Ready, set, moo! The udderly unpredictable Swiss Cow Grand Prix

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And they're off! To the thunder of hooves, a chorus of moos and the clanking of bells, nine cows hurtle away in one of the oddest events in the Swiss Alps: the Cow Grand Prix, contested exclusively by women jockeys.

Smart glasses shouldn’t be the next smartphones

The Washington Post|Published

Right now, the race to put computers on our faces says more about Silicon Valley’s ambitions than our needs. For consumers, the view is blurry.

Destination golf comes to a chilly corner of northern Scotland

The Washington Post|Published

The capital of the Highlands region, Inverness has historically been a gateway to inland adventures involving hunting rifles, fishing rods, walking sticks, whisky ...

160km into a road trip, family realises their cat is on top of their van

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Stopping for petrol and a bathroom break after about 160km, Tony got out of the van, and saw the family’s 8-year-old cat, Ray Ray, perched atop the roof.

Toddler safe after German shepherd tracks her for hours in the woods

The Washington Post|Updated

Search teams fanned out through the dense woods of Dorchester, New Hampshire, and the sun was starting to set. Temperatures dropped below 5ºC as volunteers scoured ...

Louvre heist is part of a treasure smash and grab pattern

Bloomberg|Published

With today’s art thieves having their eye squarely on shiny metals and not Da Vincis, it looks like the gold boom has made philistines of us all.

Trump refugee plan seeks 7 000 Afrikaners — and virtually no one else

The Washington Post|Updated

The Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the U. S. refugee resettlement process, including a drastic reduction in overall annual admissions, coincides with a ...

Guinea circus school offers a springboard for disadvantaged youth

AFP|Published

In the heat of a warehouse-like building in Conakry, five young men twirl, contort and juggle to the rhythm of percussions, defying the laws of gravity and distorting ...

Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline

AFP|Published

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400 000 years earlier than thought and in Asia ...

Meet Ali Akbar, the last newspaper hawker in Paris

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Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him. The last newspaper hawker in Paris zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart ...

Addicts swap drug dens for support centre in Abidjan

AFP|Published

In Ivory Coast's biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say a secluded care and support centre in an upscale part of town has helped them to turn around their ...

Germany leads world in nonalcoholic brews

The Washington Post|Published

It looked like all the other beers in the sea of giant one-liter glasses at the Augustiner Brewery tent at Oktoberfest, but Peter Asen’s mug harbored a secret: His ...

This man thrifts all year to create free Halloween costumes for kids

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Christophe Waggoner has what he calls a “shopping problem. ” Not for himself, though. All year long, he scours Texas thrift stores for children’s Halloween costumes. ...

Lost work by Virginia Woolf to be published

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Long before “A Room of One’s Own,” a 25-year-old Virginia Woolf wrote a trio of fairy tales about a woman named Violet, plain and very tall, who loved literature, ...

Dogs, bunnies and an 8-legged pet at blessing event

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The event honors the feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals. Hundreds of people have flocked to the cathedral on the first Sunday of October for decades, ...

The trendiest TVs are tiny, old and in your kitchen

The Washington Post|Published

Television trends have hustled in one direction: toward ever bigger and flatter screens with the highest possible resolution. Bonus points if the TV camouflages ...

Dog’s hilarious thieving habit stumps experts

The Washington Post|Published

Duke the golden retriever was getting settled in his new adopted home when one day he grabbed a pair of reading glasses and pranced off with them. Then Duke moved ...

Private Funds step in as Trump cuts threaten sea otter restoration

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As Trump administration cuts threaten crucial sea otter conservation programs, a Silicon Valley-backed nonprofit is stepping in with a $40 million funding initiative. ...

A boxing match decides fight over birthplace of bratwurst

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Two boxers stepped into the ring in the small Thuringian city of Mühlhausen to settle a centuries-old debate: Who can claim title to the world’s oldest bratwurst? ...

What can happen if you let people wear their germy shoes in your house

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The question: Is it true that your shoes can spread germs to the floors in your home and make you sick?