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May 10 2017
Woman videotapes kangaroo grabbing girl at animal park
The animal then retaliates by reaching through the fence, grabbing the older daughter by the hair and biting her head. Cheyenne had to have 14 stitches in her head, and i...
May 10 2017
Le Pen vows 'to create new political force'
He also accused Philippot, who was one of le Pen's major advisors, of being responsible for Marine Le Pen's defeat. In a speech to supporters, in which she publicly con...
May 10 2017
Pakistan Relationship Like A 'Critically Ill Patient': Condoleezza Rice
And when you haven't been in government before it looks kind of easy in there, until you get in there. When asked if she personally liked the president, Rice said: "I d...
May 09 2017
Chinese export, import growth slow in April as rebound cools
China's exports and imports rose in April but missed analysts' expectations, as domestic and foreign demand faltered and commodity prices fell. China's export outlook h...
May 09 2017
Safe in Canada, Refugees Pay Justin Trudeau a Sweet Thanks
Afraa and Muhammad Bilan came to Canada in February 2016 with their two eldest children Naya, 4, and Nael, 3. Afraa Bilan tells the Toronto Star that the family loves...
May 09 2017
Evacuation of rebels and their families under way in district of Damascus
Later, Syria's foreign minister said there will be no worldwide forces under United Nations supervision as part of the deal struck by Russia, Iran and Turkey. The deal wa...
May 09 2017
Afghan air force pounds area after death of IS commander
In a statement released Sunday , the commander of USA forces in Afghanistan said Sheikh Abdul Hasib was killed in a raid on April 27. It was carried out by Afgha...
May 09 2017
Metro fares hiked by up to 66 per cent
The new fares would be applicable across five corridors - Blue, Yellow, Red, Green and Violet - of the metro that crisscrosses the national capital, with the total networ...
May 07 2017
French campaign revs up with rival rallies, May Day marches
The Ifop survey for the Journal du Dimanche highlights two key battlegrounds as centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right opponent Marine Le Pen ent...
May 07 2017
Trump administration: softwood threat from Trudeau government 'inappropriate'
The second threat include possible duties against OR industries. OR has been one of the loudest supporters of an up to 24% tax on Canadian softwood lumber. "We share th...
May 06 2017
UNESCO decries 102 journalists' death in 2016
The United Nations has called on the Eritrean government to release journalist, playwright and writer Dawit Isaak, who was jailed since 2001 during a political crackdown....
May 06 2017
Turkish jets bomb U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq
It described the strikes as a "counterterrorism" operation "within the scope of the worldwide law" to prevent the PKK from sending " terrorists , arms, ammunition, and ex...
May 06 2017
Maduro: Congress shaking in boots before new elections
Soldiers bathed hundreds of protesters in tear gas at the Central University of Venezuela, with medics in gas masks attending to students with bloodied faces and limbs. W...
May 06 2017
North Korea quiet amid expectation of missile follow-up
The move also comes as the US and South Korea are keeping a close watch on the possibility of Pyongyang conducting a nuclear test or a ballistic missile launch on Tuesday...
May 04 2017
China to launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia
The Chinese government has been blocking or otherwise denying access to specific pages on the Chinese edition of Wikipedia, and while Chinese companies do have online e...
May 04 2017
Federal Bureau of Investigation translator marries ISIS operative!
An FBI translator traveled to Syria and married a German rapper-turned so-called "Islamic State" (IS) operative she was assigned to investigate, U.S. broadcaster CNN ha...
May 04 2017
Jaw-dropping plane crash captured on dash cam
Moments after hitting the pylon, the plane struck a traffic light pole and crashed into a busy street below - leaving onlookers terrified. No one suffered serious injur...
May 04 2017
Madhya Pradesh decides to shift to January-December fiscal year
The move comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week pitched for shifting fiscal year to January- December. It will also ease in doing business with investors and ...
May 04 2017
Melania Trump throws serious shade on her husband on Twitter
Ostroy joked that the only wall President Trump has built is one between himself and his wife, Melania Trump. Melania Trump liked a tweet suggesting that she disli...
May 04 2017
Court: Gay couple's suit against Kentucky clerk can proceed
Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage. The court's ruling reverses a USA district judge's August decision to dismiss the couple's case, which cited a new ...