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People in Japan who became so used to wearing face masks during the pandemic are signing up for lessons to teach them how to smile again.

A 14-year-old boy has won an annual spelling competition after successfully spelling the word "psammophile".

A man and a youth have been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a baby donkey who was snatched from a farm in Hampshire.

A dog who was missing for eight months has been found in the back of an ambulance - some 50 miles from her home.

A funeral firm is hoping to "break the taboo" of talking about death by offering custom-made coffins, which includes a casket designed like a Greggs sausage roll.

Three teenagers have been arrested after allegedly stealing a prized swan in upstate New York before killing and eating it.

South Korean officials have used artificial intelligence to estimate the weight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

A man has been arrested over the armed robbery of a convenience store in which police said a Nintendo video game controller was used to threaten a shop worker into handing over $300 (£240).

Thirteen members of the same family in Namibia have died after eating suspected toxic porridge, the country's state broadcaster has said.

A fertility doctor who was accused of using his sperm to impregnate several patients has died, after a plane he was in crashed.

A patch of phosphorescent green liquid that appeared in Venice's Grand Canal was caused by the chemical fluorescein.