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Russian pranksters call heads of WADA, U.S. anti-doping agency
Russian media published on Friday calls by two comedians to the heads of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the…
Russian breaks round-the-world hot air balloon record
Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov on Saturday broke the record for the fastest round-the-world flight in a hot air balloon, his…
India firm gifts Trump 6,000 tea bags to cleanse his soul
An Indian company Thursday said it had sent 6,000 green tea bags to White House hopeful Donald Trump, believing they…
Raisin’ cash: Japan grapes fetch $10,900 at auction
A bunch of grapes in Japan sold for $10,900, a record price for the variety in the fruit-obsessed nation where…
Drug lord’s pet hippos roam Colombian village
More than 20 years after Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar died in a gunfight with police, a strange legacy survives…
S.Korean selfie tourist dies in Peru waterfall: police
Peruvian police pulled a South Korean tourist dead from under a waterfall in the Amazon jungle, days after he fell…
Napoleon’s last horse to strut his stuff after makeover
Visitors to the Army Museum in Paris are being treated to the rare sight of two taxidermists at work restoring…
Muslim girls denied Swiss citizenship over refuse to swim with boys
Swiss authorities have rejected the naturalization application of two Muslim girls who refused to take swimming lessons at their school…
Iran’s ‘fashion police’ stops Levi’s catwalk show
Iranian police cancelled a catwalk show set to mark the opening of an unofficial Levi’s store in a Tehran shopping…