Reuters: Oddly Enough

• Monkeys run amok in India's corridors of power
  India's government faces a tough re-election battle next year but first it must deal with an opponent as wily as any political rival, troops of monkeys that have become a big threat around its offices in New Delhi.
• Bug business: Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste
  In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them - millions of cockroaches scuttling and fluttering across stacks of wooden boards as they devour food scraps by the tonne in a novel form of urban waste disposal.
• Enter the Bull: Fighters mix kung fu and bullfighting in China
  Several times a week, kung fu teacher Ren Ruzhi enters a ring to spar with a bovine opponent around five times his weight and capable of killing him.
• Cops seek suitor who dropped engagement ring down NYC grating
  New York City police sought on Saturday for an unlucky suitor who dropped an engagement ring down a Times Square grating while proposing to his fiancee, who nonetheless told him yes.
• Air New Zealand Christmas ad replicates Trump's U.N. laughter moment
  An Air New Zealand advertisement released for the Christmas season this week takes a dig at U.S. President Donald Trump by portraying an American boy wearing a "Make Christmas Great Again" red cap being laughed at by other children on Santa's "naughty" list.
• Thais pray they're barking up the right tree looking for lottery luck
  Superstition and looking for luck are a part of daily life in Thailand. In one temple in central Bangkok, visitors hope to find it hidden in the bark of an ancient tree.
• Who brings olive oil to Portugal? Police foil cocaine smuggler's ploy
  Who would bring a suitcase full of olive oil to Portugal, one of the world's biggest producers of the stuff?
• Darts-Players let rip in flatulence row at Grand Slam of Darts
  Players set more than just their arrows flying at the Grand Slam of Darts this week, with opponents rowing over who had emitted noxious smells during their match, media reported on Saturday.
• Japan cybersecurity and Olympics minister: 'I've never used a computer'
  (Corrects minister's time in parliament in second paragraph of this Nov. 14 story.)
• Soccer: Referee banned by FA after rock, paper, scissors blunder
  Referee David McNamara has been handed a three-week ban by the English FA for asking two captains to play rock, paper, scissors to decide the kick-off before a Women's Super League (WSL) match after forgetting his coin, British media reported on Tuesday.