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Hundreds rally in Australia over juvenile ‘torture’ footage
Hundreds of people have rallied in cities across Australia following allegations of abuse against boys in juvenile detention. Demonstrators gathered in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to express shock at footage showing indigenous boys being tear-gassed. The video also shows a boy wearing a "spit hood" while cuffed to...
Hundreds evacuated as OUT OF CONTROL wildfire rages through California
Fast-moving wildfires have forced hundreds of people to leave their homes in mountains north of Los Angeles, California, the authorities say. The fires had covered an area of 20,000 acres by Saturday evening, sending a pall of smoke across parts of Los Angeles County. About 300 people have been evacuated near the city of...
Powerful earthquake in Japan leaves 9 dead, hundreds injured
TOKYO – Rescuers went house to house Friday looking for victims of a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan late Thursday. At least nine people were killed and more than 700 injured in the magnitude 6.5 quake that centered on the island of Kyushu, one of Japan’s four main islands, according to local news...
Indian temple blaze leaves dozens dead, hundreds injured
RESCUE workers are sifting through a Hindu temple in southern India where at least 110 people died when a fireworks display — an unauthorised pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong — swept through a temple packed with thousands for a religious festival. The death toll so far from the pre-dawn fire at the...