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Liberia’s president has been forced to work from home after two snakes were found in his office. George Weah was told to stay away from the Foreign Affairs building which houses his office until it can be fumigated. The former international football star is expected to return to the office …

As spring flower fields around the Netherlands burst into bloom, painting the countryside with dazzling swathes of red, white, and blue, a modern-day tulip bubble may be forming: tourists. More than a million foreign sightseers are expected to visit this country of 17 million people on Easter weekend, a record, …

Russian researchers have found liquid blood and urine inside the frozen carcass of a foal that died 42,000 years ago in Siberia’s Verkhoyansk region. The animal’s body fluids were extracted during an autopsy and tested in the hope of cloning the extinct species, according to Semyon Grigoriev, director of the …

A pet deer has gored a man to death and seriously injured his wife in a rare attack in Australia, police say. The man, 47, had gone to feed the stag on his property in Victoria when the attack happened on Wednesday morning. The woman suffered life-threatening injuries after going …

At St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by low electrical humming, as an early manuscript is bathed in green light. A team from Greece are photographing thousands of fragile manuscripts, including some of the earliest copies of the …

Chinese authorities have seized 7.48 tons of smuggled ivory tusks, the biggest haul in recent years, as Beijing steps up a campaign against illegal wildlife trafficking. The seizures came during the last week operation against an international criminal gang “that has long been specializing in smuggling ivory,” the customs administration …

A California woman pleaded guilty and has been smacked with jail time for assaulting a McDonald’s manager because she did not receive enough ketchup with her order. On April 12, Mayra Berenice Gallo was sentenced to 18 days behind bars and 15 days of community service for the October 2018 …

A detailed scientific and technological analysis of Da Vinci’s earliest-known drawing has revealed a hidden, previously unseen sketch, as well as a special skill. In addition to being an inventor, painter, sculptor, mathematician, engineer, amateur botanist, cartographer, and all-around polymath, Leonardo Da Vinci was also ambidextrous, new research into a …

A fertility doctor accused of illegally using his own sperm to inseminate patients has been found to be the father of at least 49 children. Jan Karbaat, who died two years ago, impregnated their mothers at his clinic near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. None of the women were aware he …

That black hole you’ve seen everywhere now has a name. It’s been named Powehi — a Hawaiian phrase referring to an “embellished dark source of unending creation.” The groundbreaking, first-ever photograph of a black hole was published around the world when it was unveiled on Wednesday, captivating viewers and providing …

Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” from languages native to the Australian continent, developed in collaboration by the Royal Australian Mint and the …

The Swiss government wants to put an end to its emergency stockpile of coffee after declaring that it is “not essential” for human survival. Switzerland began storing emergency reserves of coffee between World War One and World War Two in preparation for potential shortages. It continued in subsequent decades to …

A US domestic flight taking almost 12 hours has been launched – making it by far the world’s longest air route within a single country, and breaking the 5,000-mile barrier. Hawaiian Airlines flight 89 connects Boston with Honolulu, Hawaii, a distance of 5,095 miles. It is scheduled to take 11 …

Mount Everest may have shrunk as the result of a devastating earthquake – so a team of Nepalese surveyors is heading to the summit of the world’s tallest mountain to discover the truth. After two years of training, the four-strong group will try to work out whether the official height …

Game of Thrones tops the charts when it comes to fans downloading illegal copies of the episodes on the internet. For example, the first four episodes of season 5 leaked back in 2015, and a couple of season 7 episodes got out back in 2017. Some fans opted not to …

A kindergarten teacher in China’s Henan province has been detained after she allegedly poisoned 23 children by putting nitrite into their food. The victims, who were all students at Mengmeng kindergarten in Jiaozuo city, fell ill after eating porridge supplied by the school on Wednesday morning, according to a statement …

Nigerians are ordering pizzas from London and transporting them over 3000 miles using British Airways, the country’s Minister of Agriculture has claimed. According to Audu Ogbeh, the African nation’s new international takeaway trend has become “annoying” and officials are desperate to bring an end to it. Speaking at a Senate …

An eight-year-old homeless refugee from Nigeria has been crowned chess champion in New York’s annual state-wide tournament. Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who lives in a Manhattan homeless shelter with his family, beat off several children with their own private chess tutors to win the third grade title. Known as Tani to his …

Historic St. Sulpice church caught fire in Paris on Sunday. The blaze had damaged the main door as well as an internal staircase. Twenty firefighters arrived at the scene to put out the fire that had engulfed the church, which was completed in the 19th century, the French BFMTV reported …

A woman and her baby died after she attempted to deliver her baby herself by watching YouTube clips, as she feared being stigmatized for being a single mother, Indian police said. The 26-year-old unmarried woman was in the full-term of her pregnancy when she attempted self-delivery at her rented accommodation …