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Daga sa Bacolod, "nangungupit" umano ng pera

ABS-CBN News
May 25 08:04 PM

Aabot sa mahigit P4,000 ang natagpuang pera sa likod ng dingding.  Read more »

Babala ng CDC: Huwag halikan ang mga manok, pato dahil sa salmonella

ABS-CBN News
May 25 10:53 AM

Paalala ng US Centers for Disease Control, kahit mukhang malinis at malusog ang mga backyard poultry gaya ng mga manok ay maaari pa rin itong may kargang Salmonella bacteria.  Read more »

Daga, 'kumukupit' ng pera sa ginang sa Bacolod City?

ABS-CBN News
May 25 10:42 AM | Updated May 25 02:42 PM

Linggo ng umaga nang pumunta si Sheryl Tayhopon sa puntod ng kanyang ama para humingi sana ng senyales kung dapat pa ba niyang ipagpatuloy ang pagkakarinderya. Read more »

Cicada sushi, anyone? US chef serves up sustainable 'Brood X' delicacy

Agence France-Presse
May 25 10:38 AM

Bun Lai, an advocate for the sustainable food movement, invited locals for an insect hunt in a city park followed by a taste of his fried cicada sushi. Read more »

Japan premium melons go for P1.2 million after virus slump

ABS-CBN News
May 24 02:25 PM

In what might be the unlikeliest indicator of a post-pandemic recovery, a pair of premium Japanese melons have sold for $24,800 at auction, over 22 times more than last year's virus-hit price. Read more »

Austrian hospital amputates wrong leg of elderly patient

Reuters
May 21 01:31 PM

VIENNA - An Austrian hospital amputated the wrong leg of a patient, it said on Thursday, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake". Read more »

Shinkansen driver leaves cockpit for toilet, while bullet train runs at 150kph

Kyodo News
May 21 07:26 AM

According to the railway company, it is the first instance of a driver on its bullet-train line vacating the cockpit while running with passengers on board Read more »

Australian 'killed intruder and lived with body for 15 years'

Agence France-Presse
May 20 02:55 PM

An Australian hoarder killed a burglar and kept the corpse for 15 years, using more than 70 air fresheners to mask the smell, local media reported Thursday. Read more »

With cleavers and blowtorches, Pakistan barber offers hair-raising cuts

Agence France-Presse
May 20 07:00 AM

Hoping to prove a cut above the competition, Ali Abbas relies on an unusual array of tools for his craft, including blowtorches, meat cleavers, and even broken glass. Read more »

Special delivery: Man donates $550,000 in cash to Japan city

Agence France-Presse
May 18 08:09 PM

TOKYO - An elderly Japanese man has anonymously donated his life's savings -- in cash -- to a city outside of Tokyo, an unexpected financial windfall as the economy reels from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Barley bubbles: Beer spa opens in Brussels

Bart Biesemans and Christian Levaux, Reuters
May 13 08:25 PM

BRUSSELS - Belgians will soon be able to relax in hops and barley as a new beer spa experience is about to open for the first time in Belgium. Read more »

Cooked at 1,000 degrees Celsius: Guatemala's volcanic pizza

Agence France-Presse
May 13 03:08 AM

For Guatemalan David Garcia, the streams of molten lava oozing down the mountainside of Pacaya volcano have become his kitchen. Read more »

Para sa selfie: Lalaking bumaba sa riles ng MRT, kasamahan, hinuli

ABS-CBN News
May 11 01:42 PM | Updated May 11 03:43 PM

Huli ang isang lalaking bumaba sa riles ng Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 (MRT-3) pati ang kasamahan nitong nag-selfie nitong Linggo ng gabi. Read more »

TINGNAN: Aso nagpuslit ng mga sulat ng drug transaction sa mga preso sa Panama

ABS-CBN News
May 11 11:15 AM

PANAMA CITY - Ilang linggo matapos makahuli ng pusang nagpupuslit umano ng droga, nakahuli naman ang mga awtoridad ng isang aso na nagpupuslit ng mga mensahe sa pagitan ng mga preso sa Panama.  Read more »

Cow dung not a cure for COVID, Indian doctors warn

Reuters
May 11 11:05 AM

In the state of Gujarat in western India, some believers have been going to cow shelters once a week to cover their bodies in cow dung and urine in the hope it will boost their immunity against, or help them recover from, the coronavirus. In Hinduism, the cow is a sacred symbol of life and the earth. Read more »

Hong Kong robber caught using water pistol in HK$200 million hold-up

South China Morning Post
May 11 08:11 AM

Staff members could tell the weapon was a toy, the source said, because it was a transparent blue and made of plastic. Read more »

Italian woman gets 6 doses of Pfizer vaccine in error

Agence France-Presse
May 10 08:01 PM | Updated May 10 09:03 PM

A 23-year-old Italian woman was under observation in a hospital in Tuscany after receiving six doses of the Pfizer vaccine in error, news agency AGI reported Monday. Read more »

Vlad the vaccinator: Dracula's castle lures visitors with COVID-19 jabs

Luiza Ilie, Reuters
May 08 10:15 PM

BUCHAREST - Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after medics set up a COVID-19 vaccination center at the Transylvanian attraction. Read more »

Fresh pizza vending machine prompts curiosity, horror in Rome

Gabriele Pileri and Philip Pullella, Reuters
May 07 08:03 AM

"It's OK but it's not pizza," said a Naples native, who said it tasted more like a bread wrap. Read more »

Serbian diner serves roast meat as thanks to those getting COVID shots

Reuters
May 05 07:04 PM

Lockdowns in 2020 and partial restrictions this year, have driven one Serbian diner to the brink, as dozens lined up to get their jab and a plate of charcoal-roasted meat. Read more »

They’re called nonuplets: Mali woman gives birth to 9 babies

Agence France-Presse
May 05 07:01 AM

The woman was initially believed to have been carrying septuplets. Cases of women successfully carrying septuplets to term are rare; nonuplets even rarer. Read more »

2 sanggol sa Davao City, Cotabato walang patinig ang pangalan

ABS-CBN News
May 03 01:53 PM

Kakaiba ang pangalan ng 2 sanggol na lalaki sa Mindanao dahil walang vowels o patinig ang kanilang mga pangalan.   Read more »

Man reportedly ‘sold son and used money to go on holiday’

Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
May 03 07:50 AM

The man was given custody of the boy after getting divorced, but he is alleged to have got rid of him to avoid the burden of caring for him   Read more »

Two identical women who met on social media shocked to find out they are twins

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Apr 30 08:35 PM

A woman in China from central Henan province who found a woman who looked strikingly similar to herself on social media has discovered that they are identical twins.    Read more »

Airport toilet in China becomes tourist spot as expert says it contains fossils

Alice Yan, South China Morning Post
Apr 30 04:38 PM

After seeing the photos uploaded to social media, an expert from the Geological Society of Jiangsu Province said he initially thought the fossils were stringocephalus, formed about 300 million years ago, according to a newspaper report.    Read more »