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Two years, few answers: Will MH370 mystery ever be solved?
Two years after MH370 went missing and key questions remain unanswered: Where is the plane and what happened in the cockpit in the early hours of March 8, 2014? Amid the conspiracy theories, there are two main views on what might have happened. The first suggests that the captain hijacked the plane and flew it with all 238...
IS teen girl stabs police officer in Germany
A TEENAGE Moroccan girl who cops now say was furious at having to move away from the Islamic State has been arrested following a shocking stabbing attack on a German officer. Breitbart reports that the 15-year-old was wearing a headscarf when she was approached by the officer at a Hanover train station in November. In startling...
Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ sneaked into California twice after escape from prison, his daughter says
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman managed twice to evade border security and sneak into California to visit relatives after his escape from prison, according to his daughter. Guzman entered the U.S. shortly after his interview in October with actor Sean Penn, said the drug kingpin’s eldest daugther,...
Chinese woman trapped in elevator for weeks found dead
BEIJING (AP) — The discovery of a woman's corpse in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi'an has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew who improperly cut off power to the elevator a month ago without checking if anyone was inside. In a statement posted Saturday, the Gaoling district government said...
Seized Turkey paper laments ‘dark days’
Turkey's biggest newspaper, Zaman, has condemned its takeover by the authorities in a defiant last edition published just before police raided it. Saturday's edition said Turkey's press had experienced "one of the darkest days in its history". Police raided Zaman's Istanbul offices hours after a court...
Berta Caseres: Murdered Honduran activist buried
The funeral has taken place of the murdered Honduran indigenous activist, Berta Caceres. An award-winning environmentalist, she was killed on Thursday by gunmen who broke into her house. Her killing was internationally condemned, with Oscar-winner Leonardo de Caprio tweeting that Mrs Caceres's work should be honoured. She...
Zika vaccine ‘within months’
A Zika vaccine could be ready for human trials later this year, according to the man in charge of the US government's research programme. Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, hopes to start testing a DNA vaccine by September. Around 100 Americans have been diagnosed with...
SNOW hits Britain: Schools closed, flights delayed & heavy traffic amid weather chaos
BRITAIN woke up to SNOW this morning as schools were closed, flights delayed and commuters faced hazardous road conditions. The north of England has been blanketed, with as much as 10cm of snow reported on high ground. Leeds Bradford Airport was forced to close as crews work to clear the runway, which could cause delays to...
Andes plane crash: ‘I ate my friends to survive’
In 1972, Roberto Canessa was one of 45 people aboard a plane that crashed high in the Andes mountains. Twelve were killed in the crash, six died in the next few days, and 11 more perished due to the lack of food and harsh conditions they faced. Those who were left ate the bodies of the dead in order to have any chance of living...
Russian teen model stabbed 140 times, eyes gouged out, ears hacked off in attack
A TEENAGE Russian model was allegedly stabbed 140 times, had her eyes gouged out and ears hacked off in a vicious attack by her jealous older sister in an drug-fuelled frenzy. Stefania Dubrovina, 17, was allegedly stabbed to death by her 19-year-old sister Elizaveta before her body was mutilated in a 42-year-old...
Terrified teen LASHED in front of cheering crowd 50 times… for ‘spending time’ with man
A TEEN girl has been lashed 50 times in front of a baying crowd because she started dating a man. The Indonesian woman was whipped for breaking the Islamic Sharia law as she cowered before cheering spectators in the nation’s Aceh province. She was accused of “spending time alone” with a 21-year-old man who was...
If you see on the beach is to create, run all legs! (Photos)
Beach — not a safe place as many might think. Some residents of the coast seem deceptively safe as, for example, here, this transparent blue "beauty". It is called this dangerous beauty Portuguese military ship or Physalia. The tentacles of the jellyfish can reach 9 to 50 meters! For safety on the beaches of the...