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Food shortages and world's highest inflation push Venezuelans to the edge

Supermarket shelves and fridges are empty, and the prices of the few goods that are available can change every day.

Jan 10, 2018

By David Sim

Venezuela

Julian Assange 'deeply shocked' and 'heartbroken' over Sweden's denial of funeral pass request

Will Julian Assange be forced out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London?

"A person cannot live in those conditions for ever," Ecuador's foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said.

Jan 10, 2018

By India Ashok

Julian Assange WikiLeaks

Prisoners in Brazil squeeze through bars in daring daytime jailbreak

Eleven convicts were caught on film prising open their bars and breaking out of a jail in Brazil's crisis-hit prison system.

Jan 9, 2018

By Roger Baird

Brazil

Horrifying video shows 'monster' mum kick and punch her 3-year-old because she lost her tablet

The footage shows the young mother raining blows on her two sobbing children as they sit on a makeshift bed.

Jan 9, 2018

By Sutrishna Ghosh

Burnaby woman's video showing stranger's racist rant towards her goes viral

"If this is happening to me just based on the colour of my skin, then it can happen to anybody," Anika Vassell said.

Jan 8, 2018

By Karen Noronha

Facebook

Fatal hot air balloon crash could spell trouble for Egypt's recently-revived tourism industry

The accident occurred when harsh winds veered the balloon off course into a mountainous region, before it made a hard landing in Luxor.

Jan 6, 2018

By Lara Rebello

Pictures of the week: The best news, sport, weather and animal photos, from 1 to 5 January 2018

From New Year's Eve celebrations around the world, through winter storms in Britain, Europe and the US, to Epiphany in Spain.

Jan 5, 2018

By David Sim

Weather Pictures

World's biggest penis champion disgraced after doctor reveals 'it's all foreskin'

Roberto Esquivel Cabrera claimed to have a whopping 18.9in organ, which catapulted him to international stardom after he brandished it in front of the adoring media.

Jan 5, 2018

By Staff Reporter

Search on for animal rescue pilot after his plane goes missing over Gulf of Mexico

The US Coast Guard is searching for animal rescue pilot Bill Kinsinger after his plane went missing over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday (3 January).

Jan 4, 2018

By Nicole Rojas

Winter Storm Grayson: Latest photos of huge amounts of snow after 'bomb cyclone' hit US northeast

The latest photos of the massive winter storm barrelling into the northeastern US, as a rapid plunge in barometric pressure causes bombogenesis or a "bomb cyclone".

Jan 4, 2018

By David Sim

Weather Pictures Blizzard

Mexican TV star accused of shooting 23-year-old Argentine model dead

At least three people have confirmed Mexican actor Axel Arenas was at the hotel the same night Argentinian model Karen Grodzinski was shot dead.

Jan 4, 2018

By James Hetherington

Mexico

Young boy saved by drone cameraman after swimming in the path of sharks in Bahamas

Drone cameraman shouted at the boy to get out of the water after realising the danger surrounding him.

Jan 4, 2018

By Dan Cancian

Freed Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle faces 15 charges in Canada, including sexual assault

Freed Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle was arrested and faces 15 charges, including sexual assault, in Ottawa, Canada.

Jan 3, 2018

By Nicole Rojas

Cop's teen daughter killed ex-lover with police gun then wrote Instagram dedication to her 'angel'

Argentinian law student Nahir Galarza, 19, has admitted to killing her ex-lover Fernando Pastorizzo, 21, on the morning of 29 December in Gualeguaychu.

Jan 2, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Argentina Instagram