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China: Construction Worker Encounters Wild Siberian Tiger in Jilin

This is the heart stopping moment that a Chinese woman narrowly avoided danger when she unexpectedly encountered a wild Siberian tiger during a late-night construction job. On November 30, 2025, in Jilin, China, the video captured a tense encounter inside the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park as excavator operator Liu, a Chinese woman, was working outdoors at night. The footage showed a wild Siberian tiger walking steadily toward her work area. The massive animal moved with calm confidence, stopping several times as it fixed its gaze on Liu. Instead, it observed her silently for a prolonged moment before slowly turning around and walking back into the darkness of the forest. Liu later recalled that her heart nearly jumped out of her chest as the tiger stared at her under the night lights. The video ended with the tiger disappearing into the forest while Liu remained still, visibly shaken but unharmed

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China: Driver Encounters Wild Siberian Tiger on Mountain Road in Jilin

In Jilin, China, a driver came face-to-face with a wild Siberian tiger on a mountain road on October 18, 2025, before the tiger eventually walked away into the forest.

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US: Alligator Lumbers Across Causeway in South Carolina

An alligator was spotted crossing a causeway in Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina on Thursday, September 11.

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Zimbabwean artist uses invasive plant to make giant sculptures

STORY: Zimbabwean artist uses invasive plant to make giant sculptures DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:20 LOCATION: DOMBOSHAVA, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zata harvesting Lantana Camara 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE ZATA, Artist 3. various of Zata's artworks 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE ZATA, Artist 5. various of Zata's artworks 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOE ZATA, Artist STORYLINE: On a hot afternoon in the rural community of Domboshava, about 45 km north of Harare, 48-year-old artist Joe Zata harvested Lantana camara as raw material to create various giant animal sculptures and furniture products. Lantana is an invasive and perennial plant that grows up to 2-4 meters in Zimbabwe. It has spread aggressively throughout the country and is considered dangerous to the environment and livestock, but for Zata, lantana has transformed his life for better. After selling his artworks, Zata has managed to buy a piece of land to do farming and provide a better life for his family.

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Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine

STORY: Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Russian Defense Ministry 2 various of the Pentagon 3 various of the national flag of the United States 4 various of the Ukrainians fleeing Ukraine STORYLINE: The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense was directly involved in developing biological weapon components in Ukraine. According to the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov, documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed and approved by the Pentagon. One of these projects aimed to carry out molecular analysis of particularly dangerous infections endemic in Ukraine and involved sampling pathogens from old animal burial sites to obtain new anthrax strains. The document unveiled that a pharmaceuti

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walrus on sand beach

walrus (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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