A killjoy kindergarten has banned Father Christmas for its pupils in Austria after heads ruled that Santa breaches the nursery's diversity guidelines. Infant schools across the country traditionally mark the…
A British tourist who cooled his feet in an iconic fountain in central Rome has been fined EUR 500 by local officials. The 42-year-old holidaymaker had used the centuries-old Fontana…
Researchers investigating the death of an endangered vulture in Spain have found it was poisoned by a veterinary medicine that is banned in other parts of the world. The cinereous…
Just days after the German government banned the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on people under the age of 60 after a series of thrombosis related deaths the vaccine…
A quota scheme to try to increase the number of BAME employees in the Brazilian justice system only applies to ugly candidates after a black woman whose ancestors were slaves…
A bride on her honeymoon banned by the KGB from talking about being the sole survivor of a crash with a Soviet bomber that killed everyone else has revealed how…
The use of digital currencies such as Bitcoin are akin to gambling under sharia law and are therefore banned for Muslims. The ruling was made in Iraq's Kurdistan Region where…
A trans woman from Turkey has filed charges against her neighbours after 15 years of alleged abuse, including them filing restraining orders against her so she could not live in…
A high-profile dancer has reignited the same-sex marriage debate in China after her lesbian wedding photos were viewed 500 million times despite being banned on Chinese social media. Shui Yue,…
This daughter has said her elderly father’s recent stroke was caused by the frustration of not being able to smoke as the South African government has banned cigarettes amid the…