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Thieves have robbed a donation box on one of Switzerland's most challenging mountain climbing routes. Around 500 Swiss francs (about €520 or £450) was taken from a ...

A fugitive scaled an electric pole where he remained perched for close to 24 hours before coming down to face the law. Officers from Brazil's southeastern state ...

Police investigating an unexpected blackout affecting thousands of people have pointed the finger at a fish dropped by a bird. Sayreville Police Department in New Jersey shared ...

Italian cheesemakers have developed a microchip as small as a grain of rice to be used in their battle against cheese counterfeiters. The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium (PRC) ...

The owners of a popular 50-acre sunflower field have begged visitors to stop stripping off to take risqué photographs among the flowers. Stoke Fruit Farm in the ...

A football tournament intended to promote world peace descended into chaos after hundreds of people brawled over political disagreements until riot police were deployed. The annual Canada ...

Hikers in the French Alps have been warned they face fines of up to €750 (around £640) if they pick protected flowers on their walks. Thousands of ...

A pair of American tourists were left stranded at the top of the Eiffel Tower overnight after drinking too much. The men had tickets to visit the ...

Hollywood blockbuster Barbie has been banned in Algeria for allegedly promoting homosexuality. The film – which has generated more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide ...

A restaurant has come under fire for charging diners €20 to slice a birthday cake brought from home. The disgruntled group had already spent €124 (around £106) ...

A winery which boasted of its "unique process" has been forced to surrender thousands of bottles of wine illegally fermented in the ocean. California-based Ocean Fathoms offered ...

A school district in Florida is limiting pupils' exposure to Shakespeare in response to the state's controversial "don't say gay" law. Hillsborough County's public high schools will ...

A car collecting 360-degree imagery for Google Street View led police on a 100mph chase before crashing into a small stream of water. Police in Middletown, Indiana ...

Litter-picking volunteers unexpectedly discovered a package containing a kilogram of cocaine worth up to £100,000 while cleaning a Cornwall beach. The wrapped package was found by volunteer ...

A notorious Italian mobster has been apprehended after being spotted in a photo of celebrating S.S.C. Napoli football fans in Greece. Vincenzo La Porta, 60, fled Italy ...