China published ecological assessment reports on nine disputed South China Sea features, blaming the Philippines for environmental harm and coral loss at Sandy Cay and Second Thomas Shoal amid rising tensions with Washington.
Abdul Khan, an asylum seeker, has been jailed for 9.5 years for raping a 13-year-old girl he groomed on Snapchat by pretending to be a teenager. He faces automatic deportation to Afghanistan after serving his sentence.
A network of over 20 artificial fish ponds in Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis development is occupying government land without authorization. A green group warns that materials used at the site also threaten the ecology of the nearby Mai Po Nature Reserve and Inner Deep Bay wetlands.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve in the Kherson Region, causing multiple fires. Park rangers, Emergencies Ministry personnel, and local farmers are battling the blazes, with one fire located near a unique dendrological park.
Two South African tourists were found dead in Kruger National Park after failing to return to their lodge. Investigations into murder and kidnapping are underway, with enhanced security and surveillance measures being deployed.
Two South African tourists, a 71-year-old man and a woman, were found dead in Kruger National Park after failing to return to their lodge. The man had stab wounds, the woman was bruised, and their car was missing. Security has been tightened in response.
Archaeologists in Scotland's Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve discovered a rare 'An Gearradan' copper alloy collar, linking a still to cooling equipment, indicating a sudden abandonment by 19th-century whisky smugglers fleeing excise officers, shedding light on the Highlands' illicit whisky trade economy.
