Police say the woman was “rattled” and “in a state of shock” when she looked down to find the deadly snake by her feet.
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Belgium’s sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.
Trump picks loyalist ex-aide as FBI director
The president-elect also chooses a Florida sheriff to lead drug enforcement, and gives Ivanka’s father-in-law a role.
‘They threw her body into the ocean’ – woman dies on boat headed for French island
Woman’s body thrown overboard after boat abandoned by people smugglers in the Indian Ocean.
Food charity pauses Gaza work after staff killed in Israeli strike
Israel said the target of the strike was involved in the October 7 attacks and also worked at the charity World Central Kitchen.
World Beekeeping Awards axe honey prize due to fraud
A report found that 46% of sampled honey products had likely been bulked out with cheaper sugar syrups.
Trump picks Ivanka’s father-in-law for ambassador to France
The president-elect had pardoned Charles Kushner of federal charges during his first term.
Woman searching for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook
Tamuna Museridze has reunited hundreds of families torn apart by a baby trafficking scandal – now she has found her own birth parents.
Thousands visit site of Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination
At the site of a crater left by the Israeli air strike that killed him, Nasrallah’s supporters wept and chanted his name.
Family ‘desperate’ as pair still missing in Red Sea sinking
The family of a couple missing after a tourist boat sank are anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.