Offbeat

MUNICH - The undergarments of Austrian Empress Elisabeth, popularly known as ‘Sisi’, is going under the hammer at a Munich auction house on Tuesday (June 1). Hermann Historica set the starting price for the "three pieces of underwear…
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By D. P. Satish BENGALURU – A tweet by BRISL (an Organization covering news, analysis & research on Belt & Road Initiative from a Sri Lankan perspective), claiming the ‘Lanka Princess’ Xu Shi Yin’e attended this year’s Vesak…
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By Molly Oswaks The Yale happiness class, formally known as Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, is one of the most popular classes to be offered in the university’s 320-year history. The class was only ever taught in-person once,…
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EDMONTON - A Canadian couple's wedding video is going viral in Sri Lanka and sparking conversations about same-sex marriage in a country where it is still illegal. Sithara and Jenn Fernando were married in October 2019 in a hybrid…
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By Aurelien Breeden PARIS — The crow of a rooster and the ringing of a church bell at dawn. The rumble of a tractor and the smell of manure wafting from a nearby stable. The deafening song of cicadas or the discordant croaking of frogs.…
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LONDON - Donald Trump has barely made his way out the White House and two London museums are already consigning the 45th US president to history as a massive crybaby and an amateur golfer. The newest attraction of the Museum of London, a…
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By Elaine Yu and Hisako Ueno TOKYO - The wild bears were becoming more than a nuisance, lumbering into a small Japanese city on the northern island of Hokkaido in search of food and increasing the risk of deadly encounters with humans.…
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DUSSELDORF - A 71-year-old man took coronavirus distancing rules into his own hands by pepper-spraying passers-by, German police said on Monday (19). The man unleashed a cloud of pepper spray firstly on a group of joggers then on two…
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By Sasha Von Oldershausen When Joe Biden dropped the Arabic phrase ‘Inshallah' in the first presidential debate last month, Muslim Twitter lost it. Inshallah, which means “if God wills,” can be a double-edged sword, equal parts sincere…
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