Reuters UKCCTV shows couple in Seoul daubing over $500,000 graffiti artworkverified_publisherReuters - Minwoo Park(Reuters) -A couple in South Korea accused of damaging artwork by American graffiti artist JonOne said they had mistakenly thought they were allowed to daub paint on the piece as “participatory art”, the head of the exhibition said on Friday. The 240cm by 700cm untitled artwork is estimated to be …
Reuters UKPolice disperse thousands at Belgian April Fool partyverified_publisherReuters - Kate AbnettBRUSSELS (Reuters) -Police used teargas and water cannons on Thursday to disperse thousands of young people gathered in a Brussels park for a party in defiance of Belgium’s COVID-19 lockdown, an event that began as an April Fool’s joke on Facebook. Around 2,000 people showed up towards the end of a …
Reuters UK'Angriest octopus' lashes out at man on Australia beachverified_publisherReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - A swim on holiday at a Western Australia beach has resulted in a painful octopus “whipping” - and a video of the encounter that has gone viral. Geologist and author Lance Karlson was about to take a dip near the resort he and his family were staying at in Geographe Bay, on …
Reuters UKA gift of chocolate from Queen Victoria, intact after 121 yearsverified_publisherReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A 121-year-old chocolate bar, from a batch commissioned by Queen Victoria for British troops fighting in South Africa, has been found in its original tin in the attic of an English manor. The chocolate belonged to an English aristocrat who fought in the Second Boer War, Sir Henry …
Reuters UKInternet's 'Hide the Pain Harold' accidentally used by Swedish COVID-19 vaccine websiteverified_publisherReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A health authority in Sweden unwittingly used ‘Hide the Pain Harold’ - one of the internet’s most-recognised figures - as the face of its COVID-19 vaccination booking website, officials said on Tuesday evening, adding the image had now been removed. Harold is actually Hungarian …
Reuters UKBe at peace, meditate, Trump Buddha statue designer tells former presidentverified_publisherReuters - Martin Quin PollardXIAMEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese furniture maker Hong Jinshi first created a couple of pint-sized statues of former U.S. President Donald Trump meditating in a Buddhist pose as a fun project for himself last year. Six months on, Hong’s amusing hobby has turned into a small side-hustle, with a …
