If you’re thinking of stealing a manhole cover in China, think again. The top judicial bodies in China have brought in new strict punishments for those who remove or damage manhole covers, with the maximum sentence being the death penalty. The Supreme People’s Court, The Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security have…
CCTV cameras captured the moment a dog was riding on top of his owner’s car around Leshan city in Sichuan province. During the dog’s risky ride he can also be seen slipping from the roof to the front windshield of the car, which then the driver pulls over to help. The odd sight of this…
Fushun county police in Sichuan province recently stopped a man on suspicion for drunk driving. The man claimed that he had not been drinking alcohol but had been eating betel nuts. The betel nut for those who aren’t aware is a controversial seed that is commonly chewed in south and east Asia for its burning…
At Weird World Wire, we try to avoid too much reporting too much on good old COVID-19, as well everyone else is doing the same, but we do like to keep our fingers firmly on the pulse when there is HUGE news, and that is what we have here. If you saw our story yesterday,…
Deep in the heart of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, a 1.5-hour flight from Beijing is the city of Ordos. Located where the Mongolian grasslands steppe hits the Gobi Desert in northwest China, the area was where Genghis Khan spent his retirement surrounded by nature, or so the story goes. In the 1990s Ordos…
At Weird World Wire, we spend a large portion of our time traveling around the world to various locations looking for material to write articles. Naturally, some of these destinations are inherently risky. In the past few years, we’ve traveled to some of the most dangerous countries in the world. From Syria to Somalia and…
The war against fascism ended in Europe at 2:41 am on May 7th, 1945, as everyone knows, with the official surrender of German Armed Forces High Command Chief-of-Staff, General Alfred Jodl on behalf of the combined Nazi forces in Europe. For this reason, spontaneous celebration erupted throughout Europe as soon as news broke with many…
Last summer, some of the Weird World Wire team were hanging out with Young Pioneer Tours around Eastern Europe. YPT is a company specializing in off the beaten track budget adventures to ‘places your mother would rather you stayed away from’. We soon found ourselves in Moldova, otherwise known as Europe’s poorest and least visited…