Chilean tennis player Cristian Garin loses Davis Cup qualifier for
Chilean tennis player Cristian Garin lost his Davis Cup qualifier in bizarre fashion after refusing to continue following an accidental collision with his opponent.Belgium's Zizou Bergs was celebrating winning a…
Groundhog day: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of wintry
Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog, has predicted six more weeks of winter for America as he gave his weather forecast in Pennsylvania.A big crowd was in attendance at Gobbler's Knob…
New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki is now legally a person
A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as a person after being granted all the rights and responsibilities of a human by the government.The new law offers extra…
Fraud suspect, 61, ‘used wigs and disguises’ to take citizenship
A woman in her 60s has been arrested for allegedly using an "array of wigs" and other disguises to pose as at least 14 other people to help them pass…
Corpse flower: Plant with ‘deadly’ stench pulls huge crowds for
People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff of the infamous corpse flower, as it bloomed for the first time in years.The sizeable flower, officially…
Elephants can’t pursue release because they are not people, court
A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human.An animal rights…
Cat left on plane ends up taking three flights before
A family's move from New Zealand to Australia went horribly wrong when they realised their cat had been left on the plane and flown back home.Mittens, an eight-year-old Maine coon…
Hotels on Greek islands could soon fill swimming pools with
Hotel pools on Greek islands could be filled with seawater this summer as politicians try to combat the country's two-year drought.Proposed new laws debated in the Greek parliament this week…
Woman ‘surprised’ after being declared dead
A woman has spoken of her anguish after she was mistakenly declared dead.Nicole Paulino, of Gaithersburg, in Maryland, made the discovery after applying to renew her driver's licence. She said…
‘Pothole Land’: Residents of Wrexham village turn road into tourist
Residents on a road in North Wales have taken matters into their own hands by turning a road full of potholes into a tourist attraction.Signs have been erected in the…