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Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
From why we follow our noses to trying to match Putin's pecs. "We've got to show them our pecs," Johnson interjected, raising the stakes, before someone sensibly hustled the leaders out of the room.
Germany signs deal to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Germany signed an agreement on Friday to begin sending hundreds of Benin bronzes back to what is now Nigeria, rubber-stamping the biggest effort yet by a European country to return the looted artworks. Nigeria has been negotiating the return of Benin bronzes from several European countries and plans to build a museum in Benin City in southern Edo state, where it hopes to house them.
History made as first same-sex couples marry in Switzerland
With smiles, pride and emotion, the first same-sex couples tied the knot in Switzerland on Friday following a referendum that changed the landscape for LGBTQ rights in the country. Before Friday, same-sex couples could only register a civil partnership -- a status which does not provide the same rights as marriage.
Rebel Moscow theatre shuts doors after final show
The Gogol Centre theatre, one of the last bastions of artistic freedom in Vladimir Putin's Russia, shut its doors Thursday night with a defiant final show called "I Don't Take Part In War". As the show ended, the theatre's outgoing artistic director, Alexei Agranovich announced: "The Gogol Centre is closed.
White rhinos return to Mozambique park after 40 years
A Mozambican park welcomed its first white rhinos in 40 years on Friday after 19 of the threatened animals completed a 1,600-kilometre (thousand-mile) truck ride from South Africa, conservationists said. The rhinoceroses were hauled to Zinave from neighbouring South Africa over several days in June, in what the PPF said was the longest-ever transfer of rhinos by road.
Angola's dos Santos 'critical' after cardiac arrest: family
Angola's ailing former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos is in a "critical and delicate" condition after suffering a cardiac arrest last week, his family said on Friday. "His clinical condition is critical and delicate," said the family, adding doctors are "monitoring his health and the neurological complications that resulted from the cardiac arrest".
French police bust gang selling fake Bordeaux wine
French police have broken up a gang that had allegedly produced hundreds of thousands of bottles of fake Bordeaux wine in an elaborate counterfeiting operation, prosecutors said on Friday.
Stocks choppy, dollar frothy
Stock markets wobbled on Friday while the dollar shot higher against the euro and pound as investors fretted about interest rate hikes and a possible recession. The dollar, a safe-haven currency, jumped one percent against the pound and the euro on rising expectations of a recession.
GM reports lower Q2 sales as supply chain woes persist
General Motors reported a 15 percent drop in US auto sales in the second quarter as supply chain woes continued to crimp inventories. Cox Automotive has forecast a 19.3 percent drop in US auto sales for the second quarter.
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