BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, Belgium’s tourist office said on Wednesday.
Pupils have been struck by a mysterious Tourette’s-type illness at a school in New York, leaving doctors baffled.
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Giant snakes appear to be wiping out the mammal population of Florida’s Everglades, it is being warned.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities are giving parking violators in one city an unexpected break by issuing tickets without fines.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers’ intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing a deal to pay a record UK rent at its Bond Street store that will break the 1,000 pounds ($1,576) per square foot mark for the first time, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters.
(Reuters) - Just cleared airport security and in need of a small deep breathing and stretching relaxation?
BERLIN (Reuters) - A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather, the federal statistics office said on Monday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Several kindergartens in a province in northern China are charging parents 1,200 yuan ($190) for a palm-reading test that they claim can predict their toddlers’ intelligence and potential, state news agency Xinhua said.
Dogs and cats abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year’s nuclear crisis have survived high radiation and lack of food only to face freezing winter conditions.
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