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Kosovo farmer names one of his wolves Trump
When Hysni Rexha from Kosovo finally made his dream happen and took four wolves from the wild to feed and raise them he had no doubts over how to name one of them. He called it Trump. “I have some...
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Angus the dog can’t run for Kansas governor
In the dog-eat-dog world of U.S. politics, a 3-year-old wire-haired Vizsla in Kansas was scratching his head, and behind his ears, after being denied a chance to run for governor, his owner said on...
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Agonising subway ride lands NY woman Worst Commute award
This is one contest no New York City subway rider wants to win. An advocacy group for city commuters on Tuesday awarded its first “Worst Commute of the Week” award to a librarian from the borough of...
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Australian town crowns most impressive hairstyle at inaugural “Mulletfest”
A small Australian town that claims to have created the mullet, the “short on top and sides but long at the back” hairstyle favoured by ’70s rock stars, picked the best of more than 150 specimens at...
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Twice as nice – Barbra Streisand cloned beloved dog
“If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me would we, could we?” Barbra Streisand had a hit singing this question in “The Way We Were,” but when it comes to getting a new pet she does not have...
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Cypriot woman selling her breast milk online
A 24-year-old Cypriot woman is earning thousands of euros by selling her breast milk to men online who want to build their muscles, it was reported on Friday. Rafaela Lamprou, 24, who gave birth to her...
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World’s oldest message in a bottle found on Australian beach
The oldest known message in a bottle was found on an Australian beach 132 years after being thrown from a German ship in the Indian Ocean as part of an experiment to track currents, experts said. The...
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Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin
Vladimir Putin’s paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the internet on Sunday. In the two-hour documentary, called...
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The Catholic Church – coming to a Starbucks near you?
It might be called Cappuccino Catholicism. Young Catholics told their Church elders on Saturday that the faith should be spread in the places where they like to hang out, such as coffee bars. “We would...
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Basra’s cats lap it up in their own hotel
A world away from Iraq’s battlegrounds, Basra’s cat-lovers have found a haven for their favourite pets. Veterinary student Ahmed Taher Maki has turned his home in the southern city into what he...
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Japanese man, 112, recognised as world’s oldest male
A 112-year-old Japanese man born months before Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity was recognised on Tuesday as the world’s oldest man. Masazo Nonaka, born on July 25, 1905, took...
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Chinese aviation buff builds full-scale Airbus replica
A man in northeastern China who always wanted to own an aircraft is doing the next best thing: building a full-scale replica of an Airbus A320 jet. Zhu Yue, an aviation buff who worked as a welder and...
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Singing road strikes wrong chord with Dutch villagers
AMSTERDAM, April 10 (Reuters) – Take the highway past the Dutch village of Jelsum and the road will play you a tune. Created by strategically laid “rumble strips” as a way of livening up journeys...
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Tarantula burger now available at US burger joint
Kristin Barnaby, a self-described arachnophobe, found a way to overcome what she dreads at a North Carolina burger joint. “I am going to eat my fear,” the 27-year-old said at the Bull City Burger and...
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‘No to sex on roundabouts’, Norway tells high school graduates
Norway’s high school graduates should refrain from running naked across bridges and having sex on roundabouts lest they give drivers “too much of a surprise”, the national transport regulator said on...
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Worm burgers hit German supermarket stands
Supermarket shoppers in the western German city of Aachen have stepped out of their comfort zone to sample insect burgers made of buffalo worms. The worms, highly nutritious due to their high protein...
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Save room for dessert: British royal wedding cake slices to be sold
As Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle inches closer, public hunger for all things royal will get its dessert as decades-old slices of cake from British royal weddings – including those of Prince...
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Art in the buff: Paris museum opens up to nudists
A Paris museum opened its doors for the first time to nudist visitors on Saturday, granting them special visiting hours to tour an exhibit in a one-off naturist event. The Palais de Tokyo contemporary...
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‘This is taking an awfully long time!’, says scientist before assisted suicide
A 104-year-old Australian scientist killed himself in Switzerland on Thursday by lethal injection in an assisted suicide he hoped would trigger more lenient euthanasia laws in his home country....
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Genderless clothes store breaks new ground in New York
Caitlin Helms was shopping with her mother in downtown New York when a sign in a store window stopped them in their tracks – “The world’s first gender-free store”. The pitch struck a chord with Helms,...
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