Supermarket giants could be subjected to fines of up to $10M for breaching the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct in new laws aimed at holding the supermarket sector to account. Set to be introduced into parliament on Wednesday, the legislated fines will be the highest corporate penalties under any industry code, which navigates how … Read more
He showed Paris some love — and some specialty carpentry skills. Jackson DuBois, a 49-year-old from Cooperstown, NY, spent three months in France last year working to rebuild the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral, which was severely damaged by a fire in April 2019. After an estimated $767 million in repairs by skilled craftspeople from around … Read more
As I entered a sold-out cinema for a “Wicked: Part One” preview event in Sydney this week, I had a terrifying thought: What if people started to sing along? Moments into the film and just seconds into the first song, my worst fear was realized. A group of musical theater kids, who fancied themselves more talented than … Read more
This popular zoo animal is about to join the endangered species list. Giraffe populations in the wild savannas of Africa have experienced a dramatic decline, and it has become so severe that the U.S. government is now taking action to protect the animals. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a proposal to add … Read more
Gum’s the word — and a new study links chewing the right kind to a decrease in preterm birth and delivery of low-birthweight babies in an impoverished African country. “It surprised us all that such a simple intervention could have such a dramatic effect,” said lead study author Dr. Greg Valentine, associate professor of pediatrics at … Read more
A grandmother on vacation was left stunned after nearly being arrested for refusing to pay for a tuna sandwich that she sent back during an international flight earlier this month. Lily Ifield described the sub as “soggy,” “cold” and inedible when she ordered the $11 snack on a Jet2 flight from London to Turkey on … Read more
Time to shake those hips! Moo Deng, the internet’s favorite baby pygmy hippo, now has an official theme song. Thailand’s viral, slippery, 4-month-old zoo sensation won hearts across the globe as videos of her adorable antics made their way around the internet. The eponymous hippo is shown in the video to the song slipping on … Read more
Two women in Norway were shocked to learn they were switched at birth and had only caught wise to the fiasco nearly 60 years later because of an alleged government coverup. The grown women, who are now both 59, have now teamed up with Karen Rafteseth Dokken — one of the mothers who received the … Read more
Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday. The teenager likely caught the virus from a bird or animal and was receiving care at a children’s hospital, the province said in a statement. The province … Read more
A soccer fan had the whole home end of a stadium to himself after police banned anyone with certain postal codes. Steven Faughnan, 36, from Scotland, supports Italian side Atalanta and watched them win 3-0 against Napoli on Sunday – all while sitting on his own. Police rules meant he had the entire home section … Read more
Researchers have developed zombie duck drones made from the bodies of dead birds. A team at New Mexico Tech has found a way to use body parts to create realistic avian imposters. They believe the drones would aid wildlife monitoring by blending in a natural environment. Researchers have developed zombie duck drones made from the … Read more
An Iowa resident is believed to have died from Lassa fever, a rarely seen virus in the US that causes one in three cases to suffer permanent hearing loss and 95% of infected pregnant women to miscarry. The patient, who hasn’t been publicly identified, had recently traveled to West Africa where the virus originates and … Read more
French actor Gérard Depardieu is expected to appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021. Depardieu, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, is accused of using “violence, coercion, surprise or threat” in the alleged assault, which prosecutors said took place on the … Read more
Roman Polanski settled a lawsuit over an alleged sexual assault of a minor more than 50 years ago. The Oscar-winning director no longer faces a 10-day trial in the US after reaching a settlement. “The case settled in the summer to the parties’ mutual satisfaction and has now been formally dismissed,” Polanski’s representative told Fox News … Read more
A new short story by “Dracula” author Bram Stoker is being published for the first time in 134 years. Amateur historian Brian Cleary was paging through Stoker’s works at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, the gothic novelist’s hometown, when he made the discovery. “I read the words ‘Gibbet Hill’ and I knew that … Read more
A startling new study finds an increase in reports of airport and luggage malaria in Europe in recent years. An international team of researchers identified 145 cases between 2018 and 2022 — 105 were classified as airport malaria, 32 as luggage malaria, and for eight cases, the investigators did not distinguish between the two types. … Read more
Archaeologists recently uncovered what they believe to be one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. The University of Münster announced the discovery of the fourth-century church in a press release on Oct. 11. The school, which is located in Germany, teamed up with archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia to find the ancient … Read more
Let’s keep it 100 — your chances of becoming a centenarian are slim. Medical breakthroughs, public health achievements and better diets led to steep increases in global life expectancy in the 1800s and 1900s. But startling new research finds this momentum has slowed and the biggest boosts to longevity may be in the rearview mirror. … Read more
A popular hunt that had people searching for a buried treasure for 31 years has finally come to an end. Dubbed “On the Trail of the Golden Owl,” the search captivated ten of thousands in France who joined the quest to find a statue made of an owl made of gold, silver and diamonds buried … Read more
Their love stood the test of time. An Australian couple who misplaced their wedding video got it back after 57 years. Brisbane’s Aileen Turnbull tied the knot with her husband Bill in Scotland in 1967 and shortly after their nuptials, they borrowed a projector to view the footage taken of them leaving church on their … Read more