Boy (6) dies after falling from the 11th floor in Germany
On Tuesday evening in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, a 6-year-old boy died after falling from the 11th floor of an apartment building.
Mystery surrounds small plane that flew into Beijing’s tallest building
Last Friday, a small plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, Beijing’s tallest skyscraper. The pilot was killed, and 13 people were injured. Several days later, the cause remains unclear.
Quadruplets born in the Netherlands
Identical quadruplets were born at a hospital in Veldhoven, which is extremely rare: worldwide, this occurs in only about 1 in 11 million pregnancies.
Venezuela: Child (3) rescued from Rubble after 6 days
Six days after Venezuela was struck by a severe earthquake, a 3-year-old child was pulled alive from under the rubble by Jordanian rescue workers.
Final death toll from shooting in Germany: 6
The shooting in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany—not far from Hamburg—left 6 people dead on Monday afternoon.
American tourist causes tourist attraction to collapse; passing jet-skier killed
If you’ve ever been on vacation in Malta, chances are you’ve taken a snapshot of the famous “Kissing Elephants Arch.” This week, however, things went terribly wrong at the tourist hotspot.
Ukraine's newest weapon is dirt cheap and deadly simple
Ukraine is increasingly using balloons in creative ways to strike deeper into Russia. One of the most striking new developments is DART, a guided missile that is not fired from an aircraft or launch pad, but is released from a balloon at the edge of the stratosphere.
Child (7) dies from obesity: parents face life in prison
A couple from Michigan has been charged with murder, child abuse, and torture after their 7-year-old son, Casper O’Brien, died in 2025 weighing 116 kilograms.
Shooting near German youth facility: 5 dead
Five people were killed on Monday afternoon in a shooting in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany, not far from Hamburg. According to German media reports, several others were also injured.
Airplane crash in France: "They jumped at the worst possible moment"
On Sunday, eleven people were killed in a plane crash near Nancy. A pilot, five instructors, and five nurses who were about to make their first parachute jump lost their lives. According to the president of the French Skydiving Federation, the plane took off “at the worst possible moment.”