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Papua massacre shines light on forgotten conflict
Dec 08, 2018 (AFP)
The killings are a marked escalation from decades of mostly sporadic skirmishes between poorly armed and disorganised guerrillas and a powerful Indonesian milit...
Black Forest sanctuary for IS-abused Yazidi women
Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)
It was here alongside hundreds of other Yazidi victims of IS abuse and terror that Murad found her voice and started the journey that saw her honoured with this...
From arrows to M16s: PNG tribal fights get ever deadlier
Dec 06, 2018 (AFP)
Israel Laki misses the old days -- just a few years ago -- when clansmen would settle fights in what he deems the proper way: with bows, arrows, axes and spears...
Math models could help police thwart city burglars
Dec 05, 2018 (UPI)
Previous models, mostly focused on burglaries in suburban environs, have emphasized location and spatial patterns. The linear model developed by researchers Joa...
Fear study reveals brain's reaction to things that go bump in the night
Dec 05, 2018 (UPI)
When sensory inputs are processed by the brain, some are encoded in longterm memory banks. Often, these memories are linked with positive or negative experience...
First German 'insurtech' firm hits stock exchange
Dec 04, 2018 (AFP)
DFV, which stands for Deutsche Familienversicherung or German Family Insurance, priced its initial public offering on the Frankfurt stock exchange at 12 euros (...
US agency asks Pentagon to extend Mexico border mission
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
Approximately 5,600 active-duty troops are currently supporting border agents as part of a contentious mission ordered by President Donald Trump ahead of the mi...
European insurers set to break into Chinese market
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
German heavyweight Allianz on Sunday got the go-ahead from the Chinese regulator to launch the first holding with 100 percent foreign capital. The following day...
When cities are in good moods, their inhabitants take more risks
Nov 29, 2018 (UPI)
What determines a city's mood? Researchers used Twitter to find out. Their findings suggest a surprise sunny day or a win by a local sports team can engender po...
Blast kills 23 outside China factory in Olympic city
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
The blast ignited other vehicles, leaving charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the scene, according to i...
Blast kills 22 near China factory in Olympic city
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
The charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars were scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the scene, according to images posted by state media on so...
Seven dead in China as car drives onto sidewalk
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
The driver has been detained and the cause of the incident in Leshan, a city in Sichuan province, is under investigation, police said in a statement. The injure...
Navy participates in humanitarian, law enforcement exercise with Peru, Chile
Nov 26, 2018 (UPI)
Three hundred Marines and sailors from the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Peru aboard the Somerset will train in humanitarian assistance and disas...
Morocco navy finds 15 migrants dead in stranded boat
Nov 24, 2018 (AFP)
Coastguards recovered "15 lifeless corpses" from the vessel in the Mediterranean Sea after it was left drifting for four days following engine failure on its wa...
US Army unfurls miles of fencing along border with Mexico
Nov 19, 2018 (AFP)
Over the course of three days, a gleaming, shoulders-high barrier of concertina-wire emerged like a silver snake along a lush riverbank, stretching as far as th...
Trump says troops to remain at border 'as long as necessary'
Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)
"We have a tremendous military force on the southern border, we have large numbers of people trying to get into our country," he told reporters at the White Hou...
Troop levels on US border 'pretty much peaked': Pentagon
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
Some 5,900 active-duty troops are now stationed along the border, in a contentious deployment that President Donald Trump ordered ahead of the midterm elections...
Seven detained over east China chemical spill
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
The incident happened in the early hours of November 4 when a tube transferring the chemicals from a wharf to a tanker broke, spilling 6.9 tonnes of C9 aromatic...
Trump to visit California wildfire victims: White House
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
At least 300 people are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise as recovery teams conduct house-to-house searches amid the wreckage of the sprawlin...
Mattis visits troops stationed in Texas assisting with border security
Nov 14, 2018 (UPI)
Mattis conducted a press conference on the way to meet with commanders and soldiers deployed on the U.S.-Mexican border near McAllen, Texas, saying the mission ...
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