Woman fights python to save pet dog in Hong KongA woman used a pocket knife to fight off a huge Burmese python which attacked her dog while out walking in a Hong Kong country park, a report said.
Canadian woman's letter arrives -- after 45-year delayA 45-year-old letter mysteriously arrived in the mailbox of a Canadian woman, who received the ancient correspondence from her younger sister decades after it was sent, Canadian media reported.
Pair of Japanese mangoes fetch $3,000 at auctionA pair of mangoes grown in southern Japan sold Thursday for a whopping 300,000 yen ($3,000), a record price for the fruit's first auction of the season, Kyodo News reported.
11 апреля 2014
Astana will be home to branch of Shaolin TempleShaolin will be closer to Europe, reducing the “load” of the mother temple that accommodates a colossal inflow of tourists: Galymzhan Torkayev, a monastery graduate and a thriving businessman.
Dog 'sold for $2 million' in China: reportA Tibetan mastiff puppy has been sold in China for almost $2 million, a report said Wednesday, in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever.
19 марта 2014
US farmer dies again... this time for realA Mississippi farmer who made global headlines two weeks ago when he woke up in a body bag at a funeral home died on Thursday aged 78.
14 марта 2014
Dead Indian guru in freezer for 'deep meditation'An Indian guru declared dead has been in a deep freezer in his ashram for nearly six weeks with followers confident he will return to life to lead them.
13 марта 2014
Pussy Riot moving to Kazakhstan?Two members of the scandalously notorious Pussy Riot punk band Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina are thinking about moving to Astana, Kazakhstan.
12 марта 2014
Cat takes US family hostageA 22-pound (10-kilo) Himalayan cat attacked a baby boy and then took a US family hostage in their apartment, forcing them to call 911 to get police help.
Italy challenges US gun ad using Michelangelo's DavidItaly's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini Saturday called for a US guns dealer to withdraw an advertisement using an image of Michelangelo's David -- but with the famed statue holding a bolt-action rifle.
'Dead' man wakes up in US funeral homeA 78-year-old American man who was declared dead and taken to a funeral home dramatically woke up as he was about to be embalmed, US media reported Friday.