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World News

Volkswagen 'graveyard' packs thousands of diesel cars

What happens to recalled diesel cars? Some end up in one of Volkswagen's giant resting grounds.

Russia

Russian postal drone spectacularly crashes on inaugural flight

The machine slammed into a wall in front of gathered officials and members of the public.

United Kingdom

Giant prehistoric dinosaur footprints discovered in Scotland

The tracks shed new light on the Middle Jurassic epoch — a period from which very few fossils survived.

North Korea

Kim Jong-un attends K-pop performance by South Korean artists in Pyongyang

The North Korean leader's appearance came amidst thawing tensions between the neighbouring East Asian nations.

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Italy

2,000 candidates apply for five jobs in Italy's public sector

Would you travel for over 13 hours to apply for a job if you knew you'd be one of 2,000 candidates? That's what thousands of people do in Italy every month.

United Kingdom

Brits won't be able to access UK Netflix in EU after Brexit

As of the withdrawal date, UK citizens won't be able to benefit from their digital subscriptions, like BBC iPlayer and their UK Netflix catalogue, when travelling in the EU.

Taiwan

Camera found washed up on Taiwan beach returned to owner after three years

A social media campaign saw a camera that washed up on a Taiwanese beach returned to its owner three years after she lost it in Japan.

France

American WWII fighter pilot's body returned from France after 74 years

Lieutenant Frank Fazekas' body is finally being returned from France, where it lay for 74 years after his plane crashed in a field in the run-up to D-Day during World War II.

China

Is Kim Jong-un making a surprise visit to Beijing?

Speculation is mounting that the senior North Korean official, said to have arrived by train in Beijing, is leader Kim Jong-un. The reports are currently unconfirmed.

France

French left-winger arrested for tweet celebrating death of policeman

A former French left-wing parliamentary candidate for the France Insoumise party was arrested Sunday over a tweet concerning a policeman who was killed during the supermarket siege in Trèbes.

Canada

Waiter fired for being 'aggressive' and 'rude' claims he's just French

French waiter fired for being rude says he was simply being French

World News

'Orange snow' transforms ski slopes in Eastern Europe into Mars

A blanket of orange-tinted snow transformed ski slopes in Eastern Europe, including Romania and Russia, so that they looked like the red planet.

USA

Five things Stormy Daniels said about her alleged affair with Trump

The porn actress said she was threatened to keep quiet about an alleged affair with US President Donald Trump, among other claims.

World News

Many children among the victims of huge mall fire in Russia

The death toll after a shopping mall fire in Keremovo, Siberia, on Sunday has risen to 64.

World News

Which European country has the most prisoners?

How many inmates are in prisons across Europe and what does their incarceration cost each country's government?

United Kingdom

Fantasy locations mysteriously appear on UK road signs

Gotham City, Middle Earth and Narnia have all been added to roundabout signs in a sleepy Oxfordshire town.

United Kingdom

Video showing Putin projected onto UK Foreign Office is a fake, govern

A video purporting to show Vladimir Putin's face being projected onto the British Foreign Office in London on the night of the Russian elections is fake, according to the UK government.

France

Hungry OGC Nice football fans protest as match rescheduled to lunchtim

OGC Nice football fans demonstrated the true importance of food to the French by holding up a banner in protest at a match that was rescheduled to take place during lunchtime.

United Kingdom

Over 400 UK schools receive hoax bomb threat

A number of schools in England have received emails containing fake bomb threats, believed to have come from the US.

Iceland

How Bitcoin brought the 'Wild Wild West' to Iceland

Why is Iceland such a hotbed for bitcoin mining and what repercussions has the glacial country seen from this activity?

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