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The number of billionaires in the UK witnessed a 20% jump when the rest of the country was struggling to cope with Covid-19.

A group of English villagers has declared the Russian president Vladimir Putin "Bellend of the Year."

An 18-year-old from Hong Kong has been sentenced to three years in detention for making fun of the national flag.

A Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) deputy has come under fire for reportedly having sex while on duty at Men's Central Jail in the city.

China sent a record 18 nuclear-capable H-6 bomber aircraft into Taiwan's air defense zone, informed the island's Defense Ministry on Tuesday.

A 23-year-old man was executed in a public hanging carried out in the city of Mashhad, Iran.

A man got stuck between the legs of an elephant statue while performing a ritual at a temple in India.

North Korea executed two high school students for reportedly watching and distributing South Korean dramas among their friends.

An Irish man who earns a whopping £105,000 per year has sued his employer, claiming he is being paid to "do nothing" at his workplace.

A man from the Indian state of Maharashtra has been booked for marrying twin sisters in a grand ceremony held in the Solapur district of the state

The North Korean government has reportedly asked parents to give their children patriotic names such as "bomb,"  "gun," and "satellite."

A woman tried to open the door of an aircraft at 37,000 feet when the plane was on its way to Columbus from Houston on Saturday.

A woman in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh called off her wedding after her groom kissed her in front of hundreds of guests without her permission.

A 27-year-old man was reportedly shot dead by Iranian security forces for celebrating his national football team's defeat against the US in the FIFA World Cup.

A woman who was snatched away from her family when she was just a 21-month-old baby has finally been reunited with her family.

Protests have erupted in and out of Iran in the past several months following the death of Mahsa Amini while in custody of the country's morality police.

A woman's TikTok video describing her husband's death as she dances to Meghan Trainor's upbeat track "Made You Look" has attracted heavy backlash.

Evelina Parker, a 22-year-old influencer from Latvia, got so drunk on her first date that she and her date ended up flying to Paris.

A 35-year-old woman from Canton, US, has pleaded guilty to faking her daughter's terminal cancer so she could raise money through online donations.

The ultraconservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences, according to a human rights organisation.

A man from the US has left the internet divided after he arrived at his own wedding in a coffin.

Some offences are punishable by the death penalty so visitors are urged to be very careful.

A man from the US was charged a whopping $4,000 just for having skin-to-skin contact with his newborn daughter.

A woman from Edinburgh was left astonished and stunned when she discovered a 135-year-old note buried under the floorboard of her house.

Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-hijab protesters and beat women in capital Tehran.

A 50-year-old Chinese man smoked his way through a marathon and managed to finish it in 3 hours and 28 minutes.

Russia and Ukraine both tortured their prisoners of war during the ongoing conflict between the two.

The 4th richest person in the world has yet to set the target amount he plans to give away in his lifetime.

Iran has been facing massive protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.