Face Your Fears at the Reptile Cafe
For anyone terrified of an albino python, an orange corn snake or a scaly, bearded iguana, Chea Raty...
Vespa lovers taking it to extremes
Every year, Indonesians from teens and grandads to mechanics and students gather in East Java to celebrate their...
Europe gives Internet firms 1 hour to remove extremist content
European authorities are planning to slap internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook with big fines if...
South Africa fights gun violence
As gunshots ring out in one of South Africa’s most dangerous neighborhoods, a new technology detects the gun’s...
Japanese man, world’s oldest at 112
A 112-year-old Japanese man, born months before Albert Einstein published his theory of special relativity, was recognized in...
Oh, Deer!
Faced with a growing number of tourists injured from deer bites, authorities in Nara Park in Nara, Japan,...
Tiny goddess
Hindu priests have anointed a 3-year-old girl as the new “living goddess,” or kumari, of Kathmandu. She will...
Don’t blink!
Chinese street barber Xiong Gaowu deftly scrapes a straight razor along the inside of his customer’s eyelid. “You...
Robot for hire to perform Buddhist funerals
A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” — a Buddhist priest for...
Four-legged guardians
An advertising agency in Thailand has developed a “smart vest” that potentially could turn stray dogs into guardians...
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