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HomeNews Pay to rape: Australians avoid jail terms for raping 17yo girl after paying her $22,000
Three Australian men have dodged over a decade in jail despite admitting to raping a 17-year-old Norwegian girl in Croatia. Instead, after paying the victim around US$22,000, they were allowed to walk free. Dylan Djohan, 23, Ashwin Kumar, 23, and Waleed Latif, 21, who are all from Melbourne, were originally given a one-year...
Teenage twins killed on Calgary’s Olympic bobsled track
Twin teenagers died Saturday after sneaking onto the bobsled tracks from the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Canadian city of Calgary. Evan and Jordan Caldwell, 17, were killed after a “personal sled/toboggan” slammed into a gate between the bobsled and luge tracks. Six other boys were also injured. Three are in serious...
Universal karma? Indian man believed first to be killed by meteorite
An Indian may be the first known human being to have been killed by a meteorite hit. Authorities said that a small celestial body struck a southern college campus, killing a bus driver and injuring three others in an incident initially reported as a bomb. The “mysterious explosion” that took place on Saturday in...
Twice the size of Burj Khalifa: Mile-high tower proposed as centerpiece of future Tokyo (PHOTOS)
Architects want to build a mile-high skyscraper in the Japanese city of Tokyo, two times the size of the world’s current tallest building. The aptly titled “Sky Mile Tower” is proposed as part of sustainable Tokyo development plan till 2045. The tower would measure 5,577 feet (1,700 meters) in height, roughly...
Ex-French Foreign Legion commander arrested at anti-Islam rally, due in court on Monday
General Christian Piquemal, a respected former French Legion commander, is among the dozens arrested during Europe-wide protests against the ongoing migrant influx. The arrest at the PEGIDA rally in Calais on Saturday was one of 20, and came as clashes erupted between the ‘anti-Islamization’ group and the police in...
Turkish forces kill 60 ‘terrorists’ in Kurdish Cizre raid – reports
Around 60 people have reportedly been killed in the basement of a building in the southeastern Kurdish town of Cizre in a military raid which, according to state media, was conducted in order to neutralize PKK fighters. The Turkish army conducted the raid to allegedly clear out a basement in the town where it claimed...
Wife says singer and band leader Dan Hicks dies at age 74
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Dan Hicks, a musician whose work in the 1960s helped define San Francisco's psychedelic sound, has died. He was 74. The singer, songwriter and bandleader, who led the musically eclectic band Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, died Saturday after a two-year battle with throat and liver cancer, his...
3 killed after brief police chase in San Francisco streets
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say three people died in a fiery crash after a car fleeing authorities crashed into a taxi in San Francisco streets. California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Vu Williams said Sunday that the brief chase began after an officer tried to pull over the driver of a white Chevrolet sedan seen...
In Aleppo, underground schools face bombardments and burnout
At the unofficial schools run by Syrian activist group Kesh Malek in opposition-held districts of Aleppo, the children don't go outside to play during breaks in case a barrel bomb should drop from the sky. With 110 teachers, most of them new to the profession, the organization runs seven schools serving around 3,000...
Six Nations 2016: Ireland 16-16 Wales
Ireland let a 13-point lead slip as Wales fought back for a draw in a compelling Six Nations match in Dublin. The home team led 13-0 after 28 minutes thanks to Conor Murray's try and eight points from the boot of Johnny Sexton. But Wales hit back with Taulupe Faletau's try converted by replacement fly-half Rhys...
Rubio rattled; Trump booed
Marco Rubio struggled on Saturday to fend off a string of searing attacks from Chris Christie as the Florida senator's establishment rivals tried to halt his campaign surge by branding him as too inexperienced and unaccomplished to be president. Rubio appeared seriously rattled by the exchanges at the final Republican...
EU calls on Turkey to let Syrian refugees cross border
Officials in the EU have urged Turkey to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees trapped on its border at Kilis after fleeing fighting. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said there was a moral, if not legal, duty to provide protection. Turkey says the refugees are receiving food and shelter inside Syria and there...