Mon 28 June 2021: Cambodian authorities on Sunday confiscated a pet lion from a Chinese national after it was seen in TikTok videos being cuddled and bathed in a Phnom Penh villa. The 18-month-old male, weighing 70 kilograms, had been imported from overseas by the owner to be raised in his home, environment ministry spokesman […]
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Fri 25 June 2021: Half of the United Kingdom believes in the existence of aliens, while about one-third is confident they do not exist, according to a YouGov poll, released on Friday. Earlier in the month, media reported an investigation into UFO sightings by the US Department of Defense, which did not reach a definitive […]
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Sun 20 June 2021: German police appealed Friday for information about the possible owners of two 17th-century paintings discovered in a highway rest stop dumpster. Police said a 64-year-old man found the oil paintings at the rest stop near Ohrenbach in central Germany last month. He later handed them in to police in the western […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: The family of the South African woman who reportedly gave birth to 10 babies at once issued a statement on Tuesday, in which they denied ever seeing the newborns and said they relied on the information received from the mother, whose whereabouts are now unknown. “The family has resolved and concluded […]
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Wed 16 June 2021: Two historic shipwrecks, one dating back to the 14th century and the other to 1796, have been found in Singapore’s waters near Pedra Branca, offering “invaluable” insights into the country’s maritime past, researchers said on Wednesday. The prosperous island nation has long been a key trading hub on global shipping routes […]
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Tue 15 June 2021: An ancient Roman building has been found during excavations at a former cinema in the northern Italian city of Verona in what has been described as a “miniature Pompeii”. The structure is believed to have survived a fire in the old days as experts found that the roof had collapsed and […]
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Mon 14 June 2021: Ziona Chana, believed to head the world’s largest family — with 38 wives, 89 children and 33 grandchildren — died today at the age of 76 in Mizoram. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga took to Twitter to confirm the death of Ziona Chana, and said that the state and “his village at […]
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Mon 31 May 2021: US actor Joe Lara, best known for starring in the American TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, died over the weekend along with six other passengers in a plane crash in the state of Tennessee. Their Cessna C501 plane plunged into Percy Priest Lake near the town of Smyrna shortly after […]
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Fri 28 May 2021: The remains of 215 children have been found buried at a Canadian residential school, an Indigenous band confirmed Thursday. The bodies – the discovery was called “unthinkable” by the chief of the First Nations Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc band – were found with the aid of a ground-penetrating radar specialist, reported Global […]
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Thu 27 May 2021: The children of Telegram messaging app founder Pavel Durov, 36, broke into the Forbes’ list of Russia’s wealthiest heirs, ranking at number 6. The Russian-born IT entrepreneur has a net worth of $17.2 billion. His two children would inherit $8.6 billion apiece in the event of his untimely demise. Details about […]
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