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British teacher in Christmas Day cycle challenge

A teacher has raised more than £2,000 by cycling 277 miles (445km) on Christmas Day.

Kentucky man goes viral for clearing snowy driveway with flamethrower

Bringing the heat! A Kentucky man is going viral for his unconventional idea of clearing the snow in his driveway with a flamethrower, foxnews.com reported.

Five of 2020 jugaad ideas went viral in the time of coronavirus

Unique problems call for unique solutions. At the beginning of the year, much of the world went into an unprecedented lockdown to contain the...

UN committed to supporting governments, partners in strengthening epidemic preparedness: Guterres

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message for the first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, December, 27, 2020, said the...

‘We will die’: Hundreds of migrants freezing in Bosnia camp

Hundreds of migrants have been stranded in a squalid, burned-out tent camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina as heavy snow fell in the country and...

Anger of 10,000 lorry drivers ‘held hostage’ in COVID Christmas standoff

Juan Andrés had braced himself for what promised to be an atypical holiday season. But the lorry driver from southern Spain never imagined that...

Bangladesh set to move second batch of Rohingya refugees to remote island: Officials

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay...

Goa bustles with tourists but pandemic may play party pooper

New Year celebrations and parties in Goa, India, might take a hit this time in view of the pandemic protocol and apprehensions over a...

Millions lose unemployment benefits as Trump fails to sign economic relief bill into law

Millions of Americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits after President Donald Trump failed to sign the COVID relief bill into law.

Exceptionally well-preserved snack bar unearthed in Italy’s Pompeii

Researchers said they had discovered a frescoed thermopolium or fast-food counter in an exceptional state of preservation in Pompeii, Italy.

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