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  • VIDEO: Giant lizard causes panic inside Thailand store

    Video captured from a supermarket in Thailand shows an almost six-feet long lizard creating panic inside the store.

    The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows a monitor lizard crawling up a shelf of products in the store. The nearly one-minute-long video was captured by a customer in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

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    People who witnessed the event told the Daily Mail that the incident happened on Tuesday. No one was hurt and the lizard did not take any food, they said.

    The witness who filmed the video later also paused to take a selfie with the creature in the background.

  • Woman discovers son’s bride is her long-lost daughter

    Woman discovers son’s bride is her long-lost daughter

    A woman in China who was attending her son’s wedding realised that the bride-to-be was actually her long-lost daughter.

    As per details, the woman recognised the girl from a birthmark on her hand during the wedding ceremony, which took place in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. She then asked the bride’s parents if the girl had been adopted.

    The family, at first, was stunned at the question because they had not told anyone that the bride is not their actual daughter.

    However, they later revealed that they found the girl on the roadside more than 20 years ago and adopted her, saying that they have always regarded her as their own daughter to love and take care of.

    The bride after finding out the truth burst into tears of joy, describing the moment “happier than the wedding day itself”.

    Fortunately, the wedding did not get cancelled as the groom’s mother revealed that she had adopted the boy after giving up all hope of finding her daughter.

  • Police arrest convict who pretended to be dead for 15 years

    Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh have arrested a wanted criminal who had escaped imprisonment for 15 years by pretending to be dead.

    According to reports, family members of the prime suspect, Aniraj Singh, had submitted a fake death certificate to the police showing that he had died in the fire tragedy in Meerut in the 2006.

    “During an inquiry, it was found that to avoid life imprisonment, he had made a fake death certificate and was working as a security guard in Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur with his wife and children,” the official said.

    Singh had come out of jail on bail for a few days in 2004 and then did not appear before the court on the scheduled day of his case hearing following which the police started a manhunt. However, authorities stopped investigations into his case after receiving his fake death certificate.

    The 2006 Meerut Fire tragedy happened on the evening of April 10, 2006. Around 67 people lost their lives in the tragedy. The fire spread through a consumer fair among about 2,000 people in Victoria Park in the city, creating panic and rush.

  • Saudi court fines woman 50,000 riyals for advising friend to leave husband

    Saudi court fines woman 50,000 riyals for advising friend to leave husband

     A woman in Saudi Arabia has been fined 50,000 Saudi Riyals for miscounseling her friend and advising her to leave her husband and find a better one.

    According to details, the husband will get the money while the woman has promised that she will not advise any married woman, regardless of her intentions, according to court records. Lawyers have described the court ruling as a unique judicial precedent.

    The defendant’s friend’s husband filed a case against the woman for trying to destroy his marriage and wanted compensation for the stress he suffered because of this.

    He stated in his complaint that the defendant badly counselled his wife and urged her not to listen to him, saying: “My wife’s friend incited my disobedience, by giving her advice that harmed our marital relationship.”

    “She used to tell my wife ‘You should find someone better for yourself. Show him who’s the boss. Don’t let them push you around’,” he added.

    On the other hand, the defendant said she wanted nothing but the best for her friend.

    The court advised the partners to determine what advice they should take seriously and what to ignore, because “friends may ruin a relationship by giving bad advice out of jealousy”.

  • Thief suffers heart attack after seeing huge amount of money he stole

    Thief suffers heart attack after seeing huge amount of money he stole

    A robber suffered a heart attack after seeing the huge amount of money he had stolen in Uttar Pradesh, India.

    According to details, two thieves stole over Rs1.4 million cash and other valuables after on February 16 breaking in into a public service centre owned by a man named Nawab Haider.

    The muggers were delighted when they found a huge amount of cash there and decided to divide it equally. Upon seeing the money, one of the thieves suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to a private hospital. A large chunk of his stolen money was used for his treatment.

    One of the two thieves revealed the whole incident after he was arrested and investigated by the police.

    According to the police, “The accused are habitual offenders and have several cases registered against them at different police stations. They confessed to have committed a robbery at the public service centre and fled with over Rs1.4 million cash and other valuables.”

    The muggers told the police that they were expecting to get a few thousands of rupees at the centre but were surprised after getting the huge amount of money.

  • Woman panics after washing machine explodes mid-cycle

    Woman panics after washing machine explodes mid-cycle

    A Scottish woman was shocked when her washing machine exploded mid-cycle, damaging her kitchen.

    The woman, Laura Birrell shared pictures of her destroyed kitchen on Facebook to serve as a warning to others. The businesswoman from Glasgow said her washing machine “literally exploded” mid-cycle, filling her kitchen with smoke. 

    Photos shared by Ms Birrell showed that the kitchen top above the machine was apparently blown apart by the force of the explosion. The machine was also badly damaged.

    “I have often heard don’t leave your washing machine on when you leave the house,” she wrote. “Well, today I am glad that I did not go out anywhere as my machine literally exploded.”

    “With a glass sink drainer unit I thought I bomb had gone off, glass everywhere,” she added.

    She further wrote, “Fortunately I was in as smoke started to appear so I quickly switched it off. I will never leave washing in again when I am out.”

    A spokesman of Whirlpool was quoted as saying by Metro: “Our thoughts are with the residents affected by this incident, and we are investigating the situation.

  • Passenger tries to open emergency exit mid-flight

    Passenger tries to open emergency exit mid-flight

    A passenger onboard a Delhi-Varanasi SpiceJet flight on Saturday tried to open the emergency exit while the plane was still in the air. He was restrained by crew members with help of other passengers before the individual could open the emergency exit.

    The crew instantly informed the flight Captain about the situation, who then requested the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) for a priority landing.

    Talking about the incident, a SpiceJet spokesperson said: “An un-presidential incident happened on Saturday in Varanasi-bound SpiceJet flight. A passenger suddenly stood and went to the emergency door and tried to open the door on board when the aircraft was already airborne.”

    After the safe landing in Varanasi, the passenger was handed over to the local police.

    This isn’t the first time a passenger has attempted to open an airplane’s door during a flight. Just last week, in a similar incident, Spirit Airlines confirmed that an individual tried to open the aircraft’s on a flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles.

  • Rare birds spotted running loose in housing estate

    Rare birds spotted running loose in housing estate

    Dozens of rare birds were spotted running wild in a Hertfordshire housing estate in the United Kingdom (UK).

    According to details, many rheas were seen running wild in residential areas and along the busy M25 road in Three Rivers District.

    The police have asked the residents not to approach the “fast” animals as they are “aggressive if cornered”.

    Rheas are native to South America and are similar to an ostrich in appearance, but a little smaller. They are sometimes kept as pets in the UK and there have been incidents of them running away from the owners in the past.

    “Many incidents have been reported of them attacking dogs and deer, so we ask that dog owners are attentive when out walking,” said the police.

    Officials said that they have been unable to find the birds’ owner or determine their origin.

    Police Constable Christian Gottmann of the Rickmansworth and District Safer Neighborhood Team said, “These birds are certainly an unusual sight on the streets of Three Rivers, and we want to reassure the public that we are working in partnership with Three Rivers District Council, Highways and our Rural Operational Support Team to come up with a plan to capture and rehome the birds to a suitable animal reserve.”

  • Authorities fix pothole after videos of a man ‘bathing’ in it went viral

    Authorities fix pothole after videos of a man ‘bathing’ in it went viral

    Authorities in the Indonesian regency of Central Lombok fixed a giant pothole after videos and pictures of a man “bathing” and “fishing” in it did the rounds on social media.

    According to details, the man, Amaq Ohan wanted to draw the attention of road authorities to the problem so he took a bath and did fishing in that pothole.

    One of the videos show Ohan taking  a bath in a pothole with his clothes on. He used a mug to pour water on himself and also washed his hair.

    Pictures that are circulating on the internet show Ohan sitting cross-legged on a plastic chair with an umbrella in his hand and fishing in the middle of the flooded pothole.

    The pothole was fixed by the relevant authorities after the videos and images went viral and made headlines.

  • Doughnut company offers free doughnut every day if you’ve been vaccinated

    Doughnut company offers free doughnut every day if you’ve been vaccinated

    Krispy Kreme, an American doughnut company and coffeehouse is offering a free doughnut to customers who present their COVID-19 vaccine cards.

    According to details, the deal started Monday and will last through the rest of 2021. Customers can bring their valid vaccination cards to any Krispy Kreme shop in the United States every day for the rest of the year to get a free Original Glazed doughnut – one per day.

    Krispy Kreme’s marketing promotion is one of the first of its kind among retailers as states have broadened access to coronavirus vaccinations to meet President Joe Biden’s May 1 deadline.

    “We all want to get COVID-19 behind us as fast as possible and we want to support everyone doing their part to make the country safe by getting vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available to them,” Krispy Kreme chief marketing officer Dave Skena said in a statement.

    Krispy Kreme said it will also offer up to four hours of paid time off for its employees to get vaccinated and for delivering free doughnuts to some vaccination centres in the next few weeks for health-care workers and volunteers.