🇨🇳 China
A Chinese Village's Unlikely Guardian Is a Courier
A delivery driver in rural China has become the sole provider of food and supplies for an entire village of el
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Only on Earth
Absurd, delightful, chaotic, and unforgettable stories that prove the planet has a sense of humor.
🇮🇹 Italy
Naples Bank Robbers Escape Through Sewer Tunnel
A bank robbery in Naples ended not with a high-speed chase, but with the thieves disappearing into the city's
🇬🇦 Gabon
Gabon's Sacred Stones Hold Back the Rising Sea
A community in Gabon is physically rebuilding its coastline using stones placed according to a sacred animist
🇹🇭 Thailand
French Tourists Arrested After Songkran Water Fight in Phuket
A water pistol celebration during Thailand's Songkran festival turned into a criminal case after a group of Fr
🇸🇬 Singapore
A $1.57 Water Fee Drowns a Singapore Restaurant in Bad Reviews
A modest charge for a glass of water, equivalent to about two Singapore dollars, triggered a digital tsunami t
🇨🇳 China
A Chinese Restaurant Where AI Scans Your Face and Tongue
A restaurant in China is using artificial intelligence to scan customers' faces and tongues before they even o
🇩🇪 Germany
A Humpback Whale's Unlikely Journey in Germany's Baltic
A juvenile humpback whale is navigating the shallow, brackish waters of Germany's Baltic Sea, a habitat profou
🇩🇪 Germany
Berlin's Gorilla Fatou Celebrates Her 69th Birthday
A gorilla in Germany has reached an age that defies all expectations for her species. Fatou, a resident of the
🇨🇳 China
A Thermometer Swallowed in Childhood Emerges Decades Later
A 32-year-old man in China recently learned the source of his chronic stomach pain: a 15-centimeter mercury th
🇹🇭 Thailand
Thailand's Songkran Festival Unleashes a Watery New Year
Thailand’s traditional New Year began not with a quiet reflection, but with a nationwide, soaking-wet street p
🇱🇦 Laos
Laos Villagers and Spirits Guard a Rare Crocodile
A sacred wetland in central Laos is home to fewer than 20 adult Siamese crocodiles, one of the planet's most c
🇺🇸 United States
A Three-Limbed Sea Turtle Swims Free, Tracked by Satellite
A critically endangered sea turtle, missing one of her front flippers, is now swimming in the Atlantic Ocean w
🇨🇳 China
Chinese Schools Motivate Pupils with Digital Pet Rewards
Digital Dogs and Study Buddies: The New Classroom Currency In a primary school classroom in Hangzhou, China, t
🇩🇪 Germany
German Village Generates All Its Own Power
The Village That Unplugged the Nation In the windswept fields of Brandenburg, Germany, the village of Feldheim
