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Los Angeles (AFP) - A mysterious shiny monolith has appeared in a Nevada desert, the latest other-worldly installation to materialize in recent years across North America and Europe. Las Vegas police spotted the reflective shape during a search and rescue mission over the weekend in a hiking area an hour north of Sin City. "We see a lot of weird things... but check this out!" the force posted Monday on social media. The rectangular structure is the latest to baffle the internet after they began appearing in places around the globe in 2020. The first monolith, which was discovered in the Utah d...
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Detroit (AFP) - Donald Trump is so proud of a cognitive assessment he took while president that he boasted about it in a speech Saturday, while attacking what he claims is US President Joe Biden's lack of mental acuity. The only problem: he then immediately got confused on the name of the doctor who oversaw the test. Trump extolled his powers of mental recall in a speech to hard-right allies in Detroit, challenging Biden to take the same cognitive exam he says he underwent in 2018 with then White House physician Ronny Jackson. However, he immediately flubbed the name of the former official, wh...
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Bari (Italy) (AFP) - From bear hugs to looks that could kill, G7 leaders may have put on a show of unity at an Italy summit this week -- but it was not all la dolce vita. Footage of the leaders singing "Happy Birthday" to Germany's Olaf Scholz at Joe Biden's urging was the perfect display of Group of Seven cooperation. Thursday's welcoming embrace between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the summit host, and Britain's Rishi Sunak was so enthusiastic it went viral. "Giorgia is fantastic," Sunak told reporters Friday, highlighting the two right-wing leaders' cooperation on migration and de...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Every parent knows how to find a piece of LEGO -- walk around barefoot. But police in California found a whole lot more of the plastic bricks -- 2,800 boxes. The kits, which reports said included "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" themed builds, were discovered at the home of a man believed to be part of a theft ring targeting the popular toy. Detectives in Los Angeles said they began tracking LEGO thefts in December. They built their case over the following months and, after watching 39-year-old Blanca Gudino allegedly help herself to boxes of LEGO at a local store, they spran...
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New York (AFP) - Two modern day treasure hunters in the United States appeared to strike gold when they uncovered a safe stuffed with $100,000 in cash -- but there was a catch. The banknotes were ruined. Barbara Agostini and James Kane, both in their 40s, have been propelled to celebrity status beyond their magnet fishing community after making the discovery in a New York pond over the weekend. "It's surreal, I thought it was a joke until I saw it with my eyes," said Barbara Agostini. Though not the pair's first time discovering a safe, it was their first one containing more than random odds a...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A curious cat that sneaked into an open box was shipped across the United States to an Amazon warehouse after its unknowing owners sealed it inside. Carrie Clark's pet, Galena, vanished from her Utah home on April 10, sparking a furious search that involved plastering "missing" posters around the neighborhood. But a week later, a vet hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in Los Angeles got in touch to say the cat had been discovered in a box -- alongside several pairs of boots -- by a warehouse worker at an Amazon center. "I ran to tell my husband that Galena was found and we...
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New York (AFP) - Was it God feeling angry? A dire portent? Or perhaps Joe Biden's superhero alter ego pursuing Donald Trump? Many were reluctant to admit that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattling New York on Friday was just an unimpressive little shake. This is New York after all. And with a rare total eclipse set to blot out the sun up the eastern United States on Monday, some are already looking for answers. "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come," Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene -- a noted conspiracy ...
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Washington (AFP) - Travelers flying into the US capital could soon be landing at "Trump International Airport" if several devoted lawmakers triumph in a legislative campaign that is almost certain to fail. Trump supporters in the House of Representatives on Tuesday launched the effort to rename Washington's main airport in a gesture of admiration for the former president who is running to regain the White House. The airport is currently named after John Foster Dulles, secretary of state in the 1950s, while a smaller airport in the city is named after former president Ronald Reagan. Congressma...
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Paris (AFP) - From an off-the-scale honour for a heavy metal icon to how love blinds us all... your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world. Love comes with handcuffsTwo Peruvian women who thought they were being serenaded by secret Valentine's Day admirers fell straight into the arms of police sent to arrest them for dealing drugs. An officer dressed as a giant teddy bear held up gifts outside the women's Lima home while another waved a heart-covered sign saying, "You are my reason to smile." But love can be deceiving. When one of the excited women rushed downstairs the cuddl...
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New York (AFP) - The New York City subway has pulled its controversial security robot out of service after little more than five months patrolling the busy Times Square station. K-5, as the robot's call sign goes, has been retired to a storage lot, The New York Times reported Friday. Its short stint on the force was reportedly marked by frequent charging breaks, the need to be chaperoned by human officers, and an inability to tackle stairs. "The Knightscope K-5 has completed its pilot deployment in the NYC subway system," a police spokesman told AFP of the device, which was introduced to much...
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