Sri Lanka's government-backed astrologers have for the first time failed to agree on a date for this year's New Year celebrations, AFP reports.
A majority has decided that the celebration will fall on April 13, something that astrologer Roshan Chanaka, among others, warns could lead to a disaster.
- Sri Lanka will be engulfed in flames, he says, without elaborating further.
42 astrologers are employed by the island nation's Ministry of Culture and are also consulted by Sri Lanka's Buddhist and Hindu communities, private individuals and companies.
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The washed-up bags contained 840 kilos of drugs
18 bags with a total of 840 kilos of drugs have washed ashore in a bay in western Zealand, TT reports. The parts of the luggage that the Danish police have had time to test have yielded results for cocaine.
"We currently have no knowledge of where the narcotics come from, how long it has been in the water, or whether it was intended for recipients in Denmark at all," the police write in a press release.
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Threats to biodiversity
One million bird-eating mice are to be killed with 550 tons of poison
Conservationists plan to exterminate all mice living on the uninhabited Marion Island between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica, AP reports.
The mice arrived on the island accidentally from ships about 200 years ago and are considered to be a threat to the biodiversity, especially about 30 species of birds, on the island. According to the news agency, the mice have been multiplying in an uncontrolled manner in recent decades in line with rising temperatures.
According to estimates, there are about one million mice and they live on waterfowl, among other things, despite the size difference. The hope is that with the help of between four and six helicopters and 550 tons of poison, every single one will be killed by 2027.
The rodents attack the birds in groups