Barbs Wire
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Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirky and trawls the internet to bring you her daily choice of curated stories - Monday to Thursday at 9.35am #BarbsWire
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Barbs Wire: US Open etiquette fails, Dolly’s vandalised star, and Airlink flyover becomes a game
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Times Square horror, pheromone-maxxing stink and Punch the monkey’s goodbye crowd
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Flyovers Rassie’s F-bomb, Baseline’s glow-up and America’s toilet-paper problem
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Nepal flood horror, Dolly’s royal 9 to 5 and Tim Curry’s final curtain
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Barbs WIre: Dolly tributes, Callaway’s ad disaster and Japan’s human-powered castle move
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: 9/11 DNA breakthrough, plastic-bottle cookies and Amazon’s drone-drop chaos
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Screen-time curveball, crying emoji takeover and Haaland’s hair shock
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Cancer-vaccine hope, plane-etiquette merch and Angélique Kidjo’s Hollywood history
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Rusks meet diplomacy, China embraces terrible animation and a goose saves the barn
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Album-drop driving danger, pigeon-speed messaging, and Bean’s rescue at sea
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Delivery driver respite, Bumble’s big dating flip and Tyla’s SAMA love letter
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Eclipse-mania, emotionally fluent dogs and gamers in the control tower
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Dobby’s grave wins, Mars bars relic shows shrinkflation and SA speaks fluent car lights
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: SA snow pics go viral, Colombia quake horror and Edinburgh cheers the fitted-sheet guy
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Bathroom politics, allergy-free beagles and Bok jersey fever
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Hotel Wi-Fi traps warning, mammoth bones in the Danube and Jamie Oliver’s gum war
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: LinkedIn fights AI slop, a Baltic swim makes history and Spanish farmers finds donkeys alive after wildfires
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Gen Z pretends to work, shrub cops catch texters and Fireman and Stephen finally reunited
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Pre-school escape artists, cruise fork horror and Woolies’ Godzilla avos
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Beach landing, influencer degrees and Axel’s Downing Street snub
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Durban delivery driver hit-and-run, Venezuela’s miracle dog and Fireman’s journey home
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Tour de france support-car chaos, AI speech awkwardness and Punch turns one
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: AI goes rogue, Hitler’s birthplace gets a badge and Larry the Cat faces a dog dilemma at No.10
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Robbie’s mint defence, coffee’s redemption, and the sax that made Pink Panther purr goes silent
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: World Cup final fury, Erling Haaland’s comment-section era and Uber Rob’s accidental night out
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: World Cup final viral moments, a porta-potty rescue and Jimothy the raccoon’s cult following
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: TV reporter's cockroach composure, sugar in space and Messi’s baby-photo destiny
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Barbs wire: Exploding gut, smoking nostalgia and Haaland’s stuffed raccoon
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Russian gun chaos, a Yellowstone bison launch and FIFA’s $450 grass grab
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Guggenheim gets tested for Legionnaires, Norwegian Air wears BA’s colours, and Fireman and his human reunited in Malawi
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Waymo snitches, Norway’s football sons rise and a flight turns into viral World Cup momentsi class
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Table Mountain safety fears, World Cup gets half time show, and airline mocks passengers who jump the aisle
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: VAR fury, a wobbling NYC tower and Dolly the dog’s happy homecoming
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Molly Tea’s logo drama, a flipping iceberg and a baby with Bad Bunny rhythm
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: 4th July fireworks misfire, Harry Potter keeps hope alive, and Norway's Erling Haaland makes history
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: France swelters, AI calls in the humans and birds building with war cables
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Bafana returns to World Cup cheers, RIP roadside beers and one very social missing dog
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: SA’s tense marches, a 96-year-old party queen and Venezuela’s rescue dog hero
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Bafana make history, Gen Z fake-shops for dopamine and Gracie the giraffe is still on the run in Texas
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: WhatsApp wants R29, a monkey masters the seesaw and Norway rows into World Cup folklore
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Larry the Cat outlasts another PM, Microsoft Teams enters its 'are you really at work?' era and the World Cup sickie economy kicks off
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: DR Congo’s statue fan, America’s ranch crisis and Cape Town’s shortest day
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: FIFA’s tape war, Scotland’s Boston takeover and Mexico’s Christmas-sweater superfan
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Cape Verde’s viral keeper, Google’s flight simulator and the cat that stole Romeo and Juliet show
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Tyla’s Disney role, Madonna gets the internet talking and Bruce the dog rescued
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: China’s ‘Card Master’, a World Cup beer collector and Kuils River’s baby-delivering hero
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Tennis stars’ VIP dogs, a fireworks truck inferno and Tom Ro Haven’s search for a new home may be over
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Uber’s weirdest lost items and Norway goes full Viking
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Cape Town wind chaos, the world’s first sound museum, and Justin Bieber’s birthday singalong
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Hawks officer’s coffee machine campaign and Bafana’s mariachi welcome in Mexico
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Bluetooth panic, indie horror’s box-office bite and a La La Land concert rescue
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Meta subscriptions, a one-armed driver beats a cellphone fine, and footballer goes viral
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Spotify bets on Joburg, tourists go 'nuts' for Istanbul’s vendor, and tiny elephant's mock charge steals hearts
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May 28, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Ferrari’s EV stumble, humans chase cheese down a cliff, and diving chess makes a splash
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May 27, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Claustrophobic cave rescue, soaked graduation chaos, and a brutally honest French Open bathroom break
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May 26, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Paraglider survives midair collision, kindergarten graduation brawl, and skateboarder rolls into Cape Town after epic Africa journey
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May 25, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Swatch launch chaos, Africa slowly splitting apart, and SA sets a pet food world record
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May 18, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Local robbery takes surprising turn, accidental beach model goes viral, and a giant cat fights doomscrolling
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May 14, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Robertson floods, Japanese snacks go monochrome, and Black Coffee turns a Roman arena into a dance floor
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May 13, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Storm chaos floods timelines, motorcycle dangles from traffic light, and people recreate their exes with AI
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May 12, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Volcano tragedy, a lion’s traffic cone goes viral, and LEGO rewrites the rules for David Attenborough
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May 11, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Garden Route storm chaos, controversial fruit study sparks debate, and the man who invented 24-hour news dies
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May 07, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: AI wipes company in seconds, Scientology speed-running turns chaotic, and Michael Jackson tops streaming charts again
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May 06, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Met Gala spectacle, dramatic plane landing, and baby hippo Bumpy steals hearts
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May 05, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Road rage video goes viral, farewell Ask Jeeves, and 1,500 beagles get a second chance
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May 04, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: 'Michael' turns cinemas into concerts, marathon super shoes, and Elbie the Jack Russell survives a 13-storey scare
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Salad man goes viral, World Cup tickets hit $2m, and Chuckles crisis averted
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Rio tourists trapped, self-medicating monkeys and a crossword catastrophe
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: UK tobacco crackdown, cocaine salmon and Germany’s granny DJs
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Cape Town’s safety app, the rise of redheads and Japan’s dating-app subsidy
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Cape weather goes viral, hot air balloon emergency landing, and Madonna does Coachella 26 years later
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Toxic fish alert on beaches, SANCCOB’s penguin rescue, and Dubai’s viral husband drop-off lounge
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Trump AI controversy, Hungarian politician's election-night grooves, and the world’s cutest canine astronaut
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Gang taunts SANDF, dog rescue mistaken for AI and Parrot explores ocean in DIY submarine
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: India’s mega headcount, a Texas motorcycle fireball and Ireland’s honking dog
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Everest scam, Nutella in orbit and dating by PowerPoint
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Cyclist tragedy on Victoria Road, a shooting on Jakes Gerwel Drive, and Mama Joy's fallout with Gayton
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Moon missions, million-dollar droids, and April Fools falling flat
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: SANDF finally deployed in the Cape, Island goes bananas, and a viral dog rescue
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Helen Zille’s pothole pool stunt, priceless art heist in Italy, and petrol madness
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Court call gone wrong, a KitKat heist, and a beloved shark’s big release
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Table Mountain helicopter crash, LAX baggage handler backlash and firefighter saves cats
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Stolen dogs escape and trek home, drivers play rock-paper-scissors in traffic, and dancing robot causes chaos
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Panthera's tiger returns home, fitness app exposes warship, and Spotify brings music to the afterlife
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Epstein lookalike goes viral, Zoomers call Boomers, and tributes to Chuck Norris
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: North Korea’s near-perfect vote, a Buddhist robot monk, and pets evacuated to safety
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Barbs Wire: Sri Lanka fuel crisis, burning truck and viral monkey Punch finds love
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Flights dodging conflict zones, Pokémon Go feeding AI, and viral nursing home happy hours
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Dunoon park reborn, teen F1 star wins in China, and elderly DoorDash delivery man sparks act of kindness
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Barb's Wire: Kim Jong Un’s daughter at missile tests, AI animal soapies go viral, and Cape Town swelters in extreme heat
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Iran women’s football asylum drama, runaway SUV rescue and Paris Fashion Week child star
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: LA Marathon mix-up, airline headphone rules, and a runaway otter in Sea Point
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Anti-loneliness pub trend, Tokyo bar bans over-39s, and lost dog survives 43 days in the wild
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Curiosity around a missile, a Tesla freeway nap and an urgent call to save Tom Ro Haven
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Charles Leclerc ties the knot, marathon spectator turned hero, and Barry Manilow charts at 82
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Brain breakthroughs, $26 million bonus madness and baby turtle rescued in the Cape
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Celebs go viral for unrecognisable looks, canned martinis in school lunchboxes and a WW3 survival list
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Red tide warning, sinkhole shock and an Antarctic seal’s 4,500km Cape Town detour
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Locked-up chocolate, coffee machine chaos and a footballer’s feathered rescue
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Barbs Wire: Andrew's Louvre protest photo, new blood test predicts Alzheimer’s, and giant tortoises return to Galapagos after 180 years
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Feb 24, 2026 |