for three days, starting from June 3 “to thoroughly review its compliance with procedures and retrain its store team” to ensure that this does not happen again.

  • Artist sells invisible sculpture for more than $18,000

    Artist sells invisible sculpture for more than $18,000

    Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an invisible sculpture for $18,300 (Rs 2,831,454).

     As per reports, Garau recently sold an invisible sculpture called “I Am”. There is a catch though. There is no sculpture.

    The person who bought the “work” of art gets a stamped certificate as a receipt of payment.

    Initially, the price was set between $7,312 to $10,968.

    Garau said “I Am,” or in his native Italian, “Io Sono” may not exist physically but that does not mean that it’s nothing. He said the piece exists in the mind of its creator.

    Garau also set rules on how the work is to be exhibited, including being in an area about 5 feet by 5 feet with no obstacles but lighting and climate control are optional.

    This isn’t the only piece of invisible art by Garau. He has also created a “Buddha in contemplation” and another creation called “Aphrodite Piange,” or “Aphrodite cries.”

    “Now it exists and will remain in this space forever,” says the video. “You do not see it but it exists. It is made of air and spirit.”

  • VIDEO: Alien ya bhoot?

    VIDEO: Alien ya bhoot?

    A strange-looking humanoid figure with skinny legs and arms was spotted walking across a bridge in India’s Jharkhand area.

    A Twitter user posted a video with the caption: “This Video is from #hazaribagh #Jharkhand claiming Creature shown in this Video is an #Alien & viral with speed, no one claiming it to be fake or false but much real. Have they arrived or just Rumours?”

    Several bikes can be seen passing by the weird creature, which is walking down the street in the dark.

    In the video, men can be heard saying: “Churail lag rehi hai” (looks like a witch).

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    When the bikers start their bikes to pass by the creature, the creature stops walking and looks behind and starts walking again. One of the bikers can again be heard saying: “Report kar” (report it).

  • Man discovers woman secretly living in his cupboard for days

    Man discovers woman secretly living in his cupboard for days

    A man placed a hidden camera in his home after observing items going missing and found that a woman had been secretly living in his cupboard.

    Joe Cummings of New York shared an experience from 2009. Twelve years on from the discovery, the video is once again circulating on social media with millions watching in fear and shock.

    Cummings had shared a video that shows the woman getting on top of a table and placing a stool in front of the same table. She then carefully steps down onto the floor.

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    A few seconds later, the woman can be seen grabbing some snacks and drinks from his fridge.

    She then sits on a sofa to watch television for a few minutes. The mysterious lady returns to the fridge for more food before hiding once again when she hears the owner of the house coming to that area.

    Cummings reported the incident to the police after watching the video and the woman was arrested. It was reported that the woman had been living in the house for two consecutive weeks.