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Mexico metro penis highlights sexual harassment
Commuters in Mexico City have been greeted with an unusual sight recently, as the UN and Mexico City’s local government teamed up to combat sexual harassment with a novel…
Oil protester performs Haka outside conference
Greenpeace held a protest outside the New Zealand Petroleum Conference 2017, in New Plymouth.
Australian cyclone brings close encounters with wildlife
Over Tuesday and Wednesday, the Australian state of Queensland was battered by Cyclone Debbie.
Brexit dawn: the newspapers' take
A look at how papers around the UK and Europe reacted to the triggering of Article 50 on Wednesday
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US parents sue over right to call their child ‘Allah’
A couple in the US state of Georgia are taking the state to court over their child’s surname.
Russian protest symbols explained
Russian protesters took rubber ducks and sports shoes to demonstrations on Sunday
United Airlines in row over customer's leggings
United Airlines have caused controversy this week by banning two girls from boarding a flight due to their choice to wear leggings.
UK interior minister calls for end to WhatsApp 'hiding place' for terror suspects
Amber Rudd, the UK Home Secretary, has accused Facebook-owned communications company WhatsApp of giving terror suspects a "place to hide".
Homeless man given free makeover in Majorca
Video shows homeless Spanish man given extreme makeover
Runaway sniffer dog shot dead at New Zealand airport
A trainee security sniffer dog at New Zeland’s biggest airport has been shot, after it escaped its leash and ran onto the runway, grounding planes.
New £1 coin is launched in the UK this month
The UK’s currency will face a major change this month, as a new design of one of the most central coins is launched.
Turkey-Netherlands spat continues as Dutch cows sent back
As Turkish anger at the refusal by the Netherlands to let the Turkish foreign minister speak at a Rotterdam rally escalates, 40 Dutch Holstein cows have been sent back from…
Headphone battery fire causes injury on China-Australia flight
A passenger on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne has been injured by her flaming headphones.
Some smart electricity meters 'give readings nearly 600 percent too high'
Consumers across Europe could be paying over the odds for electricity, according to a Dutch study that reveals some electricity meters can give readings as much as 582 percent too…
Turks squeeze oranges in anti-Dutch protest
Turkey and the Netherlands are currently experiencing a tense diplomatic period, after Turkey’s foreign minister Cavusoglu was stopped from entering the Netherlands to attend a political…
€5,000 jackets, €2,500 trousers; but Francois Fillon’s bank account might not support his rich tastes
Scandal-hit French presidential candidate Francois Fillon is facing further scrutiny over an anonymous benefactor paying for his designer suits.
Victims of Marine Corps harassment scandal speak out
Last week news broke of a Facebook group which shared intimate images of female US Marine Corps soldiers.
UK zoo boss loses licence after 500 animal deaths
South Lakes Safari park founder denied licence, after the death of one zookeeper and more than 500 animals.
Syria's Palmyra re-taken but remains in ruins
Palmyra has been re-taken from ISIL, but booby traps left by the Islamist militants means residents have been reluctant to return.
Poachers kill rhino in French zoo
An endangered white rhino killed for its ivory in France
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