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Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum during pandemic shutdown
Publication date 31 March 2020 | 22:27 | ICTThieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh early on Monday in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Magnet slip puts inventor in hospital
Publication date 31 March 2020 | 22:26 | ICTAn Australian astrophysicist bored by coronavirus isolation saw his attempted invention to stop people catching the disease go hilariously wrong when he landed in hospital with magnets stuck up his nose.
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Thai elephant crisis: Hungry and in chains
Publication date 31 March 2020 | 21:57 | ICTUnderfed and chained up for endless hours, campaigners warn that many elephants working in Thailand’s tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos or shifted into the illegal logging trade as the coronavirus decimates visitor numbers.
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CCF spinning dreams for Phnom Penh’s down-and-out
Publication date 31 March 2020 | 00:09 | ICTInside a Prek Toal community home located in the area of a former landfill in Phnom Penh’s Stung Meanchey commune, Ly Vannak was diligently cutting and sewing fabric.
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Mother Nature taking back world’s empty city streets as humans retreat
Publication date 31 March 2020 | 00:07 | ICTAs humans retreat into their homes as more and more countries go under coronavirus lockdown, wild animals are slipping cover to explore the empty streets of some of our biggest cities.
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Kiwis snitching on lockdown rule-breakers crashes website
Publication date 31 March 2020 | 00:04 | ICTNew Zealanders have become so keen to report their neighbours for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules that police on Monday said a website dedicated to addressing the issue crashed soon after going live.
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Restaurant in Florida receives $10,000 tip a day before closing
Publication date 30 March 2020 | 23:24 | ICTA customer left a $10,000 tip to be divided among the employees of a Florida restaurant, a day before it was forced to close because of the coronavirus outbreak, the owner said.
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With toilet paper for prizes, US golfers play on despite pandemic
Publication date 30 March 2020 | 23:23 | ICTWhile most global sport has shut down over the coronavirus pandemic, a US third-level women’s golf tour is playing through, aided by a ruling declaring Arizona courses as essential businesses – and where a winner’s prize recently in
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South African couple run ‘balcony marathon’
Publication date 30 March 2020 | 23:23 | ICTA South African couple who ran a marathon on the balcony of their Dubai apartment, streaming it online, plan to take the project global to help people shake off the coronavirus blues.
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Lebanese applaud virus-battling health workers
Publication date 30 March 2020 | 23:21 | ICTCheering erupted from balconies and windows in Lebanon on Sunday evening, as the country’s citizens celebrated their “heroic” medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.