‘The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man,’ former US President Donald Trump said at a rally, referencing the fictional cannibal from 1991 film Silence of the Lambs.

The independent White House hopeful made the claim in a 2012 deposition as part of his divorce from his second wife, but says he has since recovered.

The problem has become so bad that some local governments and schools in Japan have drafted rules to deal with the ‘irritated and impatient’.

French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres, reclaiming a record for one of the nation’s best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years.

An adult male named Rakus chewed a plant used by people in Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation, then applied it to an injury on his right cheek.

The president has been facing questions from local media about his late pet Conan, whom he had cloned into 4 copies he refers to as his ‘children’.

Footage posted by social media users showed a saddled white horse seemingly covered in blood running through the street alongside another, black one.

The 40-year-old proved he has auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), a rare condition whereby the body produces alcohol, but no symptoms of intoxication.

Eight-year-old Labrador retriever, the equivalent of 60 in human age, began her tour of duty at Narita and Haneda airports in 2017.

Ramil Albano, who had the Taragis Takoyaki logo tattooed on his forehead, agreed to do so in advance, brand boss Carlo Quion admitted.

Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, is the new Guinness record holder after the death of Venezuela’s Juan Vicente Perez at age 114.

Cicadas, the strongest urinators in the animal kingdom, are being ravaged by a sexually transmitted disease that turns them into zombies.

An F&B businessman has offered US$1,770 in cash to whoever would tattoo his brand’s logo on their foreheads.

Checks find sheikh setting up US$500 million family office in city bears striking resemblance to singer known as Alira.

‘Aurora’, which imitates predator-like movements, will patrol at Alaska’s Fairbanks airport to keep birds and other animals away from planes.

The designers’ fame, and success of the film ‘Perfect Days’, have boosted the popularity of the toilets, which began as a project to ‘reconsider’ the perfect public bathroom.

‘Plenty of people would think it’s unusual, because they’ve never seen it. But you know, it’s not a sin to drink a beer,’ said Miami-born Sister Guadalupe at the bar outside the Basque city of Vitoria.

Showing North Korean soldiers gazing across an icy river towards China and occasionally descending from looming watchtowers to prowl border paths, the photos present a unique look into life in one of the world’s most secretive communist states.

Images of LED roses display at East Kowloon Cultural Centre in Kowloon Bay went viral on social media.

Fans of Japan’s Hanshin Tigers threw a statue of KFC founder Colonel Sanders into a river in 1985. The team suffered decades of poor performance after that.

Farmers in Yamagata prefecture have complained their herds are vulnerable to bloodsucking insects, elevating the stress levels of cattle.

A young Ukrainian woman, who is an internet sensation in her country, has discovered that artificial intelligence-manipulated versions of her videos – which present her as being Russian – are being used for commercial purposes in China.

Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro Alentejano, had his title as ‘world’s oldest dog’ revoked after Guinness World Records said it found no evidence he had in fact lived for more than 31 years.

Critics say the case is yet another example of hardline Hindu groups’ rising intolerance – and the fear that their actions and words inspire.

The Kokuseki Temple in Iwate ended its annual naked men festival, which has become a heavy burden for ageing locals, who find it hard to keep up with the rigours of the ritual.

The theft was discovered February 2, when a maintenance crew arrived in the wooded area where the tower once stood and saw that the structure was missing.

Demand for the rare breed of poultry has risen sharply, backed by a growing number of wealthy people in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.

Authorities implemented the rule in response to a smelly, unsightly situation, as the extreme cold of Everest prevents faeces from fully degrading.