0117 GMT January 18, 2021
A family in Australia received an unpleasant surprise on spotting one of the world's deadliest snakes in their swimming pool. The eastern brown snake was found taking a dip to cool down in the suburb of Marino in Adelaide.
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A Bangladeshi man with asthma was saved from being deported from France after his lawyer argued that he might face severe health risks and possibly premature death due to the dangerous levels of pollution in his homeland.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
UN peacekeeping troops said they have retaken control of a city in the Central African Republic captured two weeks ago by armed groups waging an offensive against the government of President Faustin Archange Touadera.
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A dad has been accused of being "selfish" after showing off his lengthy food shop receipt.
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It has the world’s first roller-coaster at sea, a micro-brewery, restaurants from celebrity chefs and sports figures, and, in a sign of the times, a massive medical facility.
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When Innocent Havyarimana started his soap-making business in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp in early 2015, he was trying to move on from the traumatic events that had made him flee his native Burundi a year earlier.
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An Australian gardener set a new record for the Southern Hemisphere when he grew a pumpkin that weighed 1,911 pounds.
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At first glance the silicone wristband could be mistaken for one that tracks your heart rate when you are doing exercise.
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