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Farmers in Bangladesh survive the monsoon by building floating farmsFarmers in Bangladesh survive the monsoon by building floating farms
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Floyd Mayweather floors Tenshin Nasukawa three times to win exhibitionFloyd Mayweather floors Tenshin Nasukawa three times to win exhibition
Mayweather was smiling as he floored Nasukawa three times in the opening round

Floyd Mayweather needed just 140 seconds to beat Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition boxing bout worth a reported $9m.

Former five-weight world champion Mayweather, 41, was smiling during the short-lived contest in Tokyo as he floored the 20-year-old

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Pete Tong NYE 'balloon drop' cancelled after protestsPete Tong NYE 'balloon drop' cancelled after protests
Image copyrightAFPImage caption The Manila resort had hoped to get into the Guinness book of World Records

A plan to break records by releasing 130,000 balloons at a resort in the Philippines on New Year's Eve has been cancelled after a backlash over its potential environmental impact.

The party, at Okada Manila,

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Australian cane toads hitch a lift on python's back after stormAustralian cane toads hitch a lift on python's back after storm
Image:Cane toads ride on python's back after thunderstorm

Some called it the Outback Uber - 10 cane toads have been caught riding a python.

Paul Mock, of Kununurra in the far north of Western Australia, filmed the bizarre sight after a heavy thunderstorm on Sunday night.

The animals were trying to escape an overflowing dam on the Mocks' property

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Duterte: Outrage as Philippines president says he touched a maidDuterte: Outrage as Philippines president says he touched a maid
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There has been a wave of criticism after Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he sexually assaulted a maid when he was a teenager.

In a speech, he recalled confessing to a priest how he reached into the maid's underwear as she slept.

Women's rights group Gabriela said Mr Duterte was "unworthy of his position and should

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Philippines deadly storm and landslides kill more than 60Philippines deadly storm and landslides kill more than 60
Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption The storm is the second deadliest to hit the Philippines in 2018

More than 60 people have died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines, with locals reportedly taken by surprise by its strength.

Storm Usman hit the Bicol region southeast of capital Manila on Saturday.

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