Litterbugs now face on-the-spot fines in Tokyo’s tourist hotspot
Dozens of officials will patrol world-famous Shibuya as Japan responds to the impacts of overtourism.
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Poland’s controversial ‘Highway to Hel’ 666 bus revived
Poland’s seaside resort called Hel is getting its 666 bus service back, despite earlier opposition from Christian groups.
Continue ReadingCaribbean hot sauce producers warn of shortages and higher prices
Another Antiguan producer, Novella Payne, who cooks up a range of sauces, syrups and jams under her Granma Aki label, agrees. To avoid the high prices of Scotch bonnets, she also uses locally grown Moruga scorpion peppers, which are native to Trinidad. “They give it a nice flavour,” she says.
Continue Reading‘It’s like a decaying body’: Australian farmers battle mouse plague
Farmers report thousands of mice per hectare destroying crops and invading homes.
Continue ReadingOscar-winning Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas dies aged 80
The film editor and ex-wife of director George Lucas was widely recognised as a pivotal creative force behind the original space trilogy.
Continue ReadingTrump attacks artists dropping out of US Freedom 250 concert and mulls appearing himself
“I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited,” he wrote, calling himself “the “Number One Attraction anywhere in the World”.
Continue Reading‘No-one feels safe now’: Residents of Romanian city hit by drone share fears
People have just begun returning to check on their homes in the block that was hit early on Friday morning.
Continue ReadingEbola spread in DR Congo ‘alarming’, charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area
“Certain practices including touching of bodies of those who have died from Ebola, can spread the virus further. While we grieve for those we’ve lost, we must do everything we can so that we don’t lose another, and get into a cycle of grief,” he said.
Continue ReadingResidents shaken after drone hits block of flats
The BBC visited a block of flats in Romania’s eastern city of Galați, near the border with Ukraine, after it was hit by what the country described as a Russian drone on Friday. A resident of the building said he was afraid after the incident, which injured two people. “If I go back to my […]
Continue ReadingItaly bans Kanye West and Travis Scott concerts over security concerns
Local authorities say the cancellation of other West concerts had played a role in the decision.
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