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Labrador fetches top US dog breed honor for 28th year

March 20th, 2019586 The loyal and dependable Labrador Retriever hung on for the 28th year in a row to the title of America's most popular dog in 2018, the American Kennel Club...

Turkey

Erdogan: 'You will not turn Istanbul into Constantinople'

March 18th, 20192788 President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday described a mass shooting which killed 50 people at two New Zealand mosques as part of a wider attack on Turkey and...

Offbeat

Yachtsman inflates trousers to survive 3 hours in sea (V)

March 12th, 20191118 WELLINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Knocked overboard in rough seas off New Zealand, a German yachtsman credited his jeans with saving his life after fashioning...

Offbeat

Use of toilet paper wiping out habitat, heating planet

February 23rd, 20192516 Americans use more toilet paper than anyone else in the world, helping destroy the habitats of native people who live where it is sourced and contributing...

Offbeat

Carlsberg rolls out the smart barrel

February 13th, 20191327 It is almost a barman's dream - a keg that can monitor beer levels and alert the brewery for more supplies when stocks are running low, cutting the risk of...

Offbeat

Indonesia police apologise for using snake in interrogation (V)

February 13th, 20191262 JAKARTA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Indonesian police have apologised and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect...

Tech & Science

Mirror test hints at surprising cognitive abilities in fish

February 7th, 20191702 A small tropical reef fish was able to recognize itself in a mirror, scientists said on Thursday in a finding that raises provocative questions about assessing...

World

Brick by Lego brick, teen builds his own prosthetic arm

February 7th, 20191102 David Aguilar has built himself a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego pieces after being born without a right forearm due to a rare genetic...

Offbeat

USB stick found in frozen seal poo

February 5th, 20191057 Scientists in New Zealand say they have found a USB memory stick containing holiday photos inside a frozen slab of seal poo. The scat, valuable for studying...

Offbeat

Taj Mahal police take aim at marauding monkeys with slingshots (V)

January 25th, 20191151 By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Police armed with slingshots are taking aim at troops of monkeys that harass visitors at India's Taj...

Offbeat

Like a son but cheaper: South Koreans pamper pets instead of having kids

January 24th, 20191090 By Hayoung Choi and Minwoo Park SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Kang Sung-il buys Sancho, his Pomeranian, a toy every business trip and this Lunar New Year...

World

Classical listens surge, outperforms rest of industry

January 12th, 20191692 The number of plays of classical music increased by more than 10 per cent in 2018, with the genre growing faster than the UK music industry at large. Across...

Offbeat

Photoshop gaffe embarrasses Australian prime minister with two left feet

January 9th, 20191914 SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was left red-faced on Wednesday after a family photograph, doctored by his staff,...

Americas

Judge knocks down New York's nunchuck ban

December 18th, 20181470 A federal judge knocked down a New York state law banning nunchucks that dated to the 1970s, when martial arts star Bruce Lee popularized them in his movies by...

Europe

Thousands dressed as Santa Claus race through Madrid for charity

December 9th, 20181670 More than 7,000 people dressed as Santa Claus ran through central Madrid on Sunday in a charity race to raise money for cancer care. Many children dressed...

Offbeat

Get Up, Stand Up! Unesco declares reggae a global cultural treasure

November 29th, 20181492 Unesco has declared reggae, the Jamaican music that spread across the world with its calls for social justice, peace and love, to be a global treasure that...

Offbeat

London restaurant closes toilet ahead of World Toilet Day

November 16th, 20182102 "So he's allowed to go to the toilet and I'm not?" an angry customer argues at a London restaurant. "It's our basic human right." With one in three people...

Videos

Man who tried to sell stolen John Lennon diaries charged in Germany

November 12th, 20186681 A 59-year-old man was charged in Germany on Monday on suspicion of trying to sell stolen diaries and other items that had belonged to the late Beatle John...

Offbeat

A vomit bag for every guest at the Disgusting Food Museum

November 5th, 20181916 The dead mouse in the Chinese wine sure looks nasty, and the maggots in the cheese tend to put people off. But nothing is more horrible to an unaccustomed...

Offbeat

Woman survives six days in Arizona desert after crash

November 1st, 20181610 A 53-year-old woman survived six days in the Arizona desert on grass and water after crashing her car, before being rescued by a rancher and highway workers...

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