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A senior banking lawyer has launched a new collection of plays and poetry with a financial twist. Erik Vrij, head of legal in the corporate and transactional banking team at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), recently launched Macbet & King Liar: Financial Tragedy & Poetry.

A town has announced an unusual plan to reduce crime by planting 1,200 trees. Local officials in Alief, a suburb of Houston, Texas, will spend $2 million (around £1.6m) to plant the trees along 17 miles of road by 2025.

The African Conservation Foundation (ACF) has launched an NFT project to raise $1.2 million (£0.97m) for the conservation of the critically endangered Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 300 individuals remaining in the wild, the foundation aims to create protected areas and corridors while t

An ancient Roman bust purchased for $34.99 at a Texas thrift store and has been on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art is now being repatriated to Germany. Five years ago, Laura Young, a thrift store owner, discovered the ancient Roman bust at a Texas Goodwill for just $34.99.

A military reservist has been arrested after allegedly applying to be a hitman on a spoof website called "rentahitman.com".

A Chinese couple staying at a Seoul Airbnb incurred over $1,570 (£1,262) in expenses, including a $116 (£93) water and electricity bill and a $730 (£587) gas bill, after leaving the heating on and taps running for 25 days in retaliation for the host's refusal to cancel their bookin

A construction worker from Maryland has won the top prize of $100,000 in a crossword scratch-off game.

Chuck O'Rear, the 81-year-old snapper behind the world's most viewed pic, opened up about the adventure he embarked on to sell his not-so-average photo.

The Turkish central bank is reportedly purchasing millions of US Dollars daily from vendors at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar in response to the nation's foreign currency crisis.

A man who made more than £1 million selling fake vinyl records was caught after a discerning fan of The Clash complained about the poor quality of an LP. Trading standards officers investigated Richard Hutter and found he had been selling thousands of counterfeit records over a six-year period

Bankruptcy papers have revealed that FTX's accounting standards were so lax that employees submitted business expenses and invoices via Slack, where they were rubber-stamped by a flurry of emojis.

A full set of Beatles autographs has been sold at auction for more than three times its estimate, fetching £3,400.

A retired optometrist who unsuccessfully sued Gwyneth Paltrow over a ski crash in 2016 has said the ordeal was not worth it.

Hungry Scots have munched their way through more than 185 million carrots from Aldi Scotland, which reported impressive sales of the root vegetable this International Carrot Day (4 April). Kevin the Carrot, Aldi's beloved mascot, revealed the discount retailer sold over 203,000 1kg bags of carrots,

A French woman is facing trial for insulting President Emmanuel Macron by calling him "filth" in a Facebook post. She risks a €12,000 fine at the trial to be held later this year.