Weird News

A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding certain accents leading to some bizarre answers to questions.

A man in Florida faces an assault charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich while she was driving.

A missing parrot has been reunited with its owner after chirping its own name in the phone from the home of its rescuer.

Two sheepdogs have become honorary members of a Chinese swimming club.

An oversize skull with a built-in sauna is turning heads in Vienna.

A five-month-old wild cat cub has been adopted by a family of dogs in Germany.

An Austrian pumpkin seed oil producer faces possible legal action by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

The political scene Down Under is about to get a new party.

A British woman is divorcing her husband after accusing his computer game character of cheating on her online alter ego.

A crafty German inmate escaped from jail by posting himself out of prison in a giant FedEx box of dirty laundry.