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Wallets found blocking Batangas City drain pipe

Reuters
Posted at Oct 18 11:09 PM

MANILA - Sanitation workers in Batangas City unblocking a drain discovered dozens of wallets had been clogging it up, some containing credit cards and IDs, but no money. Read more »

Politician blames defeat on 'disappearing ink'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 11:22 PM

Outgoing Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has told the Supreme Court that disappearing ink and specially treated ballot papers were to blame for his heavy election defeat last month. Read more »

Trump asks world to imagine him drunk

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 02 03:10 AM

Donald Trump is already loud, brash and provocative, so just imagine him after a few drinks, the US president quipped Monday. Read more »

Man arrested after losing wallet full of fake money

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 01:31 AM

A 22-year-old Austrian man might have thought himself lucky after police in the city of Eisenstadt found his lost wallet -- had it not been full of ten fake 50 euro notes.   Read more »

Emergency evacuation: Airline passenger mistakes exit door for toilet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 02:35 AM

An Indian passenger sparked panic in mid-air when he tried to open a plane door, apparently mistaking it for the toilet, the airline and reports said.   Read more »

How drones are used to fight tax evasion

Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 12:31 AM

ATHENS - Greece is using drones to buzz over boats running day trips on the Aegean at the start of a new effort aimed at cracking down on rampant tax evasion at holiday hotspots. Read more »

Coke eyeing cannabis-infused drink market

Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 12:21 AM

The Coca-Cola Company said on Monday it was closely watching the growing marijuana-infused drinks market, responding to a media report that the world’s largest beverage maker was in talks with Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc. Read more »

Cop kills man in apartment she thought was hers

Reuters
Posted at Sep 08 01:34 AM

A police officer in Dallas, Texas in the U.S. arrived in full uniform on Thursday night at an apartment she thought was hers, entered it, and shot and killed a man who lived there, police said, citing the officer's account of what happened. Read more »

Kangaroo on the loose in Austria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 01:22 AM

A kangaroo is on the loose and has been spotted in forests and meadows in Austria, police said Monday. Read more »

U.S. state bans veggie burgers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 02:02 AM

If it didn't come from an animal, it isn't meat in Missouri.  Read more »

Google rejects Trump claim of 'political bias' in search

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 12:19 AM

Google on Tuesday strongly denied U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that its news search results were skewed to suppress conservative voices and positive stories about his administration. Read more »

Japan bullet train staff made to sit by tracks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 11:09 PM

A Japanese rail company has defended a safety exercise that requires employees to sit beside tracks in tunnels as bullet trains speed by at 300 kilometers (186 miles) an hour.   Read more »

Newborn Indonesian baby named 'Asian Games'

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 20 11:42 PM

A baby born on the same day as the Asian Games opened in Indonesia and in a city co-hosting it has been named "Asian Games," local media reported Monday. Read more »

Facebook sorry after earthquake balloons blunder

Reuters
Posted at Aug 09 03:39 AM

LONDON - Facebook apologized on Wednesday after users posting about a deadly earthquake in Indonesia on the social media platform saw their messages decorated with images of balloons and confetti.   Read more »

Algeria goes offline to stop students cheating

Agence France-Presse
Posted at 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 »

Health claims behind sex robots remain unproven, experts say

Carolyn Crist, Reuters
Posted at 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 »

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

Agence France-Presse
Posted at 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 »

Man avoids jail after 28 years on the run

Agence France-Presse
Posted at 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 »

Farmer begs EU to spare his wandering cow

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 11:38 PM

A pregnant runaway cow from Bulgaria which roamed into neighboring Serbia has been condemned to death because she crossed the EU border, prompting a desperate plea from her owner on Thursday to save her.    Read more »

Groom killed at wedding by celebratory gunfire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 12:56 AM

Indian police on Tuesday arrested a man accused of killing a bridegroom when he marked his friend's wedding with gunfire, the latest in a grim series of marriage celebrations gone wrong.   Read more »