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Landslide leaves Italian town on cliff edge
Published on 27/01/2026
» NISCEMI, Italy - Homes in the Sicilian town of Niscemi have been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after a landslide that was triggered by a storm, Italy’s civil protection chief said on Tuesday.
Trump's MAGA movement ramps up attacks on 'progressive white women'
AFP, Published on 23/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — Progressive white women have been persistent punching bags of President Donald Trump's MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement, but attacks targeting the demographic group have become particularly vicious in recent weeks.
Miss Mexico wins Miss Universe contest after host insult drama
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» NONTHABURI (THAILAND) - Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, strutting to victory after several dramatic missteps before the final round, including staging a walkout when an organiser of the beauty pageant chastised her.
Russian oligarch's superyacht to be auctioned in US
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» MIAMI - A luxurious superyacht seized by the US authorities from sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is headed to the auction block.
Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» PRATO, Italy - When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy's storied textile hub of Prato.
Bust attributed to Donatello splits Slovakia
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» BRATISLAVA - A bust attributed to Renaissance master Donatello re-emerges in Slovakia after falling into obscurity following World War II, but the country’s nationalist government sparks anger by squirrelling it away in a ministry building.
Nine killed as driver plows into Filipino festival in Canada
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - Canada said Sunday that a man staged a deliberate attack by driving his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival and killing nine people, but the assault was not considered to be terrorism.
Nine killed as driver ploughs into Vancouver festival crowd
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - A driver killed at least nine people when he ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said Sunday.
Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis
Reuters, Published on 26/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff’s legacy of caring for migrants, the downtrodden and the environment to be kept alive.
Cambodian canal's impact on Mekong questioned
Francesco Guarascio of Reuters, Published on 23/04/2025
» HANOI - The authority overseeing the transnational Mekong River wants Cambodia to share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam's Mekong Delta to the Gulf of Thailand.