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Flooding, severe weather devastate Texas
Six people died and at least two others were missing Sunday after heavy rains in Texas and Kansas caused severe flooding. In one case near Austin, which received nine inches of rain this week, a vehicle with two people was swept off a flooded roadway. Threats of floods prompted authorities to evacuate thousands of prisoners...
Indian police arrest five in Delhi over assaults on Africans
Indian police say five people have been arrested over attacks on six Africans last Thursday, the latest in a number of assaults that have strained ties between African countries and India. Earlier this month, a Congolese man was beaten to death following a dispute over hiring an auto-rickshaw. India has promised tough action...
European migrant crisis:: Shipwrecks ‘kill up to 700 migrants’
Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says. The boats sank south of Italy on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as the migrants tried to reach Europe in unseaworthy vessels. Spring weather has led to a surge of people attempting the...
Ukraine fire kills 17 in care home near Kiev
Seventeen people have died in a fire at a building housing elderly people in a village near Ukraine's capital Kiev. The fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday in a two-storey building housing some 35 people. "Emergency services units saved 18 people, five of whom have been hospitalised with burns of varying...
Child falls into gorilla cage at Cincinnati Zoo, rescued from 400-pound male gorilla
Zoo officials have shot dead a gorilla after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati. The boy climbed though a barrier and fell into a moat, where he was grabbed and dragged by the gorilla. The zoo said it took action to shoot the 400lb (180kg) gorilla as the situation was...
Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela
The German airline, Lufthansa, has announced that it will suspend flights to Venezuela from 18 June due to economic difficulties in the country. The company also said currency controls in Venezuela made it impossible for airlines to convert their earnings into dollars and send the money abroad. Venezuela's economy has been...
Tropical storm Bonnie edges toward Carolinas on holiday weekend
Coastal North and South Carolina are bracing for heavy rainfall and winds as Tropical Storm Bonnie slowly heads toward the coast. The National Weather Service said in an advisory early Sunday that the center of the tropical storm moving northwest at about 6 miles per hour, just in time to disrupt Memorial Day weekend plans for...
Search for teen seen bleeding, dragged by suspect focuses on Northern California coast
The frantic search for a teenage girl who was last seen being dragged, bleeding and screaming, by an armed acquaintance has shifted to a remote area in Northern California about 65 miles from where she was abducted. The Solano County Sheriff's Office said Friday that new information was prompting investigators to focus...
Demi Moore scared with her skinny body
The star looks very thin and haggard. Demi is going through hard times. The actress is very afraid of loneliness and still did not forget her ex-husband Ashton Kutcher, with whom she divorced a few years ago. Demi Moore appeared at a gala dinner in honor of the centennial of Vogue magazine. The star...
Johnny Depp beat his wife’s face with iPhone (photo)
Actor Johnny Depp in court banned closer than 100 yards to approach his wife Amber Heard. Earlier this week it became known that the young wife of the famous Hollywood actor filed for divorce. In court, Hurd said that Depp repeatedly beat her, in connection with which the actress and demanded to forbid him to approach her. Hurd...
The remains of Sergei Bodrov were found (shocking PHOTO)
On Friday, March 21, all of Vladikavkaz and the whole country heard the news: a group of industrial motorists discovered in the gorge Karmadon fragments of the human body. Near the remains lay a pile of crumpled iron — in the past it was a car. Close relatives Bodrov Jr. — father Sergey, mother and...
Donald Trump rally sparks clashes in San Diego
Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have clashed in the city of San Diego in California. Police declared a gathering outside the city's convention centre unlawful and made 12 arrests, as stones and water bottles were thrown. Mr Trump was in the city near the Mexican border to hold a...