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A Chinese court has ordered two teenagers to pay 2.2 million yuan (around £231,000) in compensation after they urinated into a pot of broth at a popular hotpot restaurant. The 17-year-olds, identified by their surnames Tang and Wu, filmed their disgusting stunt and shared the footage online.

A tourist hotspot has announced a new tax on dogs, to be paid both by local residents and visitors. Bolzano, in northern Italy, will ask local residents to pay an annual tax of €100 per dog, while tourists will have to cough up €1.50 per dog per day of their visit.

North Korean authorities have cracked down on the phrase "I love you" as evidence of a "decadent lifestyle". According to Daily NK, factory officials in Hamhung, North Korea's second largest city, publicly condemned a love letter which was discovered in a young worker's bag during a routine ins

An inaccessible two-bedroom end-terrace house in Plains, Airdrie, has drawn a flurry of competitive bids at auction, despite no one having seen inside.

The UK's first Vagina Museum has suspended merchandise sales to the United States, citing prohibitive costs caused by new American trade tariffs. The London-based museum, which raises crucial funds through its online shop, said a 10% baseline tariff has made shipping its products "untenable". Items

The Royal Mint has rolled the dice on nostalgia, announcing a collectible 50p coin to celebrate nine decades of MONOPOLY. In partnership with the game's owner, Hasbro, this marks the first time a board game has been celebrated on an official UK coin.

A group of virtual celebrities has won a libel case brought against an internet user who insulted their digital avatars. South Korea has seen a boom in the popularity of so-called "virtual idols", whose real identities and appearances are unknown as they interact with the public purely through a dig

The Scottish island which hosts the World Stone Skimming Championships has been rocked by a cheating scandal. Easdale, one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, which has a permanent population of just over 60 people, welcomed more than 2,200 people from 27 countries to this year's event.

An Oregon man who won $5,000 (c. £3,700) a week for life from the Publishers Clearing House (PCH) sweepstake is now facing financial ruin after the firm filed for bankruptcy and didn't inform him.

A nightmare neighbour has been arrested and charged after allegedly tunnelling into an adjacent home following a dispute. Police in the Canadian city of Calgary said the bizarre incidents followed weeks of intensifying conflict between neighbours on two floors of an apartment building.

Albania has appointed an AI chatbot as a government minister who it says will be "free of corruption". "Diella" – meaning "Sun" in Albanian – has been put in charge of public procurement, The Guardian reports.

A hoard of five Iron Age gold coins discovered by a metal detectorist in a Derbyshire field has sold for £6,050 at auction.

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed an exceptionally rare gold coin dating back over 2,200 years.

Tesla's board of directors has unveiled an unprecedented new pay package for CEO Elon Musk, potentially worth close to $1 trillion (c. £750m), in a bid to secure his long-term leadership. The proposal, which will be put to a shareholder vote, would grant Musk up to 423.7 million additional sha

Anti-pickpocket activists in Venice have found themselves reported to the police for stalking and unauthorised filming of alleged pickpockets. A crime wave in the tourist hotspot has prompted calls for a crackdown by police – as well as the appearance of activist groups who follow and film sus