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10-talampakang sawa nahuli sa bahay sa Pasay

ABS-CBN News
Jul 02 10:09 AM | Updated Jul 02 11:08 AM

Ililipat sa pangangalaga ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ngayong Lunes ang isang 10-talampakang sawa na nahuli sa loob isang bahay sa Barangay 201, Pasay City. Read more »

Five wild elephants trample Thai man to death

Agence France-Presse
Jun 29 07:19 PM

A Thai man was trampled to death by five wild elephants near a rubber plantation Friday, police said, the latest deadly encounter in a country where pachyderms are both venerated and feared. Read more »

Bird's nest almost upends major Canada music festival

Agence France-Presse
Jun 27 06:39 AM

A bird's nest in an Ottawa park steps from parliament on Tuesday came close to derailing preparations for one of Canada's largest urban outdoor music festivals.   Read more »

Donald Trump boasts of quality mane

Agence France-Presse
Jun 26 04:09 PM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took time Monday to boast of his "great" hair, the subject of long-running speculation it might be a wig. Read more »

Mother, kids graduate from UP at the same time

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 08:28 PM | Updated Jun 23 08:32 PM

Lorelei Aquino, 44, described her journey as "extremely challenging," but "kept going" for her 2 children. Read more »

Japan worker's pay docked for taking lunch 3 mins early

Agence France-Presse
Jun 21 01:37 PM

A Japanese city official has been reprimanded and fined for repeatedly leaving his desk during work hours -- but only for around 3 minutes to buy lunch. Read more »

Algeria goes offline to stop students cheating

Agence France-Presse
Jun 21 04:00 AM

Algeria went offline on Wednesday for the start of high school diploma exams, the first in a series of internet blackouts to stop students cheating. Read more »

Swiss World Cup fans book hotel in wrong Russian city

Agence France-Presse
Jun 20 09:32 AM

MOSCOW - A group of Swiss World Cup fans booked a hotel in the wrong Russian city, confusing Rostov-on-Don where Switzerland played Brazil on Sunday, with Rostov Veliky, 1281 km (795 miles) away. Read more »

Indonesian killed by his mother's falling funeral coffin

Agence France-Presse
Jun 17 04:54 PM

An Indonesian was killed when his mother's coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi, police said Sunday. Read more »

New York puts its rats on ice

Thomas Urbain, Agence France-Presse
Jun 17 10:54 AM

A snout and 2 little black eyes pop out from the hole, too late: A foot already covers them and the hole will be quickly filled with dry ice.   Read more »

Indonesian woman swallowed by giant python

Agence France-Presse
Jun 16 03:13 PM

"The snake's belly was cut open and the body of the victim was found inside." Read more »

'Norwegia'? PCOO draws flak for error

ABS-CBN News
Jun 15 01:08 AM

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) caught flak Thursday over a Facebook post after it called Norway "Norwegia." Read more »

Minnesota online sensation raccoon captured atop skyscraper

Brendan O'Brien, Reuters
Jun 14 08:42 AM

A raccoon that climbed to the top of a 25-story St. Paul, Minnesota, skyscraper early on Wednesday was captured after becoming a star on the web, where it won the hearts of followers across the United States and around the globe. Read more »

Dayuhan, nais tulungan ang nagnakaw ng kaniyang mga cellphone

Diana Lat, ABS-CBN News
Jun 13 11:41 PM

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - Hawak na muli ng Canadian na si Daryl Urbanski ang mga cellphone na ninakaw noong Linggo sa isang beach sa BM road, lungsod ng Puerto Princesa sa Palawan.  Read more »

Love-struck couple crosses globe taking wedding pics

Agence France-Presse
Jun 13 02:46 PM

Passersby cheered and cars honked as the couple in wedding clothes posed for pictures on the iconic Paulista Avenue of Brazil’s bustling economic hub Sao Paulo. Read more »

Health claims behind sex robots remain unproven, experts say

Carolyn Crist, Reuters
Jun 12 10:31 PM

Health benefits claimed by marketers of sex robots - safer sex, therapeutic possibilities, and the potential to treat pedophiles and sex offenders - haven’t been proven, or even well studied, experts say. Read more »

Lebanese man stranded for 42 days in Ecuador airport

Agence France-Presse
Jun 12 07:21 AM | Updated Jun 12 10:31 AM

A Lebanese man has been stuck in immigration purgatory at an airport in Ecuador for 42 days after losing his passport and being returned there from Spain. Read more »

Spot a rat? Real-time map aims to plot Paris sightings

Agence France-Presse
Jun 11 11:19 PM

Rats have become an increasingly common sight in Paris over the past few years, but one local official wants to make sure everyone knows just how many are being spotted daily in his corner of the French capital. Read more »

Lalaking natalo sa eleksiyon, isinara ang daan sa Iligan

Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Jun 07 10:30 PM

ILIGAN CITY - Isinara ni Rosendo Souviron ang 26 square meters na lupain sa harap ng barangay hall ng San Roque. Read more »

Man avoids jail after 28 years on the run

Agence France-Presse
Jun 07 04:07 AM

Thirty years ago, a pioneer of the French punk scene helped rob an armored truck depot in Toulouse, making off with the equivalent of nearly three million euros before dropping out of sight and eventually being declared dead. Read more »

Bihis-dinosaur na traffic enforcer, patok sa Thailand

ABS-CBN News
Jun 05 01:16 PM

Isang traffic policeman sa Thailand ang patok sa mga kabataan at kanilang magulang dahil sa "epektibo" nitong paraan ng pagtuturo sa kanila ng road safety at traffic rules. Read more »

US graduate quotes Trump in speech; oops, it was Obama

Agence France-Presse
Jun 05 10:59 AM

CHICAGO - A high school student giving a graduation speech in the US state of Kentucky offered a lesson in politics over the weekend with a well-timed bait-and-switch. Read more »

FBI agent's gun discharges during dance floor backflip

Agence France-Presse
Jun 04 09:52 AM

Police are investigating an off-duty FBI agent's apparently accidental shooting of a man when the agent did a backflip at a Colorado night club, local media reported Sunday. Read more »

Thailand sends smelly durian into space

Agence France-Presse
Jun 02 06:27 PM

Thailand plans to shoot durian into orbit to test its durability in a project that could see the staple "king of fruits" consumed in zero-gravity conditions.   Read more »

'Spain is full of Spanish people': Ousted PM's gaffes

Agence France-Presse
Jun 02 05:05 AM

Regardless of what Spaniards think of their ousted prime minister Mariano Rajoy's track record, they all agree on one thing -- his truisms and slips of the tongue are legendary.   Read more »