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A visitor to the Centre-Pompidou Metz in eastern France has eaten Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian", which consists of a fresh banana taped to a wall.

US-listed shares in doughnut chain Krispy Kreme and camera maker GoPro surged on Wednesday, marking the latest flare-up of the "meme stock" phenomenon. Driven by retail traders organising on social media forums like Reddit's WallStreetBets, the rally echoed the GameStop mania of 2021.

Microsoft has signed a 12-year deal estimated to be worth over $1.7 billion (c. £1.25bn) with the carbon removal firm Vaulted Deep to dispose of 4.9 million metric tonnes of waste by using a material sourced from manure, sewage, and agricultural byproducts. Vaulted Deep’s technique is un

Dozens of peacocks and peahens have been reported stolen from the grounds of a luxury hotel. The birds have become an iconic feature of the Ryde Hotel in Walnut Grove, California since their introduction nearly 15 years ago.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Anna Standish, concluding a high-profile divorce battle with her former husband, ex-UBS chief financial officer Clive Standish, over assets worth nearly £80 million. The ruling upholds a Court of Appeal decision that significantly reduced Mrs Stand

A TikToker is being sued by the manufacturer of the children's toys she uses to tell soap opera-style stories involving sex and drugs. More than 2.5 million people follow @sylvaniandrama on TikTok, where Thea Von Engelbrechten posts short stories illustrated with Sylvanian Families felt figurines.

Archaeologists in the Bohemia region of the Czech Republic have discovered a significant 2,200-year-old Celtic settlement, described as "unparalleled in its scale and character". The vast 25-hectare site was unearthed during a survey for a new motorway near the city of Hradec Králové.

The iconic 'Rosebud' sled from Orson Welles’s 1941 classic, Citizen Kane, has sold at auction for an astonishing $14.75 million (c. £11m). The sale makes it the second most valuable piece of film memorabilia ever sold, surpassed only by a pair of ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, whic

A woman who allegedly seduced and then blackmailed Buddhist monks has been arrested by police in Thailand. "Ms Golf", as she has been dubbed by police, allegedly extracted 385 million baht (c. £8.8m) from at least nine victims over three years, the BBC reports.

The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 25-kilogram meteorite, is expected to fetch between $2 million and $4 million at auction. The rock, known as NWA 16788, will be sold by Sotheby's New York this Wednesday as part of its natural history sale.

A shoe shop has suffered the theft of more than 50 right shoes. Police in Queensland, Australia have appealed for witnesses after a man nicked the 53 shoes – just half of 106 pairs – from a shopping centre on Monday.

A shoe shop has suffered the theft of more than 50 right shoes. Police in Queensland, Australia have appealed for witnesses after a man nicked the 53 shoes – just half of 106 pairs – from a shopping centre on Monday.

As the fierce competition for emerging talent in the financial sector has intensifies, Goldman Sachs has reportedly implemented a new policy requiring its junior investment banking analysts to affirm their commitment to the firm every quarter. The strategy follows a similar robust stance from JPMorg

A lawyer who left a hurried note on another lawyer's car after "dinging" it was entering into a binding contract to pay them, a tribunal has ruled. Carly Peddle wrote and left a note which read "I dinged your back passenger door / happy to pay for!" after accidentally denting Richard Brooks' car doo

A furniture store has been ordered to pay damages to a couple who bought a sofa without knowing its feather cushions would need to be regularly fluffed. Canadian couple Donna and Thomas Dobko launched civil proceedings against Muse & Merchant after being disappointed with the floppiness of their