Austria's new right-wing government has scrapped the country's planned smoking ban before it could enter into effect. The far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), part of the new governing ...
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A woman who insistently tried to order a breakfast sandwich from a prison security booth which she mistook for a drive-through restaurant has been jailed for driving ...
French cheese-makers have been left outraged after a Canadian cheese was named the best "Camembert" in the world. L'Extra, produced near Montreal, was crowned best Camembert at ...
The remains of renowned Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí have been re-buried following their exhumation to test a paternity claim. Pilar Abel, a self-professed psychic in Catalonia, has ...
A man who presented himself before a court to prove that he is still alive has been refused the annulment of his death certificate. Constantin Reliu, 63, ...
Police have seized around 2.5 tonnes of cocaine sealed in bricks and stamped with the logo of gangster movie The Godfather. Ten people have been arrested in ...
A one-time lottery winner has been jailed after admitting four bank robberies just two decades after he won a £13.6 million jackpot. James Hayes, 55, has been ...
A lawyer who allegedly retaliated to a tense e-mail exchange with another lawyer by shooting up his office has been arrested. Erik Graeff, 42, has appeared in ...
A judge in Texas has been sharply criticised for delivering electric shocks to a defendant to enforce courtroom decorum. An appeal court has now thrown out Terry ...
A massive operation to produce fake Harry Potter merchandise in China for sale in Barcelona has been broken up by Spanish police. The Guardia Civil raided the ...
A Labour MP has called for sex toys to be regulated amid fears they could be hacked to reveal intimate data. Chi Onwurah, 52, MP for Newcastle ...
A far-right politician has lost his lawsuit for slander against a group of left-wing activists who gave him the finger. Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of Austria's Freedom Party ...
A couple in France are facing a court ban on naming their daughter "Liam" because it could "create a risk of gender confusion". France's public prosecutor is ...
Germany's equality commissioner has sparked a national controversy by suggesting the word "fatherland" in the German national anthem should be replaced by a gender-neutral term. The suggestion ...
Chefs have been ordered to stun lobsters before boiling them instead of cooking them conscious as they traditionally do. From 1 March, "the practice of plunging live ...