Off Beat News

If you happen to be awake and staring at your smartphone in the very early hours of the morning on Sunday, March 8, you’ll have the small pleasure of watching the time jump right from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.

Police in Hong Kong have arrested two men and are searching for a third after the group stole about 600 toilet paper rolls, in a robbery likely sparked by coronavirus fears that have gripped the city.

A Canadian businessman and failed mayoral candidate was thrown in jail for 30 days after telling a judge he burned 1 million Canadian dollars in cash — in two separate bonfires

The Church of England has decided to apologize for racism experienced by “countless black, Asian and minority ethnic people” over the past 70 years.

The one thing everyone knows – or thinks they know – about Ludwig van Beethoven is that he composed some of music’s greatest masterpieces while completely deaf.

A Michigan family removed from an American Airlines flight in Miami when staff claimed they had body odour are suing the airline.

A Belgian man has been arrested at Lima Airport in Peru with 20 live birds stuffed into his suitcase.

Two sisters, who were joined in the chest and abdomen, have been successfully separated in a surgery by a 78-member team in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.

A man convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes, will “never be safe to be released”, a judge has said.

A pair of “Jesus Shoes” are on sale for $4,000 — and for that price, the lucky owner can literally walk on water. The shoes were designed by Brooklyn-based creative arts company MSCHF and they come with holy water in the soles.