Cat puts railway back on track
A stray cat is helping to improve the popularity of a loss-making railway station in Japan.
The Wakayama Electric Railway had been gradually declining in profit, which resulted in the company greatly reducing the number of staff at the station.
The Not-So-Leaning Tower of Pisa
The leaning tower of Pisa is reported to have stopped moving for the first time in its 800-year history, according to engineering experts.
A team of engineers have been working on a project to stabilise the famous tourist site for more than a decade.
Province renamed
Government plans to change the name of a previously English territory in Pakistan sparks debate among local tribes
Pakistan is to rename a province called the North West Frontier in the belief that its title is neither historically or chronologically fitting.
It is hoped that the measure will bring an end to “British colonial anachronism”, as the current name was chosen by British troops in the early 1900s as part of an effort to suppress aggressive Pukhtun tribes.
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