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New Zealand asks trouble-making tourist family to leave

New Zealand asks trouble-making tourist family to leave

-- 2019-01-17 12:02:58

A group of British tourists has been asked to leave New Zealand after they were reported for shoplifting, littering, threatening residents and causing chaos, an immigration official said on Thursday....

‘Too jolly’ Satan sculpture sparks outrage in Spanish city

‘Too jolly’ Satan sculpture sparks outrage in Spanish city

-- 2019-01-16 12:11:10

A planned sculpture of Satan in the Spanish city of Segovia has been criticised for being too jolly. The bronze statue was created as a tribute to a local legend, which says that the devil was tricke...

Pakistan University rebrands Valentine's Day as "Sister's Day"

Pakistan University rebrands Valentine's Day as "Sister's Day"

-- 2019-01-15 13:29:32

A Pakistani university is rebranding Valentine's Day as "Sister's Day", and debating marking the holiday widely seen as a Western import by handing out headscarves and shawls to its female students....

Pixmama recognises photo upload contest winners

Pixmama recognises photo upload contest winners

FE Online Desk 2019-01-14 12:39:09

The pioneering digital content marketplace for photography, Pixmama, has recognized the winners of an exciting photo upload contest. The contest aimed to encourage the growing photographers’ com...

World's longest aircraft permanently grounded

World's longest aircraft permanently grounded

-- 2019-01-13 15:34:29

The world's longest aircraft has been permanently grounded as developers prepare to start work on a new model. The £32 million Airlander 10 - a combination of plane and airship - had completed...

German WW1 submarine emerges off French coast

German WW1 submarine emerges off French coast

-- 2019-01-12 14:06:18

The wreck of a World War One German submarine is gradually resurfacing on a beach in northern France after decades of being buried in the sand. Shifting sand off Wissant, near Calais, is exposing the...

Delhi to accommodate cows in hostels

Delhi to accommodate cows in hostels

-- 2019-01-10 16:47:16

In a rare gesture to animal welfare, the Delhi government has decided to open “PG hostels” for cows, build a Gaushala-cum-old age home and tag all pets and cattle with microchips to monito...

Indian city installs tyre killers to curb wrong side driving

Indian city installs tyre killers to curb wrong side driving

-- 2019-01-10 14:09:44

To check the menace of wrong-side driving, the Noida Authority in India installed tyre killers at the sectors 76/77 intersection on Monday. With this, Noida became the first city in National Capital R...

‘A girl stole my heart’, a boy files complaint

‘A girl stole my heart’, a boy files complaint

-- 2019-01-09 17:11:44

Policemen in India’s Nagpur found themselves in a strange situation when a young man approached them with a complaint to find his "stolen" heart. The man wanted to file a complaint stating that...

Hilarious Photoshop fail gives Aussie PM two left feet

Hilarious Photoshop fail gives Aussie PM two left feet

-- 2019-01-09 15:11:54

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has laughed off a Photoshop fail found in a portrait that was on his website. The photo of Mr Morrison and his family showed the prime minister wearing rather...

Iron chest found under old building in Satkhira

Iron chest found under old building in Satkhira

-- 2019-01-08 13:01:30

An iron chest has been found underground during the demolition of an old building of the registry office in Tala, Satkhira, stirring interest among the locals. The padlocked chest was found padlocked...

Bluebottle jellyfish sting thousands on Australian beaches

Bluebottle jellyfish sting thousands on Australian beaches

-- 2019-01-07 12:49:51

Vast numbers of bluebottle jellyfish have swarmed beaches in Queensland, Australia, stinging thousands of people and forcing the closure of swim spots. Surf Life Saving Queensland said over 2,600 peo...

Sushi tycoon pays record $3.1m for a rare bluefin tuna

Sushi tycoon pays record $3.1m for a rare bluefin tuna

-- 2019-01-05 13:25:52

The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the year’s first auction at Tokyo’s new fish market, exceeding...

Ex SA President Zuma in row over music album

Ex SA President Zuma in row over music album

-- 2019-01-03 16:34:25

South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma is embroiled in a new political row - after signing an unexpected record deal. The eThekwini district agreed to fund an album of protest songs sung by him, whic...

Man survives fight against adult Royal Bengal

Man survives fight against adult Royal Bengal

-- 2019-01-03 12:43:14

A lion-hearted young man returned home alive after fighting with a Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sundarbans on Wednesday. The 30-year-old named Masum, son of Abdul Jalil of Uttor Rajapur Village in the u...

UK ticket-holder scoops £115m EuroMillions jackpot

UK ticket-holder scoops £115m EuroMillions jackpot

-- 2019-01-02 14:22:48

A UK ticket-holder has scooped a jackpot of nearly £115 million in the New Year's Day EuroMillions draw. The National Lottery said the win is the fourth biggest in UK history and follows a seri...

Air crash deaths mark sharp rise in 2018

Air crash deaths mark sharp rise in 2018

-- 2019-01-02 14:11:50

Last year marked a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017, however, in contrast, 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, figures show. Airliner accidents killed 556 peop...

Thief calls police for help after getting locked inside car

Thief calls police for help after getting locked inside car

-- 2018-12-31 13:43:47

A teen in Norway was forced to call the police for help after getting locked inside a car he was trying to steal. Luckily for him, cops were able to rescue him from the car and deliver him straight...

1,000 litres liquor disappears, police blame rats

1,000 litres liquor disappears, police blame rats

-- 2018-12-29 14:49:50

Over 1000 litres of seized liquor kept in the storehouse of Bareilly’s Cantonment police station has disappeared and local policemen blame rats for guzzling it down. Rats have also earlier been...

New York awe-struck as sky turns blue

New York awe-struck as sky turns blue

-- 2018-12-28 14:42:28

An explosion at an electrical power station in New York City on Thursday evening lit up the sky with an eerie blue light - and triggered a flurry of speculation on social media. Some wondered if alie...

Bangladeshi-born NY police officer’s video goes viral

Bangladeshi-born NY police officer’s video goes viral

-- 2018-12-27 13:26:01

A Bangladeshi-born police officer has received special commendations for fending off five men with kicks and a baton in a fight in New York City on Sunday, reports The New York Times. A bystander cap...

Abducted in 1980s, woman finally reunites with parents

Abducted in 1980s, woman finally reunites with parents

-- 2018-12-26 13:07:58

An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had...

Trump asks boy if he believes in Santa

Trump asks boy if he believes in Santa

-- 2018-12-25 17:42:07

There are some questions no-one should ever ask. "What does this red button do?" "What do people say about me?" "Do you believe in Santa Claus?" Now we all know Santa Claus exists. But for some re...

Thousands evacuate after tower 'crack'

Thousands evacuate after tower 'crack'

-- 2018-12-25 15:25:40

As many as 3,000 people have been evacuated after residents of a newly completed tower block in Australia reported hearing "cracking noises". Police confirmed they had found a crack in the 33-storey...

Malta airlifts newborn from migrant ship

Malta airlifts newborn from migrant ship

-- 2018-12-23 16:50:45

Malta has airlifted a newborn and his mother from a Spanish migrant rescue ship and rejected accusations that it had refused food to more than 300 other migrants on board. The baby was born three day...

Dead woman returns after funeral

Dead woman returns after funeral

-- 2018-12-22 15:48:18

A woman believed to be dead appeared in front of police on Thursday after her family conducted her funeral in the northern Indian city of Patiala in Punjab. Police were investigating the case as a hom...

Bikroy announces the winners of #ILoveBangladesh Story Contest

Bikroy announces the winners of #ILoveBangladesh Story Contest

FE Online Desk 2018-12-22 12:52:12

Bikroy.com the largest marketplace of Bangladesh, announced the winners of #ILoveBangladesh story writing competition on the occasion of the Victory Day. The prize-giving ceremony was organised at t...

Australians are celebrating 'gravy day'

Australians are celebrating 'gravy day'

-- 2018-12-21 15:18:56

It's not exactly a national holiday - yet - but "gravy day" is being well celebrated in Australia, thanks to a song and plenty of internet jokes. What is gravy day? It began with a 1996 song called H...

Dying elderly man leaves 14 years of Christmas gifts

Dying elderly man leaves 14 years of Christmas gifts

-- 2018-12-19 15:36:03

The story of a dying elderly man leaving 14 years of Christmas gifts for his 2-year-old neighbour has gone viral on the internet recently. Ken Watson, an 87-year-old retired diver in Wales, had bough...

Six seal pups found decapitated in New Zealand bay

Six seal pups found decapitated in New Zealand bay

-- 2018-12-19 13:07:19

The bodies of six fur seal pups have been found decapitated in a popular bay on New Zealand's South Island. The 11-month-old seals were discovered on Monday by a tourism operator in Scenery Nook in C...