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Cobra escape shuts down Swedish zoo

Agence France-Presse
Oct 26 10:28 AM

A Swedish zoo has been partially shut down after a king cobra staged an impressive escape from its enclosure at the weekend, with staff on Monday still searching for the venomous vagrant. Read more »

Rowdy stag party delays train, revelers ordered to pay

Agence France-Presse
Oct 26 09:27 AM

A rowdy stag party on a high-speed train in Spain has ended up costing 11 revelers after a court ordered them to pay nearly 8,000 euros for the delay they caused. Read more »

Takot makuyog, magnanakaw nagtawag ng pulis sa Bangladesh

ABS-CBN News
Oct 21 03:03 PM

Sinuko ng isang professional burglar sa Bangladesh ang kaniyang sarili sa pulisya dahil sa pangambang kuyugin ng taong bayan. Read more »

Past her sell-by date: lettuce outlasts Liz Truss as UK PM

Agence France-Presse
Oct 21 06:48 AM

Outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday saw her political career wilt quicker than a lettuce, thanks to a tabloid stunt and a crisis-filled six weeks in office. Read more »

Buwis sa dighay: NZ farmers protest livestock burp tax

Ryland James, Agence France-Presse
Oct 20 10:53 AM

Last week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled plans for a "world first" levy on methane and nitrous oxide from the nation's six million cows and 26 million sheep. Read more »

'Pag naghiwalay ang mag-asawa, kanino mapupunta ang mga aso?

ABS-CBN News
Oct 19 10:31 AM

Kapag naghiwalay ang mag-asawa, kanino mapupunta ang kanilang mga aso? Read more »

Rest vroom: Japan's oldest toilet damaged in car crash

Agence France-Presse
Oct 18 02:55 PM

A man tasked with preserving cultural heritage accidentally plowed his car into Japan's oldest toilet in a centuries-old Buddhist temple. Read more »

Pekeng LET examinee sa Pagadian, timbog ng NBI

ABS-CBN News
Oct 13 07:28 PM | Updated Oct 13 09:59 PM

Inaresto ng NBI ang isang babae matapos madiskubreng hindi siya ang nakarehistro para kumuha ng Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers sa Pagadian City. Read more »

Ukraine woos France with romantic video: Send more guns

Agence France-Presse
Oct 13 09:35 AM

Ukraine's defense ministry sought to woo France on Wednesday with a mock love-letter video, urging its ally to send more artillery as a "romantic gesture" to repel the Russian invasion. Read more »

'Vegetarian' temple crocodile mourned in India

Agence France-Presse
Oct 12 10:22 AM

Hundreds of people attended the tearful funeral Monday of a crocodile believed to have been divine and survived for decades on a vegetarian diet at a Hindu temple in India. Read more »

Sex bomb: Japan suspect bag turns out to be 'adult goods'

Agence France-Presse
Oct 06 01:25 PM

A team of police explosives experts in Japan rushed to the scene of a suspicious package in a parking lot -- only to find discarded sex toys inside. Read more »

Lalaking lumaklak ng alak kapalit ang P20,000, nasawi

ABS-CBN News
Oct 06 05:09 AM

Dagdag ng pulisya, mayroon nang sakit sa puso ang biktima. Read more »

Kalabaw na kakatayin, nagwala!

ABS-CBN News
Oct 04 08:15 PM

Anim na sasakyan ang nagtamo ng pinsala matapos magwala ang isang nakatakas na kalabaw sa Trece Martires, Cavite. Read more »

VP Harris gaffe lauds US alliance with ... North Korea

Agence France-Presse
Sep 30 03:53 AM

Harris momentarily turned US policy on its head Thursday when she declared the "important" alliance with North Korea, instead of South Korea. Read more »

Kumpanyang nagbayad ng 60-kg barya, pinagmulta ulit

ABS-CBN News
Sep 29 01:54 PM

Isang Chinese company ang inutusang bayaran ang empleyadong ilegal na tinanggal sa trabaho. Pero binayaran nito ang multa ng sako-sakong barya. Read more »

Senador pumasok sa Kongreso sa Colombia sakay ng kabayo

Agence France-Presse
Sep 29 12:08 PM

Dahil maaari nang dalhin ng mga miyembro ng Kongreso sa Colombia ang kanilang alagang hayop sa trabaho, pumasok ang isang senador sakay ng kabayo. Read more »

Japanese researchers develop cyborg cockroach

Kyodo News
Sep 24 04:22 PM | Updated Sep 26 12:17 PM

A team of researchers has developed a rechargeable cyborg cockroach that can be remotely controlled for use in search-and-rescue and other missions, Japan's Riken research institute said. Read more »

Baka mag-aaral? Báka nakapasok ng silid-aralan sa Bohol

ABS-CBN News
Sep 23 03:39 PM | Updated Sep 26 12:19 PM

Nagulat ang mga estudyante sa Bohol nang biglang pumasok ang isang báka sa kanilang silid-aralan. Read more »

Malabong wedding photos sa Cebu nag-viral

ABS-CBN News
Sep 21 10:30 AM | Updated Sep 23 10:00 AM

'Parang pumunta lang kami sa isang burol,' patungkol ng isang bride sa Cebu sa kaniyang malabong wedding photos. Read more »

Man accused of grabbing queen's coffin flag 'delusional': judge

ABS-CBN News
Sep 21 06:31 AM | Updated Sep 23 10:00 AM

A man accused of grabbing the flag on Queen Elizabeth II's coffin wanted to check for himself that she was indeed dead, a London court heard Tuesday. Read more »

'Couldn't find a real job': Chinese professor's humorous resume goes viral

Alice Yan in Shanghai, South China Morning Post
Sep 20 06:49 AM

The resumes of two Chinese professors have trended on mainland social media for their down-to-earth, humorous and self-deprecating tone. Read more »

Britain draws pride from 'The Queue' for its queen

Adam Plowright and Caroline Taix, Agence France-Presse
Sep 17 08:04 AM

The massive waiting line to see the queen's coffin is being hailed as a triumph of Britishness in a country that prides itself on its queuing finesse. Read more »

Babae kinasuhan ng magulang dahil di binilhan ng apartment ang kapatid

ABS-CBN News
Sep 15 02:30 PM | Updated Sep 23 09:59 AM

Kinasuhan ang isang 29-anyos na babae sa China ng magulang na umabandona sa kaniya, dahil tumanggi itong bilhan ng apartment ang kaniyang kapatid. Read more »

Mga patay sa Austria tumanggap ng 500-euro 'bonus'

Agence France-Presse
Sep 15 10:34 AM

Sa bansang Austria, pati ang mga patay ay tumatanggap ng tulong sa estado sa gitna ng nagtataasang presyo ng gasolina sa Europa dahil sa paglusob ng Russia sa Ukraine. Read more »

Proposal to wipe out mosquitoes in China gets slap

Jane Cai in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Sep 15 08:04 AM | Updated Sep 15 08:29 AM

A proposal by deputies to China’s top legislature that called for mosquitos in China to be wiped out has created a lot of online buzz, but the idea has been swatted away as technically impossible. Read more »