Scientists in South Africa recently found that animals fear the voices of humans more than lions. The study revealed that 95% of animals were extremely frightened when they heard humans talking to each other on hidden speakers.
The Australian government has agreed to pay $17 to victims who were jailed as children. The victims, who were as young as 12 when jailed, will be paid by the government as compensation.
A young female soldier, who was found dead at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire, went through sexual assault by her boss, an army report said. The 19-year-old Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck told her mother multiple times that her boss sexually assaulted her while being on duty.
A Russian passenger plane with 161 passengers on board landed in an open field in Siberia. The Ural Airlines Airbus A320, which was on its way from Sochi to Omsk, made an emergency landing near a forest in Novosibirsk region, Russia’s aviation agency said.
Rescue teams were able to save three sailors off the Australian coast when their yacht came under attack from little sharks. The sharks commonly known as cookiecutters made round holes in the rare left balloon of the inflatable catamaran the sailors were riding on.
A schoolteacher from Oklahoma was arrested when she brought red wine to her classroom. The school administration complained to the school resource officer that Kimberly Coates, 53, was attending her class while drunk.
Russia has launched its first moon mission after nearly half a decade. Russia is aiming to become the first country to reach the moon’s south pole, something which hasn’t been accomplished by anyone previously. The lunar southern pool is believed to have huge water deposits, as per scientists.
African penguins could go extinct by 2035, scientists have suggested. The population of penguins in Africa has declined sharply in the last century, due to increased human intervention and climate change. The species have already been enlisted in the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The US Navy dispatched warships after they spotted Russian and Chinese warships near Alaska. The Wall Street Journal reported that four naval warships were dispatched to a provocation by at least 11 Chinese and Russian warships close to the Aleutian Islands in northern Alaska.
World’s oldest man dies aged 127 in Brazil. Jose Paulino Gomes passed away at his residence in Corrego del Cafe, Pedra Bonita, Minas Gerais state, a mere week before he could celebrate his 128th birthday. Reports indicate that he continued riding horses until four years before his demise. Born on August 4, 1895, he tied the knot at the age of 22, as confirmed by his 1917 marriage certificate.
A video recently circulating on social media shows a Greek firefighting plane crashing into the mountains. According to the Greece local media, the firefighting plane crashed over the town of Karystos on the island of Evia near Athens.
Former CEO of Celsius Alex Mashinsky was arrested on Thursday and was charged with misleading customers about the business. The bankrupt crypto exchange firm agreed to pay $4.7 billion in settlement, one of the highest in Federal Trade Commission’s history. Persecutors said the company misled customers about its business model.
