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4th of July: Independence Day celebrations amid warnings of extreme weather
Millions of Americans are set to celebrate the Fourth of July with as much fervor and as many fireworks as the weather will allow. Picnics...
Sophie Mirabella stares blankly when fellow TV panelist Simon Sheikh collapses at her side
Sophie Mirabella, an Australian MP, came under a barrage of criticism on social networks today after she just sat and stared blankly when a...
Lolong declared world’s largest saltwater crocodile by Guinness Book
Lolong, the one-ton crocodile caught in Bunawan, Philippines, has been named the world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity. The Associated Press reports that Lolong was...
Nicolas Sarkozy home and offices searched by French police
French police have carried out searches of the home and offices of former President Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a campaign financing probe. A law...
Bashar al-Assad regrets Turkish F-4 jet’s downing
President Bashar al-Assad is quoted as saying he regrets "100 per cent" a Turkish jet was shot down after entering Syrian airspace. In an interview...
Breathalyzer kit mandatory in France
A new law has come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry a breathalyzer kit in their vehicles or risk...
Enrique Pena Nieto wins Mexican presidential poll
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico's old ruling party, is set to return to power as early official results indicate its candidate Enrique Pena Nieto...
Mexico: polls open for presidential election
Mexico has opened the polls in a presidential election dominated by the economy and war on drugs. Ex-governor Enrique Pena Nieto - seen as the...
Turkey scrambles fighter jets to Syria border
Turkish army has scrambled six F-16 fighter jets near its border with Syria after Syrian helicopters came close to the border. Six jets were sent...
Lille shooting: gunman Faycal Mokhtari kills two at Theatro nightclub
Police in Lille, France, are hunting a gunman who shot dead two people and injured five at Theatro nightclub after being turned away. He opened fired...
Anne Sinclair finally leaves DSK and kicks him out of their Paris home
Anne Sinclair, the long-suffering wife of former IFM chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has finally left him, it was confirmed last night. After months of loyal support...
EU Brussels Summit: eurozone agrees on bank recapitalization
EU leaders at Brussels summit have agreed to use the eurozone's bailout fund to support struggling banks directly, without adding to government debt. Speaking after...
Shenzhou 9 capsule returns to Earth
Shenzhou 9 spacecraft carrying three Chinese crew members has returned to Earth following a 13-day mission. Images of the capsule landing in Inner Mongolia at...
ObamaCare healthcare reform law is constitutional, rules US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform (ObamaCare) act is constitutional. The court upheld a core requirement known as...
EU seeks new strategy for euro at Brussels summit
EU leaders at Brussels summit are examining how to ease the eurozone debt crisis amid competing visions about how to revive the worst-hit economies. As...
ObamaCare reform bill faces Supreme Court judgement
Barack Obama’s wide-ranging healthcare reform bill, which is seen as a key achievement of his presidency, is facing its moment of judgement in the...
Turkey sends rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns along its border with Syria
Turkey begins rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns deployment along its border with Syria after last week's downing of a fighter jet. Columns of military vehicles...
Queen Elizabeth II and Martin McGuiness in historic handshake in Northern Ireland
The last day of Queen Elizabeth's two-day visit to Northern Ireland was marked by an historic handshake and a huge party. Her Majesty and former IRA...
Colorado Springs wildfire: more than 32,000 evacuated as Waldo Canyon under threat
More than 32,000 people in Colorado Springs, US, were forced to flee their homes as a raging wildfire threatening the city doubled in size...
Syria: gunmen attack pro-government Ikhbariya TV killing three people
Gunmen have attacked Ikhbariya TV, a Syrian pro-government TV channel, killing three people, state media say. The attack on Ikhbariya TV south of Damascus blew...
Bishop Fernando Bargallo quits over bikini photos scandal
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Argentine Bishop Fernando Bargallo after the publication of pictures showing him embracing a woman on a...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales banned in US
A US court has banned sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country while it decides on the firm's patent dispute with...
Feng Jianmei and her husband are being hounded since leaving hospital
The husband of Feng Jianmei, the Chinese woman forced to have a late-term abortion, has gone into hiding and her family are being harassed,...
World’s biggest McDonald’s restaurant built next to the Olympic stadium in London
The biggest McDonald’s restaurant on the planet has been built in London, right in the middle of the Olympic park. The vast two-storey restaurant will...
Dock collapses into Gun Lake during Eric and Maegan Walber wedding party photoshoot
When Eric and Maegan Walber fell into the water during their wedding photoshoot on a dock at the Bay Pinte Inn, Eric Walber swam...
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