Odd News Roundup: Australia's note typo; cable car for Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 09-05-2019 18:43 IST | Created: 09-05-2019 18:43 IST
Odd News Roundup: Australia's note typo; cable car for Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro
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Australia's central bank takes 'responsibilty' for note typo

Millions of A$50 ($35) banknotes in Australia have an embarrassing typographical error that was overlooked by the country's central bank before they were printed and circulated. The goof first became known on Thursday when a listener on radio outlet Triple M sent the station a magnified photo of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) new A$50 note highlighting the word "responsibility" misspelt as "responsibilty" three times.

Stop bugging him: Philippine leader brushes off finger-sized pest

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte seemed unfazed when a finger-sized cockroach scrambled onto his shoulder as he spoke at a campaign rally on Wednesday night. Duterte, 74, was endorsing Senate candidates at the event in central Bohol province when the insect ran up his left shoulder, video footage showed.

Tanzania plans cable car for Mount Kilimanjaro

Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western company. Around 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually. A cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 per cent by providing access to the mountain for those unable to climb it, Constantine Kanyasu, the deputy minister for tourism, said.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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