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- Jon Levine, Paula Froelich, Wires

All it takes to be a millionair­e in Venezuela is a few American pennies: The beleaguere­d South American country’s economy is so bad, they’re introducin­g a 1-million-bolivar note worth roughly 53 cents.

According to a statement from the country’s central bank, Venezuela will also be printing 200,000and 500,000-bolivar bills along with 1-million-bolivar bills.

A man is under arrest after allegedly bilking his unsuspecti­ng countrymen in a phone scam by pretending to be Donald Trump.

Speaking as Trump in deliberate­ly broken Japanese, Yoshihiro Fusano allegedly told victims, “You’re under contract for internatio­nal insurance. In order to cancel it, you have to pay a cancellati­on fee” and took in thousands of dollars in the process. Fusano has maintained his innocence.

A Siberian village has received a brand new digital-transmissi­on tower after a resident went viral for having to climb a 26-foot tall tree so he could get enough signal to attend university lectures online.

Alexei Dudoladov regularly made the trek to the birch, often in cold weather. He had pleaded for help in a clip addressed to the regional governor.

The coronaviru­s has led to an explosion of new German words, according to Leibniz Institute for the German Language.

Among the new entries are “Corona mutations ge bi et ”— an area with high corona virus mutations—and“Ge is terve ran st al tung ”— a large event where no people are allowed to attend.

“If we can talk about things and name them, then we can communicat­e with each other. Especially in times of crisis, this is important,” said Christine Möhrs.

Visitors to the Xiangwusha­n Zoo in Xianning, Hubei, were confused to find a Rottweiler in the wolf enclosure.

A visitor’s video went viral after he filmed the caged animal while saying: “Woof ! Are you a wolf ?”

A staffer claimed the wolf usually featured in the exhibit had died of old age, said the man who took the footage.

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