BRUSSELS - BENDY cucumbers, knobbly carrots and other strangely shaped fruit and vegetables, long the source of jibes over EU micro-regulation, will be allowed back onto European supermarket shelves from Wednesday.
STOCKHOLM - A SWEDISH gaming group said on Tuesday it would buy The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing sites, for 5.6 million euros (S$11.4 million).
PARIS - MEN seeking to become a dad should have sex each day, or ejaculate daily, for a week before their partner ovulates in order to maximise sperm quality, according to a study presented on Tuesday.
Australian fertility specialist David Greening recruited 118 men whose sperm had a higher-than-normal level of DNA damage.
TOOLERN VALE (Australia) - AN AUSTRALIAN wildlife sanctuary is carving out a niche exporting dingoes to foreign zoos, aiming to preserve rare bloodlines and shatter misconceptions about the native dog.
Lyn Watson has dedicated more than 20 years to preserving the dingo, which is in danger of disappearing in its pure form due to interbreeding with wild dogs and human encroachment on its habitat.
