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Bears, booze, and bogus embassies: The week in weird news
Bears in ice cream shops, wine-loving train staff and fake embassies – a roundup of the week’s strangest stories
Aug 22, 2025
Aug 22, 2025
Bears in ice cream shops, wine-loving train staff and fake embassies – a roundup of the week’s strangest stories
Trump fires over 1,300 State Department employees, sparking warnings of damage to U.S. foreign policy
China says fueling tensions, making threats, and exerting pressure will only escalate and expand the conflict, not help de-escalate it

Israel shuts global embassies after attack on Iran
Israel has suspended consular services and urged its citizens to cooperate with local security forces amid any hostile activity