The “world’s most expensive candle”, named Smells Like Capitalism, has been put on sale priced at £2,021. Its maker, Flaming Crap, says it “gives off an aroma of musky leather aroma with notes of Great British sterling kept in an off-shore account”. It was inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow’s “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle.
£6.2m stamp ‘smaller than expected’
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Lottery winner shares jackpot with herself
A lottery winner who accidentally bought two identical tickets for the same draw has ended up sharing the jackpot prize with herself. Susan Gray, from North Carolina, is believed to be the world’s first sole joint jackpot winner, having scooping two halves of the $305,046 (£221,000) top prize of the Carolina Cash 5 draw. “It was really an accident that I played both,” she said.
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Claudette Colvin: teenage activist who paved the way for Rosa ParksIn The Spotlight Inspired by the example of 19th century abolitionists, 15-year-old Colvin refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
