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12 Barcelona fans die in bus crash in Ecuador

12 Barcelona fans die in bus crash in Ecuador

-- 2018-08-14 11:22:15

At least twelve Barcelona SC soccer fans were killed and thirty others injured after a bus, loaded with fans of the team, overturned on a highway in Ecuador after a game, police said. The accident...

US urges UK to ditch support for Iran nuclear deal

US urges UK to ditch support for Iran nuclear deal

-- 2018-08-12 15:41:59

The United States urged Britain on Sunday to ditch its support for a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and instead join forces with Washington to counter the global threat it says Tehran poses. Despite opp...

US court orders chemical giant to pay $289m damages

US court orders chemical giant to pay $289m damages

-- 2018-08-11 17:00:51

Chemical giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289m damages to a man who claimed herbicides containing glyphosate had caused his cancer. In a landmark case, a Californian jury found that Monsanto k...

'Stolen' plane from Seattle airport crashes into island

'Stolen' plane from Seattle airport crashes into island

-- 2018-08-11 16:28:16

A "suicidal" airline employee stole an Alaska Airlines plane without any passengers on it, performed an upside-down aerial loop, and crashed into an island in Washington state, reports aljazeera.com....

‘Trump used racial slur during Celebrity Apprentice’

‘Trump used racial slur during Celebrity Apprentice’

-- 2018-08-10 21:17:43

US President Trump frequently used the word “nigger” while he was the host of the reality television show “Celebrity Apprentice” and there are tapes that can confirm it, accord...

At least four dead in shooting in Canada

At least four dead in shooting in Canada

-- 2018-08-10 18:15:29

Canadian police say at least four people have been killed on Friday in a shooting in the eastern city of Fredericton, New Brunswick. They have advised residents of Brookside Drive to "stay in their h...

Argentina Senate rejects bill to legalise abortion

Argentina Senate rejects bill to legalise abortion

-- 2018-08-09 15:47:20

Argentine senators rejected a bill to legalise abortion after an impassioned debate ran into the early hours of Thursday, pushing back against a groundswell of support from a surging abortion rights m...

UN names Bachelet as next human rights chief

UN names Bachelet as next human rights chief

-- 2018-08-09 13:09:33

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the world body’s new human rights chief, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The 193-member U...

Ecuador declares emergency over Venezuelan migrants

Ecuador declares emergency over Venezuelan migrants

-- 2018-08-09 10:59:02

Ecuador on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in three provinces due to an unusually high volume of Venezuelan migrants crossing over the northern border with Colombia after fleeing the OPEC nati...

US sanctions Russia over nerve agent attack

US sanctions Russia over nerve agent attack

-- 2018-08-09 10:51:17

Washington says it would impose fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain. A sen...

Colombia swears in president Iván Duque

Colombia swears in president Iván Duque

FE Report 2018-08-08 13:33:20

Colombia's newly-elected President Iván Duque took office on Tuesday, pledging to unite the country and improve economic growth. The conservative political newcomer was elected in June after...

Trump warns partners on trade with Iran

Trump warns partners on trade with Iran

-- 2018-08-07 21:34:17

US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to anyone trading with Iran, following his re-imposition of sanctions on the country. "Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business...

11 US passengers sue Aeromexico over plane crash

11 US passengers sue Aeromexico over plane crash

-- 2018-08-07 12:06:45

Eleven US passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits against the airline in Chicago on Monday, according to a statement by Chicago-b...

Four die in Chicago gun violence

Four die in Chicago gun violence

-- 2018-08-06 15:13:49

At least 40 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend during the seven hours from midnight Saturday to early Sunday morning, with four fatalities, city police said on Sunday, a stark violent streak...

Venezuela’s Maduro escapes drone ‘assassination’ attempt

Venezuela’s Maduro escapes drone ‘assassination’ attempt

-- 2018-08-05 10:40:06

At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones...

Chile bans commercial use of plastic bags

Chile bans commercial use of plastic bags

-- 2018-08-04 14:43:26

Chile has become the first South American country to legally ban the widespread commercial use of plastic bags. The new legislation, approved by Congress and enacted by President Sebastián Pi&...

Cops recover 11 bodies in Mexico border town

Cops recover 11 bodies in Mexico border town

-- 2018-08-04 10:07:00

Eleven bodies were discovered on Friday in a Mexican town close to the US border, days before president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is due to visit for a series of forums seeking to stem the v...

US senators introduce Russia sanctions 'bill from hell'

US senators introduce Russia sanctions 'bill from hell'

-- 2018-08-03 13:22:51

Republican and Democratic US senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interferen...

Costa Rica seizes two tons of cocaine from boat

Costa Rica seizes two tons of cocaine from boat

-- 2018-08-03 13:15:21

Law enforcers in Costa Rica recovered two tons of cocaine from a low-profile boat, a kind of boat frequently used by drug traffickers because they are difficult to detect by radar, in the Pacific Oc...

Trump thanks Kim for keeping word on war remains

Trump thanks Kim for keeping word on war remains

-- 2018-08-02 13:54:17

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he looked forward to meeting Kim Jong Un soon and thanked the North Korean leader for sending the suspected remains of US soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Ko...

Plane crashes in Mexico after take-off, no deaths reported

Plane crashes in Mexico after take-off, no deaths reported

-- 2018-08-01 10:50:29

A plane has crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state, television images show, with the state governor confirming nobody was killed. Governor José Aispuro tweeted that there were no dea...

California fire scorches over 100,000 acres

California fire scorches over 100,000 acres

-- 2018-07-31 18:15:07

Fire fighters are making progress in battling a deadly wildfire in Northern California but the fire that's levelled hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee the area has now crossed...

Small plane crash leaves three dead in Maine

Small plane crash leaves three dead in Maine

-- 2018-07-31 16:03:08

Three people were kelled in a small plane crash in rural Maine , the northeasternmost US state, after the aircraft departed for Prince Edward Island in Canada, polce said. The twin-engine plane crash...

California fire: Deadly blazes continues to grow

California fire: Deadly blazes continues to grow

-- 2018-07-30 11:09:05

California's deadliest current wildfire is getting larger, officials warn, despite thousands of firefighters battling it. "Erratic winds" and dry conditions have caused the Carr fire to grow early on...

NYT urges Trump to end 'enemy' rhetoric

NYT urges Trump to end 'enemy' rhetoric

BBC 2018-07-30 10:58:17

The publisher of the New York Times has urged President Donald Trump not to continue labelling reporters "enemies of the people", saying it could "lead to violence" against the media. AG Sulzberger m...

New Orleans shooting: At least 3 dead, manhunt underway

New Orleans shooting: At least 3 dead, manhunt underway

-- 2018-07-29 19:32:21

A manhunt is underway for two suspects accused of killing three people and injuring seven others in New Orleans, said the city's police chief. The suspects, who police say were wearing hoodies, fired...

Texas nursing home shooting leaves five dead

Texas nursing home shooting leaves five dead

-- 2018-07-29 11:00:32

Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said. Police in Robstown, Texas, o...

US cardinal resigns over sexual abuse claims

US cardinal resigns over sexual abuse claims

-- 2018-07-28 21:58:11

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent US cardinal accused of sexually assaulting a teenager nearly 50 years ago. Theodore McCarrick, 88, a former Archbishop of Washington, must als...

California wildfire nearly levels community

California wildfire nearly levels community

-- 2018-07-28 18:30:10

A raging wildfire in Northern California that swelled in size Friday has killed two people and injured at least three firefighters and destroyed around 500 establishments, officials said. Another nea...

UN running out of cash, chief warns

UN running out of cash, chief warns

-- 2018-07-28 12:38:19

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned staff that the world body is running out of cash and urged member states to pay what they owe as soon as possible, according to letters seen by Reuters...