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A municipality in Japan celebrated the 80th anniversary of the rescue of Jews by a local diplomat with a bake sale. The benefit, which began this week in Japan’s Gifu district, will continue until Sept. 10 and its proceeds will go toward commemorating Chiune Sugihara’s actions in Japan, Lithuania and beyond, Kyodo News reported Thursday. The district had planned to hold a benefit concert but had to switch to an online sale of cupcakes because of social distancing measures connected to the coronavirus. From July 18 to Aug. 28, 1940, Sugihara, an intelligence officer and consul serving in Lithuania, issued...

Animal lovers and computer hackers have helped hunt down a Lithuanian man who hurled a dog off the side of a bridge and posted the footage on the Internet. Harrowing mobile phone footage shows the man, named by the Daily Mail newspaper as Svajunas Benuik, carrying the dog to the side of the bridge. He then jokes to a friend who is filming him that he is about to prove "dogs can fly". Benuik waits for the traffic to clear before dropping the dog over the edge. Amazingly the dog survives the fall and can be heard crying over the...