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Schoolgirl's goat-driven cart draws attraction in Jashore
A schoolgirl in Jashore’s Chowgachha upazila goes to her school and roams around her village on a goat-driven cart regularly, drawing much attraction among the locals.
2 February 2019, 13:37 PM
Indian fans steal milk for movie poster antics
Indian dairy traders lodges a police complaint after cinema fans steal huge amounts of milk to pour on film posters for an upcoming movie to bring it good luck.
25 January 2019, 07:01 AM
Goat getting on zebra’s back going to Bremen Town?
A markhor wild goat doeling at Izu Animal Kingdom in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, is entertaining zoo visitors by jumping onto a zebra’s back, evoking similarities to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Musicians of Bremen Town.”
22 January 2019, 08:43 AM
Driver reverses car, causes it to crash and hang on the edge in Malaysia
A car is spotted hanging on the edge of a second floor parking lot at a supermarket in Paya Terubong of Penang’s George Town.
21 January 2019, 05:12 AM
After 600 years, night watchman still keeps vigil over Lausanne
The night watchman, one of the last in Europe, no longer alerts the Swiss city of Lausanne to fires, but he does help residents to keep track of the time.
18 January 2019, 05:40 AM
She had a pet crocodile named ‘Merry’. It ate her
An Indonesian scientist has been mauled to death by a huge pet crocodile on the island of Sulawesi, officials say.
17 January 2019, 05:10 AM
Singapore foils cat-in-trousers smuggling bid
Singapore immigration authorities said Tuesday they had foiled a bid to smuggle four kittens into the city-state stuffed down a man's trousers after hearing meows coming from the suspect's crotch.
9 January 2019, 05:06 AM
Trump's wall not happening, Mexican psychic foretells
Brace yourselves, America: the US government shut-down that has dragged on for two weeks could last a lot longer -- possibly forever -- if a Mexican psychic's predictions come true.
5 January 2019, 05:20 AM
UK court jails neo-Nazi couple who named child after Hitler
A British court sentences a fanatical neo-Nazi couple who named their baby son after Adolf Hitler to prison for belonging to a group banned under anti-terror laws.
20 December 2018, 05:39 AM
Bug business: Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste
In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them - millions of cockroaches scuttling and fluttering across stacks of wooden boards as they devour food scraps by the tonne in a novel form of urban waste disposal.
13 December 2018, 12:22 PM
Nigeria's Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike
Nigeria's President Buhari denies claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months.
3 December 2018, 09:20 AM
India’s first elephant hospital cheers animal activists, draws tourists
India’s first hospital for elephants, armed with facilities such as wireless digital X-Ray, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, tranquilization devices and quarantine facilities, not only comes as a respite to the elephants but is also attracting local and foreign tourists.
18 November 2018, 10:51 AM
Crazy in love? The Japanese man 'married' to a hologram
Akihiko Kondo's mother refuses an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram.
12 November 2018, 06:47 AM
'Frog ladders' help critters escape death-trap drains
A small group of British conservationists are installing mesh- covered ladders in roadside drains to save trapped amphibians from certain death.
9 November 2018, 06:04 AM
Take a look at the top 5 richest pets in the world!
Loving your pets is normal, but some might seem to have gone a bit too far over their fondness for their animal friends.
2 November 2018, 06:46 AM
Eggs with benefits: Sydney's same-sex penguins become parents
Two male penguins entrusted with the care of a fostered egg welcomes a tiny sub-Antarctic Gentoo chick into the world, Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium says.
26 October 2018, 05:09 AM
'Himalayan Viagra' under threat from climate change: Researchers
A prized caterpillar fungus that is more valuable than gold and is nicknamed "Himalayan Viagra" in Asia, where it is seen as a wonder drug, is becoming harder to find due to climate change, researchers say.
25 October 2018, 05:21 AM
Canada pot stores run out of supplies, more lineups
Day two of legal recreational cannabis in Canada sees more long lineups outside pot stores and supply shortages in parts of the country.
19 October 2018, 05:16 AM
Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’ schools children -- for trash
Sitting in a building made from used tyres, plastic bottles and old sneakers, Cambodian student Roeun Bunthon jots down notes during an English lesson at the “Rubbish School” where tuition is paid for with trash instead of cash.
12 October 2018, 04:25 AM
‘Game Of Thrones’ filming locations will be opened to tourists
The show might be coming to an end, but fans of fantasy series Game Of Thrones will soon be able to step into Westeros. HBO will be converting several filming locations in Northern Ireland into tourist attractions.
9 October 2018, 04:42 AM