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Wolf bites woman in shock German attack in Hamburg shopping street 20 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBethany BellGermany reporterUniversal Images Group via Getty Images(File pic) Several sightings of the wolf were reported to police before the woman was bitten A woman has been bitten by a wolf in a major shopping street in Hamburg, according to German authorities.
The highly unusual attack took place in the bustling Grosse Bergstrasse in Hamburg Altona, near an inner-city Ikea store on Monday evening.
The woman appears to have tried to lead the disoriented animal away from the shopping street. The wolf then bit the woman's face, according to local reports and then ran off.
The woman was taken to hospital but has since been discharged.
It's believed to be the first time a person has been attacked by a wolf since the animals began to reestablish themselves in Germany decades ago.
“There has not been a case like this since the reintroduction began in 1998,” a spok..

China bans storing cremated remains in empty 'bone ash apartments'3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleElla KiplingGetty ImagesEmpty high-rise properties known as 'bone ash apartments' have become popular places for Chinese mourners to store ashes. Pictured is a file photo of flats in China.The Chinese government is set to ban people from storing the cremated remains of their loved ones in empty apartments instead of paying for expensive cemetery plots.
The new law will put an end to “bone ash apartments”, which have risen in popularity as spaces in cemeteries remain scarce.
Low property prices in the country mean that for many, it is more affordable to entomb the ashes of relatives in an empty apartment than pay for funeral costs.
The legislation prohibits the use of residential properties “specifically for the placement of ashes” as well as the burial of remains outside of cemeteries and areas where ecological burial is legal.
Bone ash apartments are empt..

Why does the US have Iran's Kharg Island in its sights?59 minutes agoShareSaveRobert Greenall,Alys DaviesandFrank Gardner,security correspondent, in RiyadhShareSaveWatch: Why Kharg Island is a lifeline for IranUS President Donald Trump has warned of possible further American action against a small island off the coast of Iran – home to a major oil terminal that is considered the country's economic lifeline.
In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, Trump said he wants to “take” Iran's oil and was considering seizing Kharg Island. But he added an operation “would mean we had to be there for a while”.
The US has already targeted the island earlier in the war. On 13 March, the US launched airstrikes on Kharg, with Trump saying US forces had “totally obliterated” every military target there. But it held off targeting the island's oil infrastructure.
Will the US try to seize the island?EPAThe island processes a huge amount of Iran's crude oil for export vi..

Russian oil tanker reaches Cuba after Trump appears to loosen blockade3 hours agoShareSaveVanessa Buschschlüter,Latin America editor, News OnlineandWill Grant,Cuba correspondentShareSaveEPA/ShutterstockMany petrol stations in Havana have remained closed amid the shortagesA Russian tanker carrying oil to Cuba has entered the waters off the Communist-run island, Russia's Interfax news agency reports.
The oil shipment – the first to reach Cuba since January – comes hours after US President Donald Trump said that he had no problem with countries, including Russia, sending supplies to the island.
Trump's remark appeared to signal a loosening of a de facto oil blockade his administration had imposed on Cuba since January.
Cuba has been experiencing a series of nation-wide blackouts as the blockade exacerbated existing shortages.
According to Interfax, the Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin is carrying a “humanitarian shipment” of 100,000 tonnes of crude oil.
Last week, the World Healt..

Iranian attacks across Gulf continue as major industrial sites hit2 hours agoShareSaveDearbail JordanShareSaveAluminium BahrainAluminium Bahrain said its facility has been attacked by Iran, with two employees woundedGulf nations reported a series of attacks as the US-Israel war against Iran entered its fifth week, including strikes on major industrial infrastructure.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said a number of people had been injured in an Iranian strike on a key aluminium plant in Abu Dhabi, with significant damage reported by operator Emirates Global Aluminium.
Meanwhile, state-controlled Aluminium Bahrain said two employees were wounded by an Iranian attack on one of the world's largest aluminium smelting facilities.
It comes after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis entered the conflict on Saturday, raising fears of further economic disruption should they target shipping in the Red Sea.
The group said it had launched a barrage of missiles against Israel targeting “sensitive” ..

Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working13 hours agoShareSaveJeremy BowenInternational EditorShareSaveBBCSome old truths about warfare have been knocking on the door of the Oval Office in the month since US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent US and Israeli warplanes to bomb Iran.
The failure to learn from the past means that Donald Trump now faces a stark choice. If he cannot get a deal with Iran, he can either try to declare a victory that will fool no-one, or escalate the war.
The oldest of the old truths comes from the Prussian military strategist Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” He was writing in 1871, the year Germany was unified as an empire, a moment that was as consequential for the security of Europe as this war might be for the security of the Middle East.
Maybe Trump prefers the boxer Mike Tyson's modern version: “Everyone has a plan until they..