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Man injured after being caught between fighting cows on Hong Kong hiking trail

67-year-old 'caught in crossfire' of clash near Shing Mun Reservoir as spate of wildlife incidents sparks welfare activists' calls for protection measures

A man has been injured by two fighting cows while hiking near a Hong Kong reservoir.

The 67-year-old reported the incident to police at about 7.30am on Monday after seeing two animals fighting on the MacLehose Trail, near the main dam of Shing Mun Reservoir in the New Territories.

He said he was 'caught in the crossfire' during the chaos and was struck by one of the animals. The man sustained injuries to his fingers and knees and was taken to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan.

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Man eats at 28 Michelin-star restaurants in New York in 24 hours

A devoted foodie with a healthy appetite broke a Guinness World Record by dining at 28 Michelin-star restaurants in New York in 24 hours.

Las Vegas man Joshua Fyksen visited his first stop, Oxomoco in Brooklyn, on May 9, 2025, and completed his restaurant-hopping journey the following day at Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan.

Fyksen previously broke the record for the most Michelin-starred restaurants visited in 24 hours in 2023, when he hit 22 New York eateries in the allotted time. He later lost the record to Indian foodies Sujoy Kumar Mitra and Rajnish Kumar Tripathi, who visited 25 Michelin-star restaurants in Hong Kong in 2024.

He decided to tackle the challenge again and returned to New York.

"I can't even imagine the total cost — including the trip — or maybe I prefer not to," he told Guinness World Records. "But the food alone cost $976.97, plus tips. Transportation between restaurants was another $474.37."

Fyksen said the food was worth it.

"The highlights for me were the Jonah crab salad with Apple and Wasabi at Le Pavillon, the Scallop Dumpling with English Peas and Foie Gras at Tuome, and the Tortellini Pomodoro at Torissi," he said. "Honestly, there wasn't a single dish I didn't enjoy this time around."

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A 12-year-old boy was left dazed after a complete stranger slapped him across the face without warning while he was lining up to buy bread at Pasar Seni recently.

The incident was captured by the store’s CCTV, where it showed the boy being sent flying to the ground due to the force of the slap.
The incident, which was first brought to light by the boy’s brother, later seem to have come to a close after the suspect personally apologised to the boy for the unprovoked assault.

Boy tells his side of the story
Speaking to NST, the boy said he went to purchase some bread at around 1.35pm, where he walked straight to the counter as there was no queue.

“Suddenly, a man who was looking at the goods on display stepped forward and slapped me. I fell down and my head and ear hurt.
“I then asked the man why he slapped me, and he claimed I had cut the queue,” he recounted.
A police report has since been lodged at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters and the boy is currently waiting for his X-ray results after heading to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for treatment.

Police looking for suspect
Meanwhile, police are tracking down the whereabouts of the suspect while they review CCTV footage at the scene, reported Malaysia Gazette.
Dang Wangi district police chief Assistant Commissioner Sazalee Adam said the case is being investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt, as well as Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998.

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Cafe owner celebrates birthday with 6,044-pound carrot cake

A British Columbia cafe owner celebrated his 80th birthday by baking and assembling a massive carrot cake measuring 17 feet by 17 feet.

Ted Martindale, owner of Granville's Coffee in Quesnel, teamed up with multiple local bakeries to assemble his birthday cake, which contained over 1,760 pounds of carrots, 700 pounds of butter, thousands of eggs and nearly 2,000 pounds of icing.

Martindale said it took over a month to bake the 430 individual cakes that made up the final product.

The cake was served Wednesday at Martindale's birthday party at the local senior's center.

The current Guinness World Record for the largest carrot cake is held by a Surrey, British Columbia, bakery that assembled a 4,574-pound cake in 2016. Martindale said his cake weighed in at about 6,044 pounds, but evidence must still be reviewed by Guinness World Records for him to officially take the record.

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Large lizard found napping between pallets of bar fridges

March 26 (UPI) — A snake catcher in Australia was called to a warehouse to capture a big lace monitor lizard found sleeping between pallets.

Daniel May, owner of Narellan Snake Catcher, said he was called out to a warehouse in the Sydney area on a report of a lace monitor, also known as a goanna, sleeping between pallets.

May shared a video showing him removing the large male lizard from between the pallets of bar fridges.

"This big unit had been spotted a few times now and got the order to move on today," he wrote on social media.

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Delivery robots smash Chicago bus shelters in two separate incidents

Two delivery robots crashed into two bus shelters in Chicago within a matter of days — and one of the incidents was caught on camera.

The first crash occurred Sunday, when a delivery robot owned by Serve Robotics crashed into a Chicago Transit Authority Grand and Racine bus shelter, shattering the glass.

The crash, which was caught on camera, shows the robot stop and remain in place after causing the glass to shatter.

"We're aware of the incident involving one of our robots in Chicago," a Serve Robots spokesperson told WLS-TV. "No injuries were reported, our team responded quickly to clean up, and we're reviewing what happened to make improvements. We have also been in contact with local stakeholders and are committed to addressing any concerns directly. We take this matter very seriously."

The second crash occurred Tuesday, involving a robot owned by Coco Robotics shattering the glass at a bus shelter near North Avenue and Halsted Street.

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All you need to know about Britain's 'angriest' town

Tavistock in Devon has earned the notorious nickname of "Britain's angriest town" thanks to residents' fierce campaigns against corporate giants.
The town made headlines for successfully ousting McDonald's in the early 2000s and blocking a Premier Inn development in 2019. Locals feared these chains would threaten independent businesses and the town's unique character.
Social media influencer Phil Carr, with over 73,000 followers, recently visited and called residents "hypocrites" for opposing some chains while accepting others like Tesco and Lidl. "God knows where McDonald's and Premier Inn went wrong," he remarked sarcastically.
a scenic trail along an abandoned railway line offering views of Dartmoor. Phil dismissed it as what "to any other town, it would just be one mile of sh*tty disused railway."
Despite the criticism, his post received over 15,000 likes, with many defending the town. One follower commented: "You know what? It's nice that they can protest and get what they want. Good job Devon."

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Diaper-wearing monkey tries to enter Michigan home

Animal control officers were called to a Michigan home where a diaper-wearing monkey appeared on the porch and attempted to get into the house.

A recording of a dispatcher contacting Saginaw County Animal Care & Control confirmed a 911 call came in about 1 p.m. Wednesday from a St. Charles resident.

"Caller has a monkey wearing a diaper that's on their porch trying to get inside their house," the dispatcher says in the recording. "I guess it belongs to their new neighbors."

Officers arrived to find the female spider monkey, named Brazil, had already been returned to its home next door.

SCACC Director Rachel Horton said officers made contact with the owner and observed Brazil inside the house. She said the monkey appeared healthy, active and well cared-for.

Authorities confirmed Brazil's owner was the same woman who brought a squirrel money into the Bay County Court Facility in 2017. The monkey was inside the woman's purse when she put it through the X-ray scanner.

Michigan does not have any laws prohibiting monkeys as pets. St. Charles does not have any local ordinances limiting primate ownership.

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Thieves Steal 12 Tons of Kit Kat Chocolate Bars, Brand Says They ‘Appreciate the Criminals’ Exceptional Taste’

Thieves made off with more than 400,000 Kit Kats in Europe this week.

Nestlé announced in a news release on Friday, March 27, that about 12 tons of Kit Kats — or 413,793 of the chocolate wafer candy bars — were stolen after they left a production site in Italy and were headed to Poland.

"We've always encouraged people to have a break with Kit Kat — but it seems thieves have taken the message too literally and made a break with more than 12 tons of our chocolate,” a spokesperson for Kit Kat said in the release.
According to Nestlé, the candy bars were headed to a distribution site and set to be distributed throughout Europe at the time of the theft.

The company said that the candy bars could be sold through unofficial channels in Europe, but it will be possible to track the stolen goods by scanning the unique batch code assigned to individual bars, per European news site DW.

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The Vevey, Switzerland-based food giant, which owns Kit Kat, have not found the vehicle carrying the stolen candy.

"If a match is found, the scanner will be given clear instructions on how to alert Ki tKat who will then share the evidence appropriately," the company said, per DW.

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Meteorite hunters descend on Ohio county to find space rock fragments

Meteorite hunters have descended on an Ohio county where a massive fireball last week left fragments behind — including one possible fragment in a resident's driveway.

The car-sized asteroid broke up over Northeast Ohio on March 17, and in recent days meteorite hunters have descended on Medina County in the hopes of recovering fragments of rocks from space.

December Harris, a local resident who has been searching for pieces of the meteorite, said a walnut-sized piece may have hit earth surprisingly close to home.

"My cousin came out to get her car to go to work and she found this meteor piece, we believe, right at her car," Harris told WJW-TV.

Case Western Reserve University professor and researcher Ralph Harvey said some pieces that survived reentry might be as large as grapefruits.

Medina 6th grader Evan Waite found a 3-gram meteorite fragment behind Sharon Elementary school. His mother had previously found two smaller pieces.

"It was just a beautiful unexpected moment," mother Ashley Waite said of the moment Evan found his fragment.

Harvey offered some tips for hunters searching for their own fragments.

"If it looks burned up a little on the outside and it's got a different kind of texture or color on the inside and it's in the wrong place, that's where you start going, 'hmm,'" he said.

Local authorities are urging meteorite hunters to be respectful of private property. The Medina County Sheriff's Office said there have been multiple trespassing complaints involving hunters, but no arrests have been made.

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