Some funny and interesting headlines from around the world:
- GPS backpacks track NZ hedgehogs: Hedgehogs are the smallest mammal to ever be tracked by GPS, following a study by scientists in New Zealand.
- New York picks Nissan as new taxi cab: New York says Japan’s Nissan Motor has won a contract to provide the next generation of the city’s ubiquitous yellow taxis.
- Extinct ‘wolf’ hunted like a cat: The extinct Australian carnivore known as a thylacine was an ambush predator that could not outrun its prey over long distances, according to a new analysis.
- Elvis falls off US baby name list: The name Elvis was not among the top 1,000 US baby names in 2010, the first year it had not made the list since 1954, the US government says.
- Chimpanzees’ 66 gestures revealed: Wild chimpanzees use at least 66 distinct gestures to communicate with each other, according to scientists.
- Spy dramas vanish from Chinese TV: Chinese media regulators suspend spy and police shows from television ahead of the ruling Communist party’s 90th anniversary.
- France returns Maori warrior head: The mummified, tattooed head of an ancient Maori warrior returns to New Zealand, after more than a century in a French museum.
- Samoa time jumps forward by a day: The South Pacific island nation of Samoa is to jump forward in time by one day in order to boost its economy.
- Buffett applies for vacant The Office job: US billionaire and philanthropist Warren Buffett is to feature in the season finale of US version of The Office, according to reports.
- Row over South Korean school skirts: A row over how to respond to ever shortening school skirts is brewing in South Korea, with one local education body planning to place boards in front of desks.
- Rome quake rumours spark flight: Thousands of people plan to stay away from Rome on 11 May, fearing predictions from a dead seismologist of a massive quake.
- Bolivian son’s 1,000km wrong turn: A 10-year-old Bolivian boy, who left home in search of his mother, mistakenly ends up in Chile after a 1,000km journey by lorry.
