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'Instant divorce' now illegal in India

Kyodo News
Aug 22 09:53 PM | Updated Aug 22 09:54 PM

India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Muslim practice allowing men to instantly divorce a wife is illegal, thereby banning a practice already prohibited in more than 20 Muslim countries, including neighboring Pakistan and Bangladesh. Read more »

Ice cream, beer para sa mga aso, tampok sa beach bar sa Croatia

ABS-CBN News
Aug 22 07:27 PM

Tampok sa menu ng natatanging beach bar para sa mga aso sa Croatia ang specially brewed beer na gawa sa manok at gulay. May ice cream din na gawa sa saging, mani, yoghurt, at soy milk. Read more »

Beer for dogs on menu in Croatia's only beach bar for canines

ABS-CBN News
Aug 21 12:06 PM

Specially brewed beer made of chicken and vegetables and ice cream made from bananas, peanuts, yoghurt and soy milk are top items on the menu in Croatia's only beach bar for dogs. Read more »

Colombians combat stress with 'Day of Laziness'

Agence France-Presse
Aug 21 10:16 AM

Residents here hauled mattresses and hammocks into the streets Sunday to mark the annual "World Laziness Day," a quirky effort to urge overstressed workers to slow down. Read more »

Woman's long-lost ring found on carrot in vegetable patch

ABS-CBN News
Aug 18 02:23 PM

Just when you think all hope is lost, this Alberta resident, Mary Grams, found her long-lost ring after 13 years.   Read more »

Tuta sa kotseng inararo ng cement mixer, inaaruga ng BJMP

ABS-CBN News
Aug 17 12:14 AM

Nasa pangangalaga muna ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology ang tutang nakaligtas mula sa kotseng nayupi matapos madaganan ng tumagilid na cement mixer sa Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City nitong Martes, Agosto 15. Read more »

LOOK: Town cooks giant omelette amidst egg scare

Charlotte Steenackers, Reuters
Aug 16 08:11 AM

A Belgian town honored its 22-year-old tradition of making a giant omelette on Tuesday amidst an egg contamination scare, cooking 10,000 eggs in a pan four meters wide. Read more »

PNA worker admits getting DOLE logo via Google

ABS-CBN News
Aug 16 01:02 AM | Updated Aug 16 11:05 AM

Two Philippine News Agency employees who were behind the latest error of the state-owned news organization surfaced at the budget hearing of the Presidential Communications Operations Office, Tuesday.   Read more »

Deceased Ozamiz mayor Parojinog and wife charged before DOJ

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Aug 15 06:09 PM

MANILA- The criminal liability of an offender is extinguished upon death, but this rule did not stop the Philippine National Police from from filing criminal charges against the late Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, Sr. and his wife Susan. Read more »

Imahen ng Sto. Nino sa Pangasinan, lumalaki?

ABS-CBN News
Aug 13 11:06 PM

Naniniwala ang mga residente ng isang barangay sa Binmaley, Pangasinan na nagmimilagro ang isang imahen ng Sto. Nino rito.   Read more »

Going bananas? Gov't news agency runs wrong DOLE logo in story

ABS-CBN News
Aug 11 10:39 PM | Updated Aug 12 12:04 AM

The Philippine News Agency's (PNA) woes continue. Read more »

Lalaking yamot sa traffic, lumangoy papuntang office

REUTERS
Aug 11 06:45 PM

Yamot na sa araw-araw na trapikong nararanasan papasok ng trabaho si Benjamin David, kaya naman naisipan niyang lumangoy na lamang imbes na bumiyahe pa sa masisikip na kalsada ng Munich, Germany. Read more »

5 estudyante, 'sinaniban', pinagmumura ang mga kamag-aral sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Aug 11 01:33 PM

Sinaniban umano ng masamang espiritu ang 5 mag-aaral ng University of Visayas-Pardo Campus sa Cebu City noong Huwebes ng hapon. Read more »

Sick of traffic jams, man swims to work

Reuters
Aug 11 05:17 AM

MUNICH - Fed-up with the grind of taking a bus or bike to work every day on congested streets in Munich, Benjamin David started swimming there instead. Read more »

TINGNAN: 'Unicorn rainbow cloud' sa Leyte

ABS-CBN News
Aug 10 06:32 PM

Namataan ang makulay na ulap sa Palo, Leyte nitong Miyerkoles, Agosto 9.   Read more »

WATCH: How long can this Japanese fidget spinner go?

Agence France-Presse
Aug 10 05:07 AM | Updated Aug 10 06:05 AM

One company in perfectionism-obsessed Japan is claiming it has developed a fidget spinner that whirls longer than any rival on the market -- 12 minutes and counting. Read more »

Singaporean probed for toothpicks in bus seat

Agence France-Presse
Aug 10 05:02 AM

A 60-year-old Singaporean could be jailed for up to two years if found guilty of sticking toothpicks into a bus seat in a suspected case of "mischief", police said. Read more »

Gov't news agency posts editorial criticizing UN arbitral ruling that favored PH

ABS-CBN News
Aug 10 01:54 AM | Updated Aug 10 05:58 AM

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar promises heads will roll within the Philippine News Agency (PNA) if some of its staff are found negligent.  Read more »

TINGNAN: Batang baka, ‘kamukha’ ng isang rakista

ABS-CBN News
Aug 06 07:46 PM

Kinagigiliwan ngayon sa Texas, U.S.A. ang isang batang baka o calf na kamukha raw ng isang rakista. Read more »

British cops cleared of misconduct after filming nude sunbathers

Reuters
Aug 05 01:36 AM

LONDON - Four British police officers who filmed from a helicopter nude sunbathers, naturists and a couple having sex were cleared of charges of misconduct in public office at a crown court on Friday. Read more »

Babae, hinimok ang nobyong magpakamatay, kulong

ABS-CBN News
Aug 04 06:15 PM

Nasentensiyahan ng dalawa't kalahating taon sa kulungan noong Huwebes sa Amerika ang isang babae matapos nitong udyukan ang nobyo na magpakamatay noong 2014.  Read more »

Unusual welcome: Barangay staff put up odd tarpaulin for returning officials

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Aug 03 07:02 PM

Barangay staff in Ermita, Cebu put up a tarpaulin to welcome back officials from their 6-month preventive suspension.   Read more »

Matapos mag-'I do': Bride, tinutukan ng baril ang asawa

ABS-CBN News
Aug 03 01:23 PM

Hindi na tumagal pa ang 'honeymoon' ng bagong kasal matapos maglabas ng baril ang Tennessee bride mula sa kanyang wedding dress at itutok ito sa kanyang groom. Read more »

'I've got a boa constrictor stuck to my face,' US woman tells rescuers

Agence France-Presse
Jul 31 08:28 AM | Updated Jul 31 04:37 PM

US authorities have released a recording of an emergency call in which a woman said this: "I've got a boa constrictor stuck to my face." Read more »

Mga obra mula sa makinilya, ibinida ng isang Briton

ABS-CBN News
Jul 30 11:38 PM

Kadalasang paint brush at canvas ang gamit ng mga pintor sa paggawa ng dibuho. Pero ang isang Briton, lumilikha ng mga obra gamit ang kaniyang makinilya. Read more »