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India gives “king of sweets” a geographical tag to end bitter rivalry
India has awarded a “geographical indications” tag to rosogolla, the king of Indian sweets, after a years-long battle between two neighbouring states over the ownership rights. Luscious rosogolla, or...
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“No cash, Carney?” Bank of England Governor unable to find wallet
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney appeared unable to find his wallet while attending a central bank event to promote public understanding of economics. When everyone in the room was asked to take...
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Finnish police rap deputy minister for hiding in car boot in govt crisis
Finnish police reprimanded a man for travelling in a car boot to hide his meeting with Prime Minister Juha Sipila during a government crisis last summer, saying this was breach of the traffic code. A...
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U.S. Navy crew grounded after pilot draws penis in the sky
A U.S. Navy air crew was grounded on Friday after using their advanced fighter jet to draw a giant image of a penis in the sky with the exhaust, officials said. The incident took place in skies over...
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British embassy cat in Jordan appointed chief mouser
At the British embassy in Jordan, a former rescue cat is settling into his new position as chief mouser. “Lawrence of Abdoun” is a fluffy black-and-white tom who, according to his Twitter feed, reports...
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Finland baker launches bread made from crushed crickets
Finnish bakery and food service company Fazer launched recently what it said was the world’s first insect-based bread to be offered to consumers in stores. The bread, made from flour ground from dried...
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Flipping lids! Chinese barber offers eyelid shaves
Chinese street barber Xiong Gaowu deftly scrapes a straight razor along the inside of his customer’s eyelid. “You should be gentle, very, very gentle,” said Xiong, who performs traditional eyelid...
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Abominable news: Purported yeti evidence came from bears, dog
For fans of the yeti, newly published genetic research on purported specimens of the legendary apelike beast said to dwell in the Himalayan region may be too much to bear – literally. Scientists said...
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Weird news grabs headlines in 2017
President Donald Trump’s Oval Office style dominated U.S. headlines in 2017, but readers were particularly perplexed by his use of the word “covfefe,” in what turned out to be one of the oddest news...
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Does Pentagon still have a UFO program? The answer is a bit mysterious
The Pentagon acknowledged on Saturday that its long-secret UFO investigation program ended in 2012, when U.S. defense officials shifted attention and funding to other priorities. But as to whether the...
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Got sex questions? Google before you ask Siri
If you need to know how to have sex, use contraception or avoid sexually transmitted infections, you may want to do a Google search before you ask Siri for help, a new study suggests. When researchers...
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London cafe unveils the “selfieccino”
A cafe in London is taking barista art to a new level by giving customers the chance to sip on their own self-portraits. The Tea Terrace, based in House of Fraser’s Oxford Street branch, has become...
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Coffee-fuelled buses to disco soups: five quirky uses of waste in 2017
From London buses rumbling along on the power of coffee beans to a football legend championing the transformation of plastic bottles into building blocks, 2017 has been a year full of innovative uses...
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Swedish roofs can handle Santa’s sleigh – if he’s careful
Sweden’s houses should be able to cope when Santa and his sleigh land on their snowy roofs this Christmas – as long as he doesn’t try to deliver too many presents in one go. The portly Father Christmas...
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Estonian police send ‘black’ Christmas cards to driving offenders
Estonian police have sent 700 Christmas cards to the Baltic country’s worst drivers, hoping that pictures of car crashes and road accident statistics will get repeat offenders to change their ways. The...
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Israel’s overweight hedgehogs go on diet
Ten overweight hedgehogs have had to go on strict diets and exercise regimes after they ate so much on the streets of Israel they struggled to curl up into a ball to fend off predators. Animal lovers...
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Dog guards body of dead owner for weeks over Christmas
A dog has been rescued by animal protection services in Hungary after being found lying alongside the body of her mistress who died weeks before. The 9-year-old Havanese, called Zsazsa, was in a...
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Japanese astronaut apologises for ‘fake news’ of height increase
Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, on a mission to the International Space Station, apologised on Wednesday for saying he had grown 9 cm (3.5 inches) while in space and expressing concern about...
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Prize camels keep tradition alive, but please no Botox!
The dromedaries paraded down a dusty racetrack as judges rated the size of their lips, cheeks, heads and knees. Crowds of men watched from the bleachers, hooting when the beasts representing their own...
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Museum offered 18-karat toilet to Trump
New York’s Guggenheim Museum offered to lend an 18-karat gold toilet to President Donald Trump after the White House asked to borrow a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, the Washington Post reported on...
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