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At least 15 Dead as Three-storey Under Construction Building Collapses in Mali
According to local media reports, the top floor collapsed onto the rest of the building which was already occupied, resulting in the entire structure 'collapsing like a house of cards'.
Seven Killed in Philippine Light Aircraft Crash, Says Authorities
Local emergency official Jeffrey Rodriguez said that seven bodies have been found and it is believed all eight people aboard the light aircraft died in the crash in Calamba City.
Pakistan Govt Launches Mineral Water Brand to Cut Costs As Part of IMF-Prescribed Austerity Drive
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said the bottled water called Safe Drinking Water would be a cheaper alternative to other mineral water brands in the market.
Sudan's Ex-President Bashir Charged With Corruption, Holding Illicit Foreign Currency
Bashir said that he had received $25 million from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as well as funds from other sources, but that he had not received or used the money for his own benefit.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Says He Will Stop Using French Bic Pens After Spat With Prez Macron Over Amazon Fires
Jair Bolsonaro and Emmanuel Macron have had a series of clashes since the latter suggested that fires in the Amazon were an 'international crisis' which the Bolsonaro said undermined Brazil's sovereignty.
Cash-strapped Pakistan International Airlines Lays off Nearly 1,000 'Redundant Staff'
Cash-strapped PIA has been running into huge financial losses. For years, the airline with 18,000 plus employee and a fleet of 32 airplanes has only been adding billions to its loss sheets.
Sri Lankan Tamil Couple, Their Australia-born Kids Deported to Remote Island Despite Court Block
The parents arrived in Australia by boat separately in 2012 and 2013 seeking asylum. Their daughters were born in Australia and have never been to Sri Lanka but do not have the right to Australian citizenship by birth.
US Woman Left to Give Birth Alone in Jail Cell Sues City of Denver
Video footage of the harrowing ordeal shows Diana Sanchez, now 27, going into labor the morning of July 31, 2018. Despite repeated calls for help, no guards or medical personnel entered her cell until she gave birth to her son.
US to Use Fictitious Social Media Accounts to Monitor Potential Immigrants and Visitors
The change in policy was preceded by other steps taken, which began requiring applicants for US visas to submit their social media usernames this past June, a vast expansion of the Trump administration's enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visi...
California Deputies Rescue Wailing Bear Cub Trapped in Dumpster
With the bear family a few paces away and watching from behind a tree, a deputy opens the trash container with a pole and a second deputy quickly places a ladder inside the container.
Hong Kong Police Round Up Activists Even as Protesters Heed Police Ban Order, Call Off Mass Rally
Protesters had planned yet another mass rally on Saturday — the fifth anniversary of Beijing's rejection of a call for universal suffrage in the semi-autonomous city.
'Goodbye Gagarin': Paris Suburb Razes Symbolic Communist Housing Estate
Inaugurated in 1963 in the presence of Russian space pioneer Yuri Gagarin -- just two years after he became the first person in space -- the "Cite Gagarine" underscored the Communist Party's appeal in much of postwar France.
Satellite Photos Show Burning Rocket at Iran Space Center that Exploded on Launch Pad
While Iranian state media did not acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province, a top official wrote on Twitter early Friday that a satellite Tehran planned to launch was safe in a lab.
'Nothing More Can be Done to Save Them': 4 out of 10 Whales Stranded Alive on US Beach Euthanized
The animals were made comfortable with a sedative and then humanely euthanized to relieve their suffering.
Germany's Move to Ease Nationality Law for Offspring of Nazi Victims Could Help Britons Post Brexit
A German passport will give them the right to live and work in Germany and the European Union if Britain leaves the EU later this year.
As Protests Keep Hong Kong on Edge, Citizens Look Towards Malaysia to Buy Houses
The latest purchases will nearly double the number of apartments held by Hong Kong residents in the $100-billion Forest City developed by China's Country Garden Holdings Ltd on the southern tip of Malaysia.