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6-year-old chokes on face mask material concealed inside McDonald's chicken nugget

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By Agrima Tikader

The child's mother claims she found more pieces of the face mask inside another chicken nugget that...

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Two huge Beirut explosions kill 78, injure thousands

The explosions which were heard in Nicosia, 240 kms away in Cyprus were logged...

By Bachir El-Khoury and Rouba El-Husseini

Countries tighten measures as global virus death toll nears 700,000

A scientific committee advising the French government warned that the country...

By Ron Lopez, with AFP bureaus

Huge explosion rocks Beirut

Preliminary reports by local Lebanese media said the blast may have been the...

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Trump Quietly Gives Go Ahead For Elephant Trophy Imports Into U.S.

PETA releases footage of elephant killer to pressure passage of bill against trophy hunting

The trophy hunter says he received threats after PETA released a video of him...

By Nina Siena

SOS message on beach saves lives of men marooned on deserted island

The stranded men had been missing for days before being rescued from the island.

By Agrima Tikader

Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos heads for exile under corruption cloud

Probes are under way in Switzerland and Spain where media regularly publish...

By Patrick Rahir

US East Coast braces for hurricane after Florida escapes

Hurricane Isaias surges to North and South Carolina, and could generate water...

By Logan Cyrus

Trump gives TikTok six weeks to sell itself to US company

Trump said that Microsoft was in talks to buy TikTok, which has as many as one...

By Paul Handley

Yemen ill equipped to deal with coronavirus

Pandemic's economic fallout will worsen conflicts: UN diplomats

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres's plea for a global ceasefire back in...

By Peter Hutchison

Heroic man dies trying to save three children from riptide

A search and rescue operation was launched on Sunday after the man jumped into...

By Agrima Tikader

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The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat

By Beiyi Seow

The complex contains Asia's first maximum-security lab equipped to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) such as Ebola.

12 more charter flights scheduled to repatriate stranded British citizens from India

By Agrima Tikader

Seven charter flights previously repatriated British citizens from India.

Coronavirus: Best way to wash your hands

WHO says world in uncharted territory as US virus toll rises

By Laurent Thomet with Issam Ahmed in Washington

Globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000.

High Seas Piracy Is Alive And Well. Can We Kill It?

By Yarden Gross

Pirates who steal cargo or, increasingly, kidnap crews and hold them for ransom "earn" tens of millions of dollars a...

India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill 100 million

By Issam Ahmed

India and Pakistan remain in conflict over Kashmir, and every month or so you can read about people dying along the...

America's first cannabis cafe opens in Hollywood

By Jocelyne Zablit

In California, which has the world's largest legal marijuana market, recreational pot became legal in 2018

Among The Believers In North Korea's 'Holy Land'

By Sebastien Berger

The alleged birthplace of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has become a pilgrimage destination.

Versace apologises after Chinese outcry over T-shirt print debacle

By Agrima Tikader

Versace apologises for inaccurately acknowledging Hong Kong and Macau as countries instead of Chinese territories.

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Clumsy tourist snaps toes off of 19th century sculpture

Man accidentally burns down flat after botched marriage proposal

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6-year-old chokes on face mask material concealed inside McDonald's chicken nugget

Two huge Beirut explosions kill 78, injure thousands

Countries tighten measures as global virus death toll nears 700,000

Huge explosion rocks Beirut

PETA releases footage of elephant killer to pressure passage of bill against trophy hunting

SOS message on beach saves lives of men marooned on deserted island

Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos heads for exile under corruption cloud

US East Coast braces for hurricane after Florida escapes

Trump gives TikTok six weeks to sell itself to US company

Pandemic's economic fallout will worsen conflicts: UN diplomats

Heroic man dies trying to save three children from riptide

The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat

12 more charter flights scheduled to repatriate stranded British citizens from India

WHO says world in uncharted territory as US virus toll rises

High Seas Piracy Is Alive And Well. Can We Kill It?

India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill 100 million

America's first cannabis cafe opens in Hollywood

Among The Believers In North Korea's 'Holy Land'

Versace apologises after Chinese outcry over T-shirt print debacle

Christian Crush: Could a religious dating site be the answer to porn addiction?

Christian Crush: Could a religious dating site be the answer to porn addiction?

Stock market truthers think the deep state is manipulating Wall Street to 'destroy' Trump

Stock market truthers think the deep state is manipulating Wall Street to 'destroy' Trump

Erdogan's war on education: The exodus of Turkey's teachers

Erdogan's war on education: The exodus of Turkey's teachers

Global Drug Survey 2017: What drugs are likely to hospitalise you - what you need to know about them

Global Drug Survey 2017: What drugs are likely to hospitalise you - what you need to know about them

Muhiyidin Moye d'Baha: Who was the Black Lives Matter activist shot dead in New Orleans?

Muhiyidin Moye d'Baha: Who was the Black Lives Matter activist shot dead in New Orleans?

Who are the Freemasons and how did they begin?

Who are the Freemasons and how did they begin?