Kuwait store shut down after sticking googly eyes on fish to make them look fresh

One seafood shop in Kuwait, tries to trick buyers who apply the check-eyes-first technique, passing off the fish they sell as fresh by sticking googly eyes on them.
6 September 2018, 06:09 AM

Twitter becomes a Freeway of Love for singer Aretha Franklin

Tributes pour in for legendary singer Aretha Franklin in social media following her demise.
17 August 2018, 06:32 AM

Grieving orca finally lets go of dead calf after carrying it for weeks

Researchers say an endangered killer whale that drew international attention as she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks is finally back to feeding and frolicking with her pod.
13 August 2018, 05:29 AM

Twitterati on Rahul Gandhi wink: Priya Varrier finally got a competition

Congress president Rahul Gandhi takes the lower house of Parliament by surprise as he decides to hug Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of his fiery speech during the debate on the no-confidence motion.
21 July 2018, 06:12 AM

Messages, sketches and hashtags: Thai cave rescue dominates social media

Audiences around the world cheer the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in Thailand with messages of support as the saga generated suggestions of help, prayers and -- finally -- expressions of relief.
10 July 2018, 15:43 PM

A woman climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to protest migrant family separations

A woman who climbed up to the robes of the Statue of Liberty to protest the separation of migrant families is taken into custody after a standoff with police on the Fourth of July.
5 July 2018, 07:18 AM

Crayfish becomes online hero by detaching claw to escape boiling soup

Seemingly inspired by the survival movie 127 Hours, a tenacious crayfish desperate to live decides to amputate its own arm to escape a boiling hotpot in China.
4 June 2018, 04:42 AM

Real-life Spider-Man scrambles up four storeys to save boy dangling from Paris balcony

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo praises the heroism of a Malian immigrant who scaled the facade of a four-storey building in the north of capital to save a child hanging from a ledge, saying the city will support his effort to settle in France.
28 May 2018, 04:47 AM

6 million tweets for Meghan and Harry

Almost six million people tweeted their thoughts on Prince Harry's marriage to Meghan Markle, French social media monitoring firm Visibrain says.
21 May 2018, 05:28 AM

China family finds lost daughter after 24-year search

After searching 24 years for a daughter they lost while tending their street stall, a couple in China are finally reunited with their child.
4 April 2018, 09:54 AM

Smoking elephant puzzles experts

Scientists are puzzled by a video showing an elephant apparently smoking.
27 March 2018, 13:24 PM

Musk deletes Facebook pages of Tesla, SpaceX after challenged on Twitter

Verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc disappear minutes after the Silicon Valley billionaire promises on Twitter to take down the pages when challenged by users.
24 March 2018, 12:34 PM

Ghanaian teacher uses blackboard to explain software

Richard Appiah Akoto is a Ghanaian teacher who faces a pretty discouraging dilemma. His students need to pass a national exam that includes questions on information and communication technology (ICT) -- but the school hasn't had a computer since 2011, reports CNN.
2 March 2018, 09:24 AM

Was Big B’s mysterious tweet about Sridevi?

As the world woke up to the shocking news of the untimely death of legendary Indian actress Sridevi, confusions are on whether Amitabh Bachchan, another Bollywood great, had a premonition that something untoward was about to happen, or the Bachchan family was among the first to be informed.
25 February 2018, 10:56 AM

Ellen makes Billionaire Bill Gates guess grocery prices

Bill Gates appears on the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", and plays a guessing game in which he attempts to name the prices of various household products and food items.
22 February 2018, 08:02 AM

Zuckerberg acknowledges 'mistakes' as Facebook turns 14

Mark Zuckerberg offers fresh self-criticism, acknowledging making numerous mistakes in building the world's biggest social network as Facebook marked its 14th birthday.
6 February 2018, 04:57 AM

Hillary Clinton surprises with Grammy 'Fire and Fury' spoof

Bruno Mars beats Jay-Z for the top Grammy Awards, but the surprise star of the night is former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reading from Michael Wolff's controversial book "Fire and Fury."
29 January 2018, 12:28 PM

Thermometer breaks in world's coldest village at -62°C

Even thermometers can't keep up with the plunging temperatures in Russia's remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 67 degrees Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas.
17 January 2018, 11:52 AM

India's 'moonwalking' traffic cop turns heads

He is inspired by Bollywood and has a Freddie Mercury-style moustache -- but it is the Michael Jackson dance moves of traffic cop Ranjeet Singh that grab attention on India's chaotic streets.
28 December 2017, 13:19 PM

‘Invisibility cloak’ now a reality?

Has Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak made its way out into the real world?
22 December 2017, 11:11 AM