Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
A Chinese man with cerebral palsy has inspired many by chasing his dreams with perseverance, becoming a primary school student at 16 and then entering medical school at 25. Now 37, Li Chuangye, from central China’s Henan province, has opened a small clinic in Yunnan province in southwestern China, fulfilling his dream of becoming a doctor. Li contracted cerebral palsy at the age of one. Unfortunately, due to a lack of timely treatment, he had to walk with a squat gait for his entire life. Li’s parents exhausted the family’s savings on his treatments. After a failed surgery at the age of nine, Li decided he did not want to burden his family any more and sought out a man...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
Two people hiking in the Czech Republic found a treasure trove worth over $340,000 while walking on the edge of an overgrown forest, according to the museum that took possession of the items. The Museum of East Bohemia said the hikers found gold coins, jewelry and tobacco bags. The found objects weighed about 15 pounds, the museum said on social media. The treasure was found in two containers in a man-made stone wall, the museum said. First, the hikers spotted an aluminum jar , which contained 598 gold coins, divided into columns and wrapped in black fabric. Local media reported the treasure was valued at 7.5 million Czech crowns, which is about $341,000. (The stash of gold coins...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
In a peculiar turn of events that has both amused and alarmed social media users, a seemingly harmless mosquito turned out to be the unlikely cause behind the destruction of a high-end smart TV worth several lakhs. (The man destroyed his high-end TV swatting a mosquito with a badminton racket. (Source: Instagram/@bhala_studios) The incident unfolded in the living room of a young man’s home, where his son was peacefully watching cartoons. As the child remained engrossed in his favourite show, a mosquito buzzed into the room and landed squarely on the television screen. Irritated by its presence and lacking any mosquito repellent at hand, the father decided to take matters into...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
Have you ever found money on the street? Well, this story is going to fascinate you then. It’s not money, but it’s something better. A man in France realized that his land held not just a treasure, but a gold mine (literally). He went out for his daily walk along the stream on his property, and suddenly something sparkled in the damp soil. He bent down, brushed it with his hand, and there it was: gold. Pure, shiny gold. But what seemed like the discovery of a lifetime turned into a bitter story just days later. Because in France, what’s under the ground… isn’t yours. It belongs to the State. A million-dollar discovery but… This is what happened to...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
The psycho seagulls and super rats feeding off Birmingham's giant mountains of rubbish may be spreading disease as they team up in a city assault. The Midlands city has been swamped with rubbish since binmen went on an all-out strike on March 11. There is no end in sight for the growing refuse sack mounds after dustmen "overwhelmingly" rejected a strike-ending deal with Birmingham City Council on Tuesday. With the trash building for more than five weeks, the rats and seagulls feasting on the rubbish have become supersized. But the dangers these vermin pose to humans is not limited to physical threats, they are also known to spread disease through urine and bacteria. The most dangerous...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
Talk about proud parenting! A Japanese dad is making major headlines after blowing a whopping $700,000 (100 million yen) on ads featuring his young son all over Tokyo’s Adachi district. The kid, lovingly nicknamed “The Landmark Kid”, is now a full-blown neighborhood icon. From footbridges to buses, even convenience stores, Yu-kun’s adorable face is impossible to miss. The boy’s wild, funny, and sometimes downright embarrassing expressions are plastered everywhere. One hilarious ad shows him bawling his eyes out after a street performer startled him. That crying-face photo is now a 6-foot-tall billboard outside a subway station. Locals love him, tourists...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
A well-respected family in the UK was recently awarded compensation of $100,000 by a restaurant that had publicly accused them of leaving without settling the bill. In July of last year, Peter and Ann McGirr, along with their children Peter Jr and Carol, visited The Horse & Jockey Inn in the Peak District, England. It was a pretty uneventful affair; the family ordered ribeye and gammon steaks and washed them down with ales and lagers before leaving for their home in Omagh, Northern Ireland. Only shortly after their departure, The Horse & Jockey Facebook page posted a video of the McGirrs’ allegedly leaving the establishment without paying the £150 ($200) bill. The...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
A 33-year-old Japanese man has been raising eyebrows because of his radical change in appearance after making drastic lifestyle changes and turning to cosmetic enhancements. Aki, who goes by @Aki_fit on X (Twitter), was recently featured on a popular show by Japanese online television network ABEMA, where he spoke about the shocking physical transformation that made him somewhat of an anti-aging guru on social media. The 33-year-old man said that everything started 10 years ago, after his boss at the time ridiculed him for looking much older than his age and going bald. His girlfriend broke up with him soon after that, so he was in a real dark place, but instead of wallowing in...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Now, imagine actually having your hands on a winning ticket — one worth $2.5 million — only to lose it. Mildred Simoneriluto, of Monroeville, Pa., has been trying to find the ticket she accidentally left in the pocket of a jacket she donated, to no avail. Simoneriluto purchased the lottery ticket in May 2024 at a grocery store in nearby Murrysville and realized two weeks later that she had the winning numbers to a $2.5 million jackpot — but couldn’t find it. The 76-year-old retraced her steps and realized it was in the pocket of a jacket she had donated — along with other clothing — to Vietnam Veterans of America which, according WTAE, hands out its...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
In a shocking incident, three German children living in Spain were rescued from a Covid lockdown ‘house of horrors’ after being forced for years by their parents to stay there even after pandemic restrictions were relaxed. Yes! You read that right. As per The New York Post, citing a local outlet El Comercio, the siblings—8-year-old twins and a 10-year-old—were eventually evacuated from the home in Oviedo, Spain’s northwest, on Monday by the officials after being locked inside since 2021. (Two children are led out of the home after being locked inside for years.) (Inside the home where the children were kept for years.) The official said,...