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Matthew Robson's quirky collection of presents is now worth £40,000.

Thousands of Americans have received unsolicited packets of seeds this year, mostly from China.

Police believe victims were chosen at random and there is no suggestion the attacks are terror related.

A convent in southern France secretly gave sanctuary to 83 Jewish children during World War Two.

Residents say Viscri, where Prince Charles owns a home, is struggling with a recent tourism boom.

Scientists say early tests showed that volunteers developed antibodies to fight the virus.

Alain Cocq wanted to start Facebook livestreaming his final days on Saturday morning.

The John Cage piece, As Slow As Possible, began 19 years ago and is to last 639 years.

A magazine claims the president called US soldiers killed in action "losers", something he denies.

Tehran has continued to enrich uranium in breach of a nuclear deal, the UN nuclear watchdog warns.

Is vegetable oil bad for you? Is avocado oil as healthy as olive oil? Confused about cooking oils? BBC Future investigates the healthiest oils to cook with.

Japanese engineers are hoping to build wind turbines that can withstand the world’s worst typhoons, generating power even in the midst of a natural disaster.

A man is found drifting on a life raft two days after his cargo ship capsized during a typhoon.

Christopher Killick filmed Emily Hunt while she was naked and unconscious in a hotel room.

Germany has revealed he was poisoned with Novichok. This is how events unfolded over Siberia.

Each year, some choose to 'disappear' and abandon their lives, jobs, homes and families. In Japan, there are companies that can help those looking to escape into thin air.

Mature male elephants play a crucial role in passing on their knowledge to younger males, a study suggests.

The 10-floor brothel in the German city of Cologne has filed for bankruptcy due to the pandemic.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden tweets he feels vindicated by the ruling from the US Court of Appeals.

Marian Kocner was accused of ordering the killings of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018.

Writers like the Grimm Brothers and Robert Browning may have shaped the Pied Piper legend into art, but it turns out the story is likely based on an actual historical incident.

Conferences bring large groups of people together to exchange ideas, network and do business. How can the industry ride out the Covid-19 era?

The freshly unveiled document instead has the word "Taiwan" bigger on the cover.

Five baby gorillas are born in six weeks in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Gravitational waves arrive from a black hole collision that occurred half-way across the Universe.