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US parents starved kids until they stopped growing
Associated Press, Published on 19/01/2018
» RIVERSIDE, California: A California couple tortured a dozen of their children for years, starving them to the point their growth was stunted, chaining them to their beds for months at a time and forbidding them from showering more than once a year or using the toilet, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
Impatient passenger walks out on wing
Associated Press, Published on 03/01/2018
» MADRID: A passenger on a delayed Ryanair flight from London who apparently got fed up waiting to get off a plane after it landed in the southern Spanish city of Malaga surprised fellow passengers by using the emergency exit to jump onto a wing.
2 protesters killed in Iran, social apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Facebook's Instagram, and the popular messaging app Telegram used by activists to organise and publicise protests roiling the Islamic Republic cut off Iran from its network in response to a government request.
Tokyo's baby panda appears before selected guests, media
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2017
» TOKYO: A baby panda made a special appearance Monday before Tokyo's governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one day ahead of its official public debut, and quickly captured their hearts.
Fierce winds as firefighters battle California wildfire
Associated Press, Published on 14/12/2017
» LOS ANGELES: California firefighting crews may face on Thursday another round of fierce gusts that have fed a volatile wildfire, one of the largest in the state's history, as they protect homes from flames and build control lines.
Bugs in the food is by design at new Bangkok bistro
Associated Press, Published on 03/10/2017
» Ants and beetles in the kitchen? Normally that'd close down a restaurant immediately, but at new eatery in Bangkok, bugs in the beef ragu and pests in the pesto are the business plan.
Election report: Venezuela vote 'probably rigged'
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» CARACAS - The number of Venezuelans who participated in the election for an all-powerful constituent assembly was tampered with - off by at least 1 million votes - in an official count, the head of a voting technology company asserted Wednesday, a finding certain to sow further discord over the super-body that has generated months of nationwide protests.
IS 'global jihadis' here to stay
Associated Press, Published on 12/07/2017
» The Islamic State group's mix of a local insurgency and digitally connected global jihadis gives the group staying power and the means to relaunch its future, from small cells of extremists escaping the war zone in Iraq and Syria to those who never went there in the first place.
Thousands flee wildfires in California, Canada
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2017
» OROVILLE, California -- Wildfires barrelled across the baking landscape of the western US and Canada, destroying homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
Iraqi PM celebrates victory in Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2017
» MOSUL, IRAQ - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi celebrated with Iraqi troops Sunday in Mosul after they drove Islamic State militants from some of their last strongholds in a nearly nine-month campaign, although heavy fighting by holdouts continued in parts of the Old City neighbourhood.