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Cyclone leaves thousands homeless in Fiji
Tens of thousands of Fijians are homeless and living in evacuation shelters in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone at the weekend, officials say, as aid begins trickling in to the outer reaches of the South Pacific archipelago. The death toll from Cyclone Winston, the worst storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere,...
Woman dies in cucumber sex romp ‘after lover forgot about her to tend to burning meat’
AN INSURANCE salesman is on trial for the alleged negligent homicide of his lover during a sex romp involving a cucumber. Oliver Dietmann, 46, could be jailed for five years if convicted of the bedroom death of his lover Rica Varna, also 46, due to the phallic-shaped veg. The court where he is on trial in Mannheim, Germany,...
Six convicted of child sex offences in Rotherham
SIX people have been convicted of sexual offences against young girls in the UK town of Rotherham, after a two-year investigation of “systematic and organised” abuse. Brothers Basharat and Arshid Hussain, their uncle Qurban Ali and Karen MacGregor and Shelley Davies were found guilty of a range of offences. Another...
Australian tourists warned terrorists in Indonesia may be in ‘advanced stages’ of preparing attacks
AUSTRALIANS have been warned that terrorists might be in the “advanced stages of preparing attacks” in Indonesia and travellers are urged to take precautions, just days after a similar warning about neighbouring Malaysia. “Recent indications suggest that terrorists may be in the advanced stages of preparing...
Zika outbreak will worsen before it gets better, WHO head says
The head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the Zika outbreak would likely worsen before nations besieged by the mosquito-borne virus linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil see relief. Director-General Margaret Chan made the comments at the end of her two-day visit to Brazil, the country at the...
Tornado strikes Virginia town, kills 3, injures 8
Virginia State Police said three people were killed and eight others were injured after a tornado hit the farming town of Waverly, southeast Virginia. Nearly 123,000 were without power. Police officials have not released the names of the victims but said a 2-year old boy, 26 year-old man, and a 50-year old man were killed when...
Migrant attacks reveal dark side of Germany
To watch the footage that emerged from Clausnitz last week is to catch a glimpse of so-called "dark Germany". It is not often such events are captured on film. The images of terrified refugees on a bus surrounded by a baying crowd have provoked revulsion and soul searching. So has the news that, in the nearby town of...
Billionaires named Liu Han penalty in China
China has executed billionaire Liu Han, who was found guilty on 13 articles of the Criminal Code of the PRC. This execution was another proof of the fact that in China all are equal before the law. Well, almost all. According to the publication South China Morning Post, Liu Hanyu sentence was handed down in May last year....
India caste unrest: Water supply ‘partially restored’ in Delhi
Water supply has been partially restored in the Indian capital, Delhi, where up to 10 million were affected after protesters sabotaged a key canal. The army took control of the Munak canal in neighbouring Haryana state on Monday after Jat community protesters, angry at caste job quotas, seized it. Delhi Water Minister Kapil...
Did Donald Trump predict 9/11 attacks? Tycoon made shock warning in 2000 book
US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump "warned" of the horrific September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in a book published less than two years before the world's worst terror strikes happened, it is being claimed. While laying into the then President Bill Clinton, Trump's book The America We Deserve,...
‘That’s God’: Driver, bible survive huge car inferno (VIDEO)
A man miraculously survived in a massive car inferno, but witnesses wonder if good fortune was all there was to it. His bible was found intact after the blaze and an explosion. The driver’s jeep was reportedly sideswiped off state route 385 in Tennessee by another car on Sunday, causing it to careen down a hill, smash...
Kalamazoo, Michigan: Taxi driver held over ‘random’ killings
A taxi driver is being held over the deaths of six people in an apparently random shooting spree in the Michigan city of Kalamazoo. Jason Brian Dalton, 45, was arrested after attacks at three locations on Saturday evening. Two people, including a 14-year-old girl, remain seriously ill in hospital. It has been confirmed that Mr...