Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping by placing their finger on a scanner at the check-out. An Edeka store in the southwest German... Read more

A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark. Rob Howes and three other lifeguards were on a training... Read more

An Austrian who was kidnaped and held hostage for 13 days was fired by his boss who accuses him of making it all up. The married father of one was taken hostage together with his... Read more

People in Tripura, India were shocked to hear the fish they purchased might have spent the night with a human corpse. Fish traders in Tripura have been storing hilsa, a kind of... Read more

7-year-old Tyler Moon and his dad were thrown off their quad after hitting a tree. Tyler walked 2km through the Austrailian bush with all of his ribs broken to find help. Mr.... Read more

Rosie Reid sold her virginity in an auction on the internet to avoid graduating from university with debts of $36,700. The 'lucky winner' was a BT engineer, she claims. Rosie... Read more

During a routine check the police in Indiana found a bag with crack cocaine in a baby's diaper. The street value of the cocaine was about $140,000. Last summer trooper Douglas... Read more

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon caused a stir in his debut as royal host by placing Portugal on the Mediterranean Sea in a speech delivered in honour of that country's visiting... Read more

A seven year old boy from Agra, India hung himself hoping to be saved just in time by TV-Hero Shaktimaan, the Indian version of Superman. According to his friends he was... Read more