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Panic as crocodile blocks hospital entrance

Agence France-Presse
Mar 22 10:17 PM

Wildlife authorities in Zimbabwe shot dead a large crocodile that strayed into the northern town of Hwange and blocked entry to a hospital, an official said Thursday.   Read more »

Billboard owner has alibi over porn video

ABS-CBN News
Mar 21 11:16 PM

Authorities are investigating why a porn video was displayed Tuesday on an electronic billboard in Makati City. Read more »

Duterte 'impersonator' backs Bong Go; Palace transcribers think he's real Digong

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Mar 19 04:06 PM | Updated Mar 19 05:00 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Palace transcribers on Monday made a serious blunder after they were fooled into thinking that an impersonator from Bicol was indeed President Duterte. Read more »

'Too stupid for words': Japanese bemused by Trump bowling ball car test claim

Agence France-Presse
Mar 16 04:51 PM

TOKYO, Japan - A claim by President US Donald Trump that Japan tests car quality by dropping bowling balls on vehicles has prompted confusion and ridicule among some Japanese. Read more »

Gold bars, nahulog mula sa eroplano

Agence France-Presse
Mar 16 12:51 AM

Nahulog ang 172 gold bars mula sa isang eroplanong Ruso nitong Huwebes. Read more »

Cold-blooded? Study finds female pythons care for their young

Reuters
Mar 15 03:02 PM

Shedding their cold-blooded image, snakes emerge from a recent study as more caring creatures that protect their nests and remain with their young for a brief period after hatching. Read more »

Nars na naiwang mag-isa sa clinic, ginamot ang sarili nang atakihin sa puso

ABS-CBN News
Mar 10 06:15 PM

Dahil 150 kilometro pa ang layo ng lalaki sa pinakamalapit na ospital, mag-isa na lamang niyang ikinabit ang sarili sa isang electrocardiogram (EKG), kung saan niya nakitang barado nga ang kaniyang puso. Read more »

WATCH: Orangutan smokes zoo visitor's cigarette

Agence France-Presse
Mar 08 01:22 PM

BANDUNG - Indonesia can now add a smoking orangutan to its roster of nicotine addicts. Read more »

Alone at health clinic, Australian treats self for heart attack

Agence France-Presse
Mar 08 06:57 AM | Updated Mar 08 10:45 AM

Alone at a health clinic in a small, remote seaside settlement in Australia, a 44-year-old nurse sensed he was having a heart attack and sprang into action, saving his own life, a report said Wednesday. Read more »

Kenyan doctor performs brain surgery on wrong patient

Agence France-Presse
Mar 05 12:33 PM | Updated Mar 06 08:03 AM

A neurosurgeon at Kenya's largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient, the hospital said in a statement on Friday. Read more »

Barbra Streisand says she cloned her pet dog twice

Reuters
Feb 28 10:28 AM | Updated Feb 28 12:25 PM

"Funny Girl" singer and actress Barbra Streisand had her beloved 14- year-old Coton de Tulear dog Samantha cloned after her death in 2017, and now has two new pups. Read more »

Something borrowed: grooms and guests for hire in Vietnam

Tran Thi Minh Ha, Agence France-Presse
Feb 26 02:56 PM | Updated Feb 28 10:29 AM

Kha's wedding day looked perfect from the outside but she was hiding a dark secret: the 27-year-old was 3 months pregnant and her husband was fake, hired for a staged wedding to avoid the social stigma of becoming a single mother. Read more »

Greek match postponed after coach injured by toilet roll

Agence France-Presse
Feb 26 09:59 AM

Sunday's Greek Super League derby between PAOK Thessaloniki and Olympiakos was called off after Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia was struck in the face by a toilet roll thrown by a spectator minutes before kick-off. Read more »

Add another item to Trump's list of frustrations: his bald spot

Reuters
Feb 24 06:51 AM | Updated Feb 28 10:29 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has a bald spot and it evidently annoys him. Read more »

Indian state offers free breast implants to poor women

Agence France-Presse
Feb 24 06:47 AM | Updated Feb 24 07:02 AM

NEW DELHI - Thousands of poor women in India's Tamil Nadu state have been offered free cosmetic breast surgery, including implants, its health minister said Friday, because "poor people also have a right to look beautiful." Read more »

World's last remaining wild horses aren't really wild after all

Will Dunham, Reuters
Feb 23 06:42 PM

It may come as a disappointment to equine enthusiasts, but a new genetic study has found that no truly wild horses still exist and that a population inhabiting Mongolian grasslands actually is a feral descendant of the earliest-known domesticated horses. Read more »

Isdang 'walang mukha', mga kaanak ng 'pinakapangit' na hayop, natagpuan

ABS-CBN News
Feb 21 03:30 PM | Updated Feb 21 03:52 PM

Nakita mo na ba ang pinakapangit na hayop sa buong mundo? Read more »

Terror from the deep

Asher Flatt, CSIRO/AFP
Feb 21 02:51 PM

A lizard fish, an ambush predator from the deep ocean, is one of the more than 100 rarely seen fish species hauled up from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage. Read more »

2 tsuper na nag-agawan ng pasahero, nagsuntukan

Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News
Feb 20 12:42 AM | Updated Feb 20 12:43 AM

Dalawang jeepney driver ang nagsuntukan matapos umanong mag-agawan ng pasahero sa Cagayan De Oro City nitong Sabado. Read more »

Babaeng ayaw mawalay sa bag, lumusot din sa X-ray scanner

ABS-CBN News
Feb 15 08:30 PM | Updated Feb 16 09:43 AM

Isang ginang sa Tsina ang sumama sa kaniyang handbag na lumusot sa X-ray security scanner ng isang istasyon ng tren.   Read more »

Ayaw na ng away: Magnanakaw sumuko sa pulisya para makatakas sa girlfriend

ABS-CBN News
Feb 15 11:36 AM

Dahil pagod na sa away nila ng kanyang nobya, pinili na lang ng isang magnanakaw, na may isang taong nagtago sa pulisya, na magpakulong sa Warsaw sa Poland. Read more »

14 bulate, nakuha mula sa mata ng isang babae

ABS-CBN News
Feb 14 09:45 PM | Updated Feb 15 08:27 AM

Ayon sa U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sa loob ng 20 araw, nakuha ang mga bulateng tigkakalahating pulgada ang haba mula sa mata ng 26 anyos na babae. Read more »

Cheeky smuggler caught with cocaine in 'fake buttocks' at Lisbon airport

Agence France-Presse
Feb 14 06:39 AM | Updated Feb 14 09:25 AM

LISBON, PORTUGAL - Portuguese police have detained a man who arrived at Lisbon airport on a flight from Brazil wearing "fake buttocks" that contained about a kilo of cocaine, police and reports said Tuesday.   Read more »

Cruise ship forced back to Sydney after toilet brawl

Agence France-Presse
Feb 12 10:53 AM | Updated Feb 12 02:35 PM

A cruise ship was forced to return to Sydney after a brawl over a toilet queue, with a Russian woman charged Monday for allegedly attacking a man with an empty wine bottle. Read more »

Winter Olympics: ‘Trump,’ ‘Kim’ thrown out of opening ceremony

Reuters
Feb 10 01:21 AM | Updated Feb 12 02:35 PM

"We're getting along great," said the Kim Jong Un lookalike, who declined to give his name, referring to the faux Donald Trump. Read more »