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Shooting Rampage In Houston Leaves Two Dead, Six Wounded
Police in Houston killed a gunman on Sunday in a chaotic shootout that left one other person dead, six wounded – including two officers – and set off a fire at a nearby gas station when bullets struck a gas pump, authorities said. Witnesses reported that a gunman approached a man who had just pulled up to an auto...
New Photo Of Japanese Hostage Appears With Message Pleading For Help
The Japanese government said on Monday it was doing all it could to secure the release of a Japanese journalist being held hostage by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, after an apparent photograph of the man was posted on the internet. The photograph, apparently uploaded to the Internet late on Sunday, showed a bearded man...
German Opposition Leader Attacked With Cake Over Migrants
A German opposition leader has had a cake shoved in her face at a party meeting — an apparent protest against her position that not all refugees can come to Germany. An activist threw the cake Saturday at Left Party parliamentary co-leader Sahra Wagenknecht in Magdeburg, the dpa news agency reported. A group calling...
It’s became known, who will go from Russia to Eurovision 2017
Anastasia has announced her intention to go to the next "Eurovision". The actress is confident that she can win. Volochkova said that she would like to perform at the competition not as a singer, but, for example, as a support of the singer. Anastasia does not exclude that she can submit...
In gorilla’s death, critics blame mother, Cincinnati Zoo
Devastated. Heartbroken. In mourning. Those are some of the words the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden used Sunday in a contrite explanation for the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla killed on Saturday to save a boy who slipped into the zoo's habitat. The boy was in "imminent danger,"...
Trump jabs at Bill Kristol over independent candidate prediction
Donald Trump took aim Sunday night at Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol, who suggested on Twitter that news of an "impressive" independent conservative presidential candidate is forthcoming. In a series of tweets, Trump criticized Kristol, calling him a "dummy" and "an embarrassed loser,"...
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...
Osborne’s ‘cosy’ GOOGLE deal slammed as France vows to ‘go all the way’ in back TAX case
FRANCE'S Finance Minister has savaged George Osborne's "cosy" Google tax deal and vowed to "go all the way" to make sure the internet giant pays what it owes. After dozens of French police raided Google's HQ in Paris, politician Michel Sapin said: "We don't do deals like Britain, we...
Gibraltar in threat to Britain — Spain will CLOSE the border if UK votes to leave EU
SPAIN could make a fresh power grab for Gibraltar if the UK votes to leave the EU, Brexit supporters have been warned. A victory for the Leave campaign on June 23 could threaten British sovereignty over the Iberian peninsula and see strict border controls introduced at the only crossing into the rest of mainland Europe. ...
Secret German WW2 code machine found on eBay
A historic machine used to swap top secret messages between Hitler and his generals has been found languishing in a shed in Essex. Volunteers from The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park used eBay to track down the keyboard of the Lorenz machine. It was advertised as a telegram machine and was for sale for...
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...