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Woman caught smuggling 19 lizards through Melbourne airport Authorities in Australia claim that they stopped one of the largest illegal wildlife smuggling attempts at the Melbourne International Airport.

'No bad days': Texas native opens Belize bar after becoming a construction millionaire At the sandy fringe of the pristine blue-green waters and under the balmy Spring air of sleepy Caye Caulker, Belize, there is a place that offers the familiar smells of bacon on the grill and the sounds of red dirt Texas country. The low-slung Barrier Reef Sports Bar & Grill rests alongside a long stretch of charmingly disheveled hostels and storefronts, and its owner Lee Williams promises to be a home and a home away from home.

Giant Idaho potato prop converted into Airbnb rental A 6-ton potato has been converted into an Airbnb in Idaho after touring the U.S. for 6 years.

Disneyland is limiting Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge visitors to four-hour windows Disney is helping fans travel to a galaxy far, far away, but only for a very small window of time.

A rescue helicopter plucked a Malaysian climber from Mount Annapurna in west Nepal on Friday, where he was stranded for two days after climbing the world’s tenth highest mountain this week, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Dy8JUM

The leader of Italy's ruling 5-Star Movement expects Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to force a junior minister involved in a graft scandal to resign despite resistance from coalition partner, the League, according to comments in Corriere della Sera. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Wb3Loc

The demotion of Kim Yong Chol, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's point man for nuclear talks with the United States, signals he has taken the fall for the failed second summit between the two countries, diplomats in Seoul and regional experts said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GHePnD

A burglar stole 11 guns from a police station in New Zealand, some of which were surrendered to authorities in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Christchurch, police said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2vkdAEw

The armed wing of Hamas is using increasingly complex methods of raising funds via bitcoin, researchers say, highlighting the difficulties regulators face in tracking cryptocurrency financing of outfits designated by some as terrorist groups. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ZCl7wf

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VpynW2

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin peace and security on the Korean peninsula depended on the United States, warning that a state of hostility could easily return, North Korean media said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Pv0RIl

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GH2hN3

Extremist ideology must be defeated, Britain's Prince William said during a visit to a New Zealand mosque on Friday where dozens were killed in a mass shooting last month after earlier meeting survivors of the massacre. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2UFcOvZ

(In this April 23 story, corrects date on which Heisei era began to Jan. 8.) from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2KZgrxq

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is accelerating a plan to cut up to half of the workforce at the U.S. embassy in Kabul starting at the end of next month, sparking concern it will undermine the fragile Afghan peace process, U.S. officials and congressional aides said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2L01pYd

Rising waters were prompting further evacuations in central Canada on Thursday, with the mayor of the country's capital, Ottawa, declaring a state of emergency and Quebec authorities warning that a hydroelectric dam was at risk of breaking. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Zx3ldP