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Venezuela's woes spread to zoos as animals feed on each other
Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)
The zoo -- located in the town of San Francisco in Zulia state -- closed down this month after horrific pictures surfaced showing starving animals. The list of ...
L'Aquila, a quake-hit city still grateful to Berlusconi
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
Then-prime minister Berlusconi is now back in politics as the head of a centre-right coalition tipped to win the most votes in a March 4 poll. While many around...
Indonesia calls off deadly landslide search, 18 believed dead
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
An avalanche of mud and rock cascaded down a steep slope in central Java last week, burying victims as they worked their rice fields. Hundreds of rescuers, incl...
For the love of gun: US couples take weapons to church
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
The incongruous event in Newfoundland, part of rural Pennsylvania that voted 68 percent for President Donald Trump in 2016, underscored the gulf between those w...
Taiwan developer detained over deadly quake building collapse
Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)
The lower floors of the 12-storey Yun Tsui residential building -- which also housed a restaurant and hotel -- pancaked when a 6.4-magnitude quake struck the to...
Landslide shuts Greece's Corinth canal
Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)
"The canal will reopen in about a week," a company spokesperson said. The Greek coastguard, which will be involved in the operation, said it would probably take...
Hurricane-hit Antigua and Barbuda to vote early
Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)
The two-island nation's parliamentary elections were scheduled for June 2019, but will now be held on March 21, Gaston Browne said. Voters will select the 17 me...
Military takeover of Rio police stirs dictatorship ghosts
Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)
There's no direct comparison between the Rio operation and the 1964 coup that brought two decades of military rule to Latin America's biggest country. In this c...
Facebook pulls gun game from conservative gathering
Feb 24, 2018 (AFP)
"We removed the demo and regret failing to do so at the start," Facebook virtual reality vice president Hugo Barra said in a tweet sent from his verified accoun...
Japan welcomes WTO ruling on South Korea Fukushima food row
Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)
However, the issue is expected to continue after South Korea said it would appeal the WTO's decision and had no plans to repeal the restrictions. The WTO ruled ...
Eleven missing, 14 injured in Indonesia landslide
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
The missing people, farmers tending their crops in Brebes district, Central Java, were buried under an avalanche of mud and rock around 8:00am (0100 GMT). "The ...
Five dead, 15 missing in Indonesia landslide
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
The victims, farmers tending their crops in Brebes district, Central Java, were buried under an avalanche of mud and rock around 8:00 am (0100 GMT). "The landsl...
Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands face painful hurricane recovery: NY Fed
Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)
The island territories, especially Puerto Rico, already faced dire economic realities even before hurricanes slammed into them late last summer, but the recover...
Brazil's senate approves military intervention in Rio
Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)
Despite criticism that the military intervention could lead to violations of constitutional rights, while also failing to address the causes of the urban violen...
Fukushima operator told to compensate for suicide of 102-year-old
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
The Fukushima District Court ordered Tokyo Electric Co (TEPCO) to pay 15.2 million yen ($143,400) in damages to the family of Fumio Okubo, according to their at...
Mission unclear in Brazilian army takeover of Rio security
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
President Michel Temer signed a decree Friday putting the police in Rio under military command, the first such measure since the end of a two-decade military di...
Hundreds dead in Syria enclave as UN warns situation 'out of control'
Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)
Air strikes and rocket and artillery fire have battered the rebel-held enclave since Sunday in apparent preparation for a government ground assault on the besie...
Reducing bird-related tragedy through understanding bird behavior
Feb 19, 2018 (SPX)
The story of bird-meets-human too often ends in tragedy, he said. Birds descend on ripening crops, increasing the prevalence of human hunger and even starvation...
Relief turns to horror in Mexico helicopter crash
Feb 19, 2018 (AFP)
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Mexico on Friday evening hit right near their hometown, the southern city of Santiago Jamiltepec, but the damage was min...
Brazil's Temer announces new security ministry to combat violence
Feb 18, 2018 (AFP)
Temer came to the city to meet Governor Luiz Fernando Pezao, several ministers and General Walter Souza Braga Netto, who will lead the operation and who was in ...
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