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The EU's decision to gift 250 camels to a country known for having millions of camels has been derided by locals. The animals will be deployed in Mauritania's military camel cavalry units, but critics took to social media to say they would have preferred a high-tech contribution.

A neo-Nazi city councillor has launched a legal bid to force a left-wing mayor to shake his hand. Katja Wolf, mayor of the eastern German town of Eisenach, has refused to shake hands with any of the four councillors from the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).

High-tech "spy oysters" have been deployed in oyster parks in a bid to tackle thefts. The fake molluscs contain a tracking device which is activated by sudden movement, meaning that oyster producers can detect and track thieves.

The Bar of Northern Ireland's charity committee is accepting nominations for its next Charity of the Year. The committee runs fundraising activities throughout the year for its chosen charity, which is currently Helping Hand, the charity to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

A 79-year-old flight attendant with a $250,000 salary has launched a lawsuit against her former employer after being dismissed nearly six decades into the job. Ida Gomez Llanos was the most senior flight attendant at Delta Airlines, having joined the firm in 1962 - over two decades before smoking wa

A man with "CRIME PAYS" emblazoned in a tattoo across his forehead has been arrested again. Donald Murray, 38, turned himself in after being sought by police in connection with a car chase, CTV News reports.

Lawyers for a dentist who was filmed removing a patient's tooth while riding a hoverboard have apologised for his behaviour. The video shows dentist Seth Lookhart gliding into an exam room on a hoverboard, pulling a tooth from the sedated patient, and then spinning around in the hallway.

An undercover cop coaxed a criminal suspect out of hiding by offering to marry him and then arrested him when he showed up for the wedding. The bizarre incident unfolded in New Delhi, where police were forced to resort to unconventional means to track down Balkishan Chaubey, wanted in connection wit

A woman who was fined for refusing to hold the handrail on an escalator has been awarded over £11,500 in damages after a ten-year legal battle. Bela Kosoian was told by a police officer in a Quebec metro station to respect a sign saying "hold the handrail", but refused and subsequently decline

Cannabis-infused gravy has proved a massive hit in the US at Thanksgiving. In California, which legalised cannabis for recreational use in 2016, retailer Kiva Confections has reported quickly selling out of a limited-edition $5 gravy designed to "take Thanksgiving dinner to a higher level".

A university is facing criminal action for selling bodies and body parts donated for research purposes over the course of a decade. The Centre for Body Donations at Paris Descartes University has admitted mistreating thousands of cadavers, keeping them in rat-infested and overheated rooms.

A former boxing champion has been spared jail for taking part in an illegal bare-knuckle fight - and told by the judge to join a boxing club. Anthony Kelly, 40, knocked out Alan Clohessy, 29, in an organised fight which was filmed and uploaded to YouTube and Facebook.

A cattle farmer has been fined €6,000 because of the smell of dung and hay on his farm. Nicolas Bardy was ordered to pay the sum to his neighbours after a judge ruled that they had been disturbed by the smells.

A man sued a videogame company after his friend sold his character in the game Justice Online, worth almost £1.1 million, for £429. The Chinese man filed suit against Netease and his friend – who said he had mistakenly sold it for 3,888 yuan to a shrewd in-game buyer due to dizzine

Russia has passed legislation banning the sale of smartphones, computers and smart TVs that are not pre-installed with Russian software. The law, due to come in force next July, has come under criticism from privacy experts and the tech industry.