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Also known as chigoe or sand fleas, the pests often go for your feet and ankles and leave you with a line of itchy, red bites that mask something even more gross

Professor Vitaly Melnikov, a leading Russian space scientist, has died after allegedly being poisoning by 'inedible mushrooms' that left him fighting for his life for two weeks

A production company claims to have captured the first ever video of the Loch Ness Monster during the recent mass hunt for the creature, using a thermal imaging camera

Pyongyang has admitted firing two ballistic missiles towards "military gangsters" South Korea in a simulation of a nuclear strike as tensions in the region continue to grow

Hurricane Idalia has claimed its first lives and it is feared the death toll will rise as it began causing major damage when it smashed into Florida today - cities are braced for where it will hit next

The fire broke out in a five-storey inner city building in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early hours of this morning leading to over 70 deaths and nearly as many injuries

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb recovered small fragments of iron from the ocean floor, and he believes they're evidence of alien life. He called NASA 'arrogant' for doubting it

A rare tiger died in a tragic accident last week after she had been given anesthesia for a dental issue. The death had been caused by a fatal slip off a bench

The nuclear plant is offering tours to the nearby school in the hope of passing on lessons learned from the tragedy of the major Fukushima nuclear disaster that happened in 2011

A solemn woman seen at the Porokhovskoye graveyard was earlier identified as the warlord’s reclusive wife Lyubov Prigozhina, but Russian media outlets later claimed it was Irina Krasavina, the wife of main body double

After causing havoc in Florida, Hurricane Idalia is forecasted to cross the Florida peninsula and then drench southern Georgia before sweeping up to the Carolinas on Thursday

Doctor Dan Friederich has warned his 51.6k TikTok followers about the deadly consequences of having around four to five hours sleep, from increased mortality to cardiovascular diseases

Yevgeny Prigozhin's widow and daughter have attended a closed-doors funeral for the Wagner warlord after his mysterious plane crash - but some have suggested he could still be 'alive and well'

The TV legend was a teenager when she flew to Iran to start a new life as a dancer in the Iranian National Ballet Company - but her life was turned upside down with the outbreak of revolution

Michelle Sterling, who became homeless while undergoing treatment for cancer, is determined to travel, enjoy life and "view the world" positively until the leukaemia kills her

A meteor was spotted over the skies of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and captured on the doorbell camera of Hayley Jensen who was shocked to see the fiery space rock over her home

Kim Kardashian has shown off her world-renowned beauty while posing in a silk kimono for a series of sultry snaps in a hotel suite after being 'embarrassed' by her ex-husband

Hurricane Idalia's path will see it smash into Florida in the next few hours - it has become Category 4 storm - meaning 'catastrophic damage will occur' according to The National Hurricane Center

Former model and amateur chef Brooklyn Beckham has opted to chop off his long locks and instead rock a buzzcut similar to the one his famous dad David had in the early 2000's

Melania Trump is Donald Trump's extremely glamorous wife, but before becoming Mrs Trump, the stunning Slovenian-born former First Lady was an esteemed model back in the day

The trio had been going down in the elevator in a block of flats in the city of Changsha, Hunan Province, when it plummeted to the ground, suddenly throwing them into the air

Chikushino Driving School has worked with local police in Fukuoka Prefecture to introduce the novel scheme as a way to convince "overconfident" drivers never to take to the wheel under the influence

More drones were shot down over Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan, Kaluga and the Moscow region surrounding the Russian capital, according to the defence ministry

The rover's laser-induced spectroscope instrument also detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the lunar surface

Nicola Bradley, 35, and Tracy Dixon, 47, doused Paul Crooks's beloved pet Sparky in cleaning products and put her in a tumble drier before breaking her neck