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2023-09-25: Company makes booth for vertical napping
2023-09-07: Store staff get body cameras to protect themselves
2023-07-31: 8,000-year-old ancestor of English found
2023-07-17: France to pay people to repair their clothes
2023-07-13: Switzerland imports more cheese than it exports
2023-07-06: Taiwan restaurant serves crocodile-foot ramen
2023-06-29: Prince William hopes to end homelessness in UK
2023-06-08: Smiling lessons in Japan after years of mask-wearing
2023-05-15: Pope says Italians should have babies, not pets
2023-05-11: Animal testing for cosmetics to restart in U.K.
2023-05-04: Germany issues cheap public transport ticket
2023-04-27: Traditional English tea losing popularity in UK
2023-04-13: Car license plate sells for record $15 million
2023-03-16: Vinyl records outsell CDs for first time since 1987
2023-03-13: Half of world population will be overweight by 2035
2023-03-06: British supermarkets ration fruit and vegetables
2023-03-02: Sensitivity readers edit James Bond and Roald Dahl books
2023-02-20: Letter posted in 1916 delivered 107 years late
2023-02-06: Pranksters target Japan's sushi restaurants
2023-01-30: Urgent search for lost radioactive capsule in Australia
2023-01-19: Woman runs record 150 marathons in 150 days
2023-01-02: 35% of Japanese people will never travel again
2022-12-29: Frozen food is Japan's 'dish of the year'
2022-12-22: South Koreans to become a year or two younger
2022-12-15: World's oldest land animal celebrates 190th birthday
2022-11-21: Cooking began 600,000 years earlier than we thought
2022-11-14: Tunnel under Egypt could lead to Cleopatra's tomb
2022-11-07: Hygiene poverty on the rise in the U.K.
2022-10-31: World record gathering of people with same name
2022-09-22: Ability to move to the beat of music is genetic
2022-09-01: Dogs cry for joy after reuniting with their owners
2022-08-22: Airplane pilots fall asleep instead of landing
2022-08-15: 'Warm banks' spread in UK as heating costs rise
2022-07-14: Bigger risk of being killed by falling space rocket
2022-07-04: Octopuses and humans share intelligence gene
2022-06-09: Study finds blue is the most popular colour
2022-06-02: Tom Cruise's "Top Gun: Maverick" breaks records
2022-04-25: Hundreds of unpunished crimes at UK royal palaces
2022-03-28: People in the UK have no money to boil potatoes
2022-03-17: World's largest ever cruise ship sets sail
2021-12-30: Japanese professor invents lickable TV screen
2021-12-27: Madagascar minister swims for 12 hours after helicopter crash
2021-12-20: We are as smart as rocket scientists
2021-12-13: Injuries in home offices are workplace accidents
2021-12-09: World faces maple syrup shortage
2021-11-25: Lobsters, octopuses and crabs feel pain says U.K.
2021-11-22: Top 25 travel destinations for 2022 revealed
2021-11-18: Scorpions sting more than 500 people in Egypt
2021-11-08: Japan to give children under 19 $880 cash handout
2021-10-28: Squid Game clothes in high demand worldwide
2021-10-25: Scientists make wooden knife that is sharper than steel
2021-10-11: Men lost at sea for 29 days say it was a nice break
2021-09-30: Turtle's walk delays planes at Tokyo airport
2021-09-13: Upside-down rhino experiment wins Ig Nobel Prize
2021-09-01: Hero mother saves son from mountain lion attack
2021-08-26: 2020 Tokyo Paralympics under way
2021-08-24: Venice set to charge tourists to enter the city
2021-08-12: Smallest ever baby leaves hospital after 13 months
2021-07-15: Slower dance music only for South Korea gyms
2021-07-13: Why we see faces everywhere we look
2021-07-07: UK Queen honours health service for its courage
2021-06-25: Mouse plague in Australia forces prison to close
2021-06-23: Night golf becomes a thing in South Korea
2021-06-21: A quarter of adults don't want children
2021-05-28: Bad dream stops climber's record Everest climb
2021-05-26: Dating app asks 'Are you sure?' before hitting send
2021-05-18: Record breaking 96-year-old DJ retires
2021-04-28: Volunteers experience 40 days of isolation in a cave
2021-04-22: Football fan fury over European Super League
2021-04-18: Croissant terrorizes residents in Poland
2021-04-16: World's longest rabbit is 'rabbitnapped'
2021-10-12: Levi's says baggier 'balloon' jeans are in
2021-04-10: Titanic postcard could sell for $15,000 at auction
2021-04-06: Ocean explorers film world's deepest shipwreck
2021-03-21: Pigs are intelligent enough to play video games
2021-03-13: World's biggest music company to invest in K-Pop
2021-03-11: 'Miracle' puppy born with six legs
2021-02-23: Dogs may be self aware
2021-02-17: IKEA starts selling furniture for gamers
2021-02-03: UAE to offer citizenship to 'talented' foreigners
2021-01-28: Fans get inside space bubbles for rock concert
2021-01-26: Job offers $30 an hour for eating and testing candy
2021-01-18: Tennis stars enter Australia ahead of stranded citizens
2021-01-16: Paris' Champs-Elysees to be 'extraordinary garden'
2021-01-08: Taxi driver offers free rides for singing karaoke
2021-01-06: Man crosses rough sea on jet ski for love
2020-12-31: 2020 - A year we will never forget
2020-12-25: Scientist finds the 'right' way to cut Christmas cake
2020-12-19: S. Korea lantern festival on UNESCO heritage list
2020-12-15: Metal detecting finds ancient treasure in U.K.
2020-12-11: Japan to use artificial intelligence to match couples
2020-12-07: Dog three times heavier than normal goes on diet
2020-12-01: Letters to Santa show children's pandemic fears
2020-11-23: Car-licking moose a problem on Canada's roads
2020-11-19: New project to recreate smells from centuries ago
2020-11-15: Maldives resort offers $30K 'all-you-can-stay' holiday
2020-11-03: EU says veggie burgers can be called burgers
2020-10-22: 'Demon Slayer' movie breaks Japan's box office records
2020-10-16: Lonely Planet guidebook lists 500 must-see places
2020-10-08: Tasmanian devils reintroduced into mainland Australia
2020-10-04: Caribbean islands offers 'digital nomad' work visa
2020-09-28: Bomb-detecting rat wins medal for bravery
2020-09-16: Mining CEO quits after destruction of ancient caves
2020-09-10: Pope says gossiping is 'worse than COVID'
2020-09-08: 52% of young adults in US live with parents
2020-09-06: Bodybuilder delivery helps sushi business in Japan
2020-09-02: India and Russia share chess gold medal after Internet fails
2020-08-23: It snowed chocolate in a Swiss town
2020-08-21: Transparent toilets are the place to go in Tokyo
2020-08-17: China launches 'Clean Plate' food waste campaign
2020-08-09: Scientists discover why shaving blunts razors
2020-08-01: Australia hotel bans emus for bad behaviour
2020-07-26: Man proposes beneath once-in-6,800-year comet
2020-07-10: Man spent five years too long in prison
2020-07-08: Huge financial rescue package for UK arts
2020-07-06: Scientists change how we calculate dog years
2020-06-28: Heaviest ever sumo wrestler gives diet advice
2020-06-20: Man fined $560 for farting at police
2020-06-18: Free rice ATMs installed on Vietnam's streets
2020-06-16: Three baby ducks hatch from supermarket eggs
2020-06-04: The Ford Mustang Mach 1 car is back
2020-05-29: Cuckoo completes epic 12,000km migration
2020-05-27: Woman wins $1 million Picasso in charity raffle
2020-05-23: Crucible - Amazon's first major PC game released
2020-05-19: Bored penguins visit art museum
2020-05-15: Twitter employees can work at home forever
2020-05-11: Over 19,000 pieces of stolen artwork found
2020-05-05: Game of Thrones star smashes weightlifting record
2020-05-03: Aquarium asks people to video-call lonely eels
2020-05-01: Sahara was most dangerous place in Earth's history
2020-04-23: New York allows online lockdown weddings
2020-04-21: People want a different life after lockdown
2020-04-17: 50,000-year-old piece of string found
2020-04-13: 1991 was the best year for music
2020-04-07: Manga exhibition is British Museum's biggest show
2020-03-30: Scientists find out why dogs' noses are cold
2020-03-22: Canadians start 'caremongering' trend
2020-03-20: The end of New York's pay phones
2020-03-14: Sports events cancelled, COVID-19 fears over Olympics
2020-03-10: Panic buying sparks toilet paper shortages
2020-02-27: Japan to start selling sliced mayonnaise
2020-02-25: London St Pancras best railway station in Europe
2020-02-11: Mass wedding goes ahead in Korea despite coronavirus
2020-02-09: Finland gives parents 7-month parental leave
2020-02-03: Critics unimpressed by U.S. Space Force uniform
2020-02-01: Oxford comma missing from Brexit coin
2020-01-28: Astronauts bake first ever cookies in space
2020-01-18: Denmark is the best country to raise kids
2020-01-02: The 2020s are here - Happy New Decade
2019-12-31: Fortnite most influential video game of the decade
2019-12-27: Chimpanzees love dancing, say researchers
2019-12-03: World champ Go master quits as A.I. is too good
2019-12-01: Stretching may not prevent jogging injuries
2019-11-21: Onion emergency in Bangladesh
2019-11-09: Typhoon-damaged bullet trains scrapped in Japan
2019-11-03: Chefs angry at New York foie gras ban
2019-11-01: Modern humans came from Botswana
2019-10-28: Russian eagle creates huge data roaming phone bill
2019-10-10: Saturn now the planet with the most moons
2019-09-16: Giving children time-outs won't harm them
2019-09-10: 73-year-old woman gives birth to twins
2019-09-02: Luxury 51-country, 8-month cruise sets sail
2019-08-31: Beekeeper says bears prefer premium honey
2019-08-19: Stare at seagulls to stop them stealing your food
2019-08-11: Lebanon newspaper publishes 'no news' protest edition
2019-07-30: Young people are not watching TV news
2019-07-20: Egypt opens ancient pyramids for first time since 1960s
2019-07-16: Insects really feel pain, says new research
2019-07-08: Teenager sells her old bath water in bottles
2019-06-14: Anger as work starts on Machu Picchu airport
2019-05-31: Anger at TV show with big age difference couples
2019-05-23: Billionaire to pay off student debt for class of 2019
2019-05-21: Over a million call for Game of Thrones re-make
2019-05-19: Parents risk jail for raising children as vegans
2019-05-09: Garbage collectors start library with abandoned books
2019-05-05: Japan university to hire non-smoking staff only
2019-05-03: Could a friendly beluga whale be a spy?
2019-04-21: Hero dad saves baby son from wild dingo
2019-04-19: One billion dollars promised to rebuild Notre Dame
2019-04-15: Name of new Star Wars movie announced
2019-04-09: Hip-hop is the best music to mature cheese
2019-04-07: Huge 'Mission Jurassic' dinosaur dig to start
2019-04-05: Saudi capital city to get $23 billion makeover
2019-04-03: Japanese women rebel against high heels
2019-02-10: Man sues parents for being born
2019-01-25: Germany thinking about speed limit on autobahn
2019-01-19: Homes for sale in Italy for one euro
2019-01-01: The year 2019 to be the best ever
2018-12-15: Ninja to help promote tourism in Japan
2018-12-09: UAE passport world's 'most powerful'
2018-12-07: Rare white reindeer photographed in Norway
2018-12-03: Algeria is the new 'cradle of civilization'
2018-12-01: UN declares reggae a world cultural treasure
2018-11-25: DNA could decide whether you like coffee or tea
2018-11-21: Conception to birth sculptures unveiled in Qatar
2018-11-09: Disgusting Food Museum opens in Sweden
2018-10-30: French climber banned from scaling UK buildings
2018-10-16: Nicer people are poorer, says study
2018-10-12: France wants its prisons blurred on Internet maps
2018-10-06: University to replace clapping with hand-waving
2018-10-04: Restaurants forced to give all tips to staff
2018-09-28: French fries will be 3cm shorter
2018-09-24: Rugby players to hide tattoos in Japan
2018-09-20: Restaurant bans customer for eating too much
2018-08-25: Australian Muslims pray for rain during Eid
2018-08-08: People get surgery to look like Snapchat filters
2018-08-06: Scientists solve mystery of Stonehenge
2018-07-25: University ends use of Mr, Ms and Mrs
2018-07-23: Moon landing items to be auctioned
2018-07-21: World's oldest bread recipe found
2018-07-01: China limits pay for movie stars
2018-06-29: New nation of Asgardia established in space
2018-06-17: Japan lowers age of adulthood to 18
2018-06-05: Chinese couples asked to take divorce exam
2018-05-26: Scientists to use DNA to find Loch Ness Monster
2018-05-16: Time travelers invited to Stephen Hawking memorial
2018-05-08: Number of Japanese children at record low
2018-04-28: Amazon Alexa to reward kids who say 'Please'
2018-04-12: France to help make Saudi Arabia's first opera house
2018-04-08: Iceland's First Lady wears charity-shop jacket
2018-02-25: Airbnb enters luxury travel market
2018-02-21: Black Panther movie breaks box office records
2018-02-17: Woman thrown off plane for shouting at crying baby
2018-02-15: American woman wakes up with British accent
2018-02-13: Early humans were bad at drawing
2018-02-09: Monaco running out of space for millionaires
2018-02-01: Japan makes banana with peel you can eat
2018-01-30: Polish climbers in heroic Himalaya rescue
2018-01-28: 'Nutella riots' in France after 70% price cut
2018-01-24: Japanese tourists call police over rip-off restaurant bill
2018-01-22: Adolescence now lasts from 10 to 24
2018-01-16: Writing a to-do list may help you sleep faster
2018-01-14: Trump calls immigrant nations 'sh*thole' countries
2018-01-12: Bangkok street-food chef says no to international cooking honour
2018-01-10: Nearly 600 volunteer to be absent father
2018-01-08: Japan's $3,000 wagyu beef bento lunch box
2017-12-24: Singing in groups could make you happier
2017-12-22: 'Selfieccino' is the new art in making coffee
2017-12-10: Scientists find a bone from Santa Claus
2017-12-02: South Korea government to help people in debt
2017-11-24: Man to take rocket trip to show Earth is flat
2017-11-18: Apology after Japanese train leaves 20 seconds early
2017-11-14: Where do bugs like to live in your house?
2017-11-04: Hong Kong's poor live in homes smaller than prison cells
2017-10-31: Japanese school 'forces girl to dye hair black'
2017-10-19: Potato shortage causes 'chipocalypse'
2017-10-17: World's 'most useless' airport opens
2017-10-13: Women stranded at airport after cosmetic surgery
2017-10-07: Nobel chemistry prize for molecule photos
2017-10-03: Austria bans full-face veils
2017-09-23: Hotel opens in Taiwan just for gamers
2017-09-17: Written zero 500 years older than scientists thought
2017-09-13: Cambridge University may end handwritten exams
2017-09-11: New mummies found near Luxor, Egypt
2017-09-01: Irish TV station 'forced' to use Queen's English
2017-08-18: Man buys 5,000 people noodles for finding engagement ring
2017-07-31: Mobile phone ban while crossing roads in Honolulu
2017-07-25: Alternate history of Singapore wins comics Oscars
2017-07-23: Girl, 5, fined for selling lemonade
2017-07-21: Mechanic works 75 years to break record
2017-07-09: People now snorting chocolate to get high
2017-06-27: World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) changes name
2017-06-25: The shape of eggs helps birds fly well
2017-06-13: Mixed-gender events added to 2020 Olympics
2017-05-26: Scientists find out how flamingos stand on one leg
2017-05-24: Author unhappy with use of the word 'meme'
2017-05-22: Europe's top soccer leagues get first female referee
2017-05-04: Abu Dhabi opens government 'Happiness Cafe'
2017-04-24: Families get government help with housework
2017-04-14: Dutch towns tell tourists how to behave
2017-04-12: People lose money in online dating scam
2017-04-08: Halal snack helps bring Australians together
2017-04-04: No shampoo may be better for your hair
2017-04-02: Scientists list 12 new types of cloud
2017-03-31: Older mothers may raise happier children
2017-03-23: Face recognition scanner to stop toilet paper thieves
2017-03-19: Climate changed the shape of our nose
2017-03-11: How to become a memory champion
2017-03-09: Trial of 'female' traffic signals starts in Australia
2017-03-03: Bulgarian radio can play modern music again
2017-01-28: Cats are just as clever as dogs, says study
2017-01-22: Ants use the Sun to get from A to B
2017-01-10: Zombies would wipe out humans in 100 days
2017-01-04: Language barriers holding back global science
2016-12-15: Syrian refugee top student in Australia school
2016-12-11: Ivory Coast gets three-word postal addresses
2016-12-09: 1.2 million people accept birthday party invitation
2016-12-01: Christmas cards show nativity in war zone
2016-11-21: Emergency junk food flown to earthquake town
2016-11-19: Scientists change plants' sunblock to grow more crops
2016-11-17: Mathematicians work out the perfect cup of coffee
2016-11-07: Calls for Daylight Saving Time to be scrapped
2016-11-03: New UAE law gives workers time off to read
2016-10-28: Myanmar and Iraq most generous countries
2016-10-24: Dogs dream about their owners, says scientist
2016-10-18: Teen drivers most at risk of crashing
2016-10-10: Vegetable gardens tested for Mars
2016-09-24: Sad movies help reduce pain
2016-09-21: Internet addiction sign of mental health problems
2016-09-18: First all-hijab collection at New York Fashion Week
2016-09-15: Dolphin language may have grammar
2016-09-06: Brown shoes could mean you fail a job interview
2016-09-03: Why do children go to school?
2016-08-25: Study shows there are two divorce seasons
2016-08-22: What the 5,300-year-old Iceman wore
2016-08-13: Online gaming may improve school test scores
2016-08-10: People who read live longer
2016-08-07: Men better at making up after a fight
2016-07-18: Educators recommend more outdoor learning
2016-07-14: Woman had to go on honeymoon without husband
2016-07-08: Italian town to use silent fireworks for stressed dogs
2016-07-04: Plants can make intelligent decisions
2016-06-28: Glass slide opens 300 metres above the street
2016-06-18: Italian restaurant named as best in the world
2016-06-08: Swiss vote no to free monthly income for all
2016-06-02: U.S. police to look into shooting of zoo gorilla
2016-05-23: Women wearing cosmetics are paid more
2016-05-17: Abandoned puppy gets job at baseball club
2016-05-11: Men developed deep voices to scare other men
2016-05-05: Leicester City in football fairytale win
2016-04-11: Money can buy happiness
2016-03-31: Women-only train cars starting in Germany
2016-03-11: Cutting up food helped human evolution
2016-03-09: Nintendoland to open in Japan
2016-02-28: Sisters reunited 30 years after Colombia avalanche
2016-02-26: The $265,000 job that no one wants
2016-02-08: Euro politicians told to stop speaking English
2016-02-04: Dubai world's busiest international airport
2016-01-24: Fairy tales could be 6,000 years old
2016-01-21: Women have to pay more in shops
2016-01-15: New action to stop nuisance phone calls
2016-01-03: More people to stick to New Year's resolutions
2015-12-25: School says Hello Kitty Christmas tree can stay
2015-12-07: Height may be the key to a happy marriage
2015-11-25: Facebook boss to take paternity leave
2015-11-10: More and more 70-year-olds working
2015-11-04: Couple must lose pets or home
2015-10-23: The Force Awakens breaks ticket records
2015-10-20: The Internet gives new meanings to common words
2015-10-17: Pompeii thieves say relics are cursed
2015-10-05: French radio wants to play English songs
2015-09-29: Brad Pitt movie scares farm animals
2015-09-26: More people die from selfies than shark attacks
2015-09-14: Travelling to and from work is work, says EU
2015-09-02: Slow-melting ice cream could be here soon
2015-08-21: Research shows dogs used to be more like cats
2015-08-18: Reports of doping cover-up in athletics
2015-08-03: Exercise for teenage girls extends their life
2015-07-12: Mount Fuji gets free Wi-Fi
2015-07-03: Students sell bodies and gamble to survive
2015-06-30: Disney bans selfie sticks at theme parks
2015-06-18: Jurassic World breaks box office record
2015-06-12: Mobile phones in class lower test scores
2015-05-28: Overtaking a big risk on the road
2015-05-13: Babies make husbands lazier
2015-05-10: Spanish football suspended indefinitely
2015-04-25: NZ PM in ponytail-pulling problem
2015-04-19: 60 is the new middle age, not 50
2015-04-16: High heels cause arthritis and damaged knees
2015-04-07: More British people fixing their own teeth
2015-04-04: Jay Z restarts music streaming brand
2015-03-23: 600 students expelled for cheating
2015-03-20: Money makes you a bad person
2015-03-17: Japanese government to play matchmaker
2015-03-14: BBC Top Gear star 'punches' producer
2015-03-08: U.S. circus to end use of elephants
2015-03-05: China tops US at box office for first time
2015-02-21: Japan town beats world snowman record
2015-02-15: Indian PM says no to temple in his name
2015-02-09: Paris halts filming of action movies after terror attacks
2015-02-01: University students take 'impossible' exam
2015-01-22: Man sues women's university
2015-01-14: Hospital chains toys to beds to stop thieves
2015-01-12: Record number of flowers bloom
2015-01-06: 30 million people invited to read books
2015-01-02: New Year's resolutions difficult to keep
2014-12-23: Pie-eating contest ends because pies too big
2014-12-11: TV sales fell for the first time ever in U.K.
2014-12-03: Irish woman on soccer Goal of the Year list
2014-11-29: Black Friday brings out bargain hunters
2014-11-23: Indonesia leader flies economy class
2014-11-17: McDonald's says no GM French fries
2014-11-15: Pope OKs showers for homeless in Rome
2014-11-13: Hip-hop can help mental illness
2014-11-09: Lower speed limit for New York City
2014-10-22: Nigeria declared car horn-free day
2014-10-20: Barack Obama's credit card problem
2014-10-10: India to remove 287 'laughable' laws
2014-10-08: Money does not make children pass exams
2014-10-02: Moon vacations possible by 2024
2014-08-31: Hello Kitty is a girl, not a cat
2014-08-27: Ice bucket challenge could be good for charities
2014-08-23: UAE warns citizens of London dangers
2014-08-19: Cambridge University needs chocolate researcher
2014-08-15: Drivers who took car crash photos in trouble
2014-07-30: Fist bumps more hygienic than handshakes
2014-07-22: Woman wins $23 bn from tobacco company
2014-07-18: France restaurants to have 'home-made food' logo
2014-07-12: Pilot buys pizza for 157 passengers
2014-07-10: Hit musical 'Cats' gets rap song
2014-07-06: 2014 Brazil World Cup - QUARTER FINALS
2014-06-22: Burglary a threat to mental health
2014-06-10: Parents punished if kids late to school
2014-06-04: World Cup players must sing national anthem
2014-05-21: Man sues New York City for $2,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
2014-05-05: Michelangelo's 'David' in danger of collapse
2014-04-19: Death threats over new Banksy painting
2014-04-13: European leaders rap to win votes
2014-04-01: People want drivers to park cars on roads
2014-03-26: Unusual fashion gets you more respect
2014-03-24: Kenya to let men have many wives
2014-03-14: Chinese maths teachers to help UK schools
2014-03-10: Minecraft video "more popular than Bieber"
2014-03-06: Childcare fees higher than housing costs in UK
2014-02-26: Robots smarter than humans by 2029
2014-02-24: Mount Everest security guards to stop fights
2014-02-14: UK to ban smoking in cars with kids
2014-02-08: New York more fashionable than Paris

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