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Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

From a toe-curling tale of Peruvian politics to the lifesaving qualities of red wine... - Wining away the time - An elderly ...
The beans were bought at a hotly contested auction in Panama where 20kg went for around 2.2 million dirhams, or US$600,000.
ACROSS the world, there is a resurgence of far-right politics in the wake of economic uncertainties and geopolitical ...
Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma starred with both bat and ball to propel India to their first Women's World Cup title with a ...
Over 1,50,000 people moved to shelters in coastal provinces of the Philippines as powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in ...
Networks of “crimefluencers” are targeting young girls for “sadistic online exploitation”, the country’s new top cop has ...
As Hurricane Melissa tests Jamaica’s strength, a global network of Jamaicans rallies to rebuild — revealing what climate ...
The new record staggered some people, though residents also said it was par for the course for the desert city with a luxury lifestyle.
Egypt is inaugurating on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, two decades in the making, with the aim of drawing more visitors to revitalize the country’s tourist industry.
An international covert sting linked to the encrypted AN0M platform which brought down hundreds of alleged criminals and netted cash, drugs and weapons has reached a new phase.
President Donald Trump landed back in the United States Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing ...