Italy: Top mafia informer leads cops to AK-47s
The most dangerous Italian mobster ever to turn State’s witness on Friday helped police find four AK-47s inside the home of another mafioso. ... (Read more)
ANSA
France: French lottery winner donates €50 million [$68 million] to charity
A French winner of the European lottery has decided to donate more than 2/3 of his winnings to charity, becoming the most philanthropic winner in the history of Euro Millions. What would you do with 72 million euros? ... (Read more)
France 24
Spain: How to get angry in Spanish
Furious about something in Spain? Don’t know how to let it all hang out? Here The Local gives you eight great Spanish expressions that will have you have you telling people to ‘go and fry asparagus’ in no time. ... (Read more)
The Local
Japan: Station master leads double life as Shinto priest
Considering that the tram from Takimoto Station here in western Tokyo goes up the hallowed Mount Mitake, it’s no surprise that one of the station managers is also holy man. ... (Read more)
Asahi
Australia: Toddler incubates nest of deadly snakes
A toddler in Townsville in north Queensland has incubated a nest of one of the world’s most deadly species of snake - in his bedroom closet.
Kyle Cumming, 3, found the snake eggs several weeks ago while playing in his backyard and put them in his wardrobe, media reports say. ... (Read more)
ABC
Switzerland: Swiss Jewish group slams Hitler salute ruling
The Swiss federation of Jewish communities (SIG) has condemned a Swiss supreme court decision that making a Nazi salute in public is not necessarily contrary to the law in Switzerland. ... (Read more)
The Local
India: Country’s first tobacco-free village in Nagaland
Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”. ... (Read more)
Times of India
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