The Orthodox Church of Cyprus contends that the song, titled "El Diablo," essentially "praises the fatalistic submission of humans to the devil’s authority"; urged Nicosia to replace it with one that reflects "our history, culture, and traditions."
Therese Mahieu began serving glasses of red wine to dummies with wigs, hats and scarves sitting at the bar this week in protest against Belgium’s COVID-19 measures.
Campaign by Israel’s Tourism Ministry seeks to bring some holiday cheers during a global pandemic that has kept Christian pilgrims away from the Holy Land.
Two Chinese bidders operating under the pseudonyms drove up the price, leaving the previous record that Belgian-bred Armando fetched last...
Wilbur Beast sinks his teeth into 13,143 of the votes, the highest lead on record, to become the fifth canine mayor of Boone County river community of Rabbit Hash. Local media reports race had the biggest turnout ever, with a total of 22,985 votes.
The 55th Street mayoral race in Oakland started with an incumbent cat named Wally running unopposed, but then other pets pounced at the opportunity to make the race competitive.
To understand what gives the inch-long beetle its strength, researchers first tested how much squishing it could take. The species, which can be found in Southern California’s woodlands, withstood compression of about 39,000 times its own weight.
Pistachio is part of a five-dog litter and all his siblings have white fur, the same color as their mixed breed mom. The very rare fur color is believed to occur when pale-colored puppies have contact in their mother's womb with a green pigment called biliverdin, which is what causes the green color in bruises.
NASA's science mission chief, Thomas Zurbuchen, likens the asteroid, named Bennu, to the Rosetta Stone: "something that's out there and tells the history of our entire Earth, of the solar system, during the last billions of years."
Scroll was stolen from a collector's apartment in Hong Kong last month. Police think thief simply thought it was "too long."