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In an incident straight out of Steven Spielberg's 'Catch Me If You Can,' a 24-year-old man has been arrested for posing as a Singapore Airlines pilot. On Thursday (Apr 25), paramilitary forces at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi nabbed Sangeet Singh, a UP resident. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) spotted Singh strolling near the airport skywalk dressed in a pilot's uniform and carrying a fake identity card.

In western Canada, an animal welfare group faces a daunting task: caring for approximately 300 cats, all seemingly healthy. The challenge arose when a man, feeling "overwhelmed," reached out for help, revealing a home overrun by cats and kittens. How did the man collect 300 cats?  The answer to the question is Bruce Robinson who rescued them. He explained to the British Columbia SPCA that he had taken in abandoned cats during the pandemic, but after losing his job, the cost became ov...

A "spy pigeon" held by Indian police for eight months has finally been cleared of being a Chinese spy.

In South Korea, a teenager has been arrested for attempting to open an aeroplane emergency door mid-flight. As per a News 8000 report, after an investigation by the Incheon Airport police, the 19-year-old tested positive for drugs. What happened? On June 19th, a red-eye flight en route from the Philippines to Seoul, South Korea, became the scene of 'turbulence' after a 19-year-old Korean man tried to open the plane's door.

A California family has stumbled upon a surprising treasure hidden within the basement crawlspace of their Los Angeles house: over 1 million pennies. They made the remarkable discovery when they began cleaning out their father's former home in Pico-Union, Los Angeles.  The discovery has left the family with an intriguing dilemma, a champagne problem if you will — what to do with such an enormous amount of money.

Antarctica is an unrelentingly harsh place to work - it’s cold, desolate and wild. However, the white landscape has once again proven to be an amazing place for meteorite hunting. An international team of scientists has recovered five new “space rocks” from the desert of Antarctica, and one of them is almost 8kg (17 pounds). What’s amazing about this discovery is that finding a meteorite this large is rare. As per EurekAlert of the almost 45,000 meteorites found here, only a hundred or s...

It’s been months since China’s Zhurong Mars rover entered a “hibernation” to wait out the cold and harsh winter on planet Mars’ northern hemisphere and its alien landscape. However, the slumber which was planned to end in December of last year still continues. Now the question is, will the rover ever wake up? There’s still hope. What is Zhurong?

In a social media post, a PhD nutrition scientist has revealed a list of superfoods that in 2023 might become the "it" food. Taking to Instagram nutritionist Dr Joanna McMillan said "the word superfood is not a scientific one, but hey, some foods really do deserve some extra attention." Let's take a look at these superfoods that we all can benefit from:  

Scientists have made an amazing discovery. In an inhospitable valley in the Chilean Patagonia, they have come across the remains of four species of dinosaurs. The fossils which were discovered and transported to a laboratory in 2021, as per researchers, belong to species that have previously not been identified in the area.  Chilean Antarctic Institute (Inach), in collaboration with the University of Chile and the University of Texas, made this discovery on an expedition. 

Google Chrome has announced that it will soon be introducing passwordless login. The popular browser will now use biometric sensors such as a fingerprint or facial recognition, PIN, or pattern for authentication purposes.  If you are someone who finds it difficult to remember passwords, and so you end up using the same one for every single account, you're not alone.  Watch | WION Fineprint | The most common passwords of 2022