Austrian man bitten by snake while he sat on toilet An Austrian had the kind of morning that nightmares are made of when a python slid through his drains and bit him while he was ... News Lens • 05 Jul
Competitive eater sets new record by downing 76 hotdogs Professional eater Joey Chestnut broke his own hotdog eating record on Sunday 4 July as Americans got back outside to mark their nation's 245th birthday ... News Lens • 05 Jul
Demonstrators topple Queen Victoria statue in Canada People gathering to honour victims and survivors of Canada's residential school system brought down a Queen Victoria statue in Winnipeg, Canada yesterday, as the country ... News Lens • 02 Jul
7 things we learned from the Covid-19 briefings Both NPHET and the HSE held press briefings this afternoon, two days after the Government announced a delay in the reopening of indoor hospitality amid ... News Lens • 01 Jul
Mouse thought to be extinct for 150 years rediscovered An Australian mammal that was believed to have been wiped out more than 150 years ago has been taken off the list of extinct animals ... News Lens • 01 Jul
Gummy bear 'puddle' highlights extreme heat in Canada Timelapse video from Alberta captures a pile of gummy bears melting in the extreme temperatures that have been gripping parts of western Canada and the ... News Lens • 01 Jul
Hans Christian Andersen museum opens in Denmark Danish Queen Margrethe II has inaugurated a new museum devoted to children's author Hans Christian Andersen in his home town of Odense, following a 10-year ... News Lens • 30 Jun
Elephants led to safety after Bangladesh beach ordeal Two elephants were being led to safety after crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, getting stranded on a beach and nearly dying at sea. News Lens • 30 Jun
Coastal cities face mortality on climate 'frontline' For thousands of years, people have built their great metropolises right up against the contours of coasts, in estuaries and deltas, confident of the ebb ... World • 30 Jun
Picasso work found in Greek gorge years after robbery Police in Athens say they have recovered a Picasso painting personally donated by the Spanish master to the Greek people, almost a decade after it ... World • 29 Jun
Virtual Van Gogh expo set to lure shoppers in Dubai Shoppers and art lovers will soon be able to step into Van Gogh masterpieces projected onto walls and floors in an immersive experience in a ... News Lens • 28 Jun
Pet lion seized in Cambodia following TikTok videos Cambodian authorities have confiscated a pet lion after the defanged and declawed animal was seen in TikTok videos in a Phnom Penh villa. News Lens • 28 Jun
Astronomers discover new type of supernova Astronomers have observed the first example of a new type of supernova - the explosion of a star. News Lens • 28 Jun
Nude sunbathers flee deer, get lost in Australian bush Australian authorities have fined two nude beach sunbathers for breaching a Covid-19 lockdown after they ran into a forest on being surprised by a wild ... News Lens • 28 Jun
Colosseum's underground labyrinth opens fully to public The din of caged animals, the smell of gladiators' fear and the thunder of tens of thousands of cheering spectators above have all evaporated with ... News Lens • 25 Jun
'New type of early human' found in Israel Bones belonging to a "new type of early human" previously unknown to science have been found in Israel, researchers have said, claiming to have shed ... News Lens • 25 Jun
Bezos space voyage one small step too far for insurers Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are not ready to price the ... News Lens • 24 Jun
Man tests positive for 305 days in longest Covid case A 72-year-old man has described how he became what is thought to be the world's longest ever Covid-19 patient, after testing positive for the virus ... News Lens • 24 Jun
Missing Italian child found by reporter covering story An Italian toddler has been found "alive and in good condition" almost 36 hours after disappearing, with a local journalist covering the story credited with ... World • 23 Jun
Giant panda gives birth to twin cubs at zoo in Tokyo A month ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the city has another reason to celebrate - giant panda Shin Shin has given birth to ... News Lens • 23 Jun
Hungry bear breaks into car in New Hampshire Home security camera footage captured a bear nonchalantly approaching and then opening the door of a car in the US state of New Hampshire last ... News Lens • 22 Jun
'World's happiest country' seeks immigrants Repeatedly dubbed the happiest nation on the planet with world-beating living standards, Finland should be deluged by people wanting to relocate, but in fact it ... News Lens • 22 Jun
US Navy explodes huge bomb in aircraft carrier test The US Navy has released footage of a "full ship shock trial" taking place next to one of the newest and largest aircraft carriers in ... News Lens • 21 Jun
3 injured after buildings collapse in Bordeaux Three people were injured, one of them seriously, when two three-storey buildings collapsed in the French city of Bordeaux in the early hours of this ... News Lens • 21 Jun
Lion a roaring success at predicting Euro 2020 results Move over Paul the Octopus, Thailand has a new claimant to the football forecasting crown: Boy the "psychic" lion, who has so far correctly called ... World • 18 Jun
