From a Chinese man's karmic revenge on developers to the German railway's dirty secret, your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. Whatever you want to do, do with full passion, and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. Irrespective of whether you have ...

Big Swinger bails out favourite backers with stunning burst in Caulfield win. Promising gelding Big Swinger overcame several difficulties to prevail at Caulfield, to the relief of his owners and ...