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A 5-year-old boy fell into the Braid river in Ballymena, County Antrim. He was rescued by an emergency team however, later died in hospital.

Donald Trump voiced his dissatisfaction with the treatment of Rob Porter and David Sorensen who resigned from the White House this week amid accusations of domestic abuse.

It is the bloodiest bus accident in Hong Kong for nearly 15 years. Pictures show firefighters dragging bodies from the overturned vehicle.

An adviser to Poland's president thinks Israel's negative reaction to a law criminalizing some statements about Poland's actions during World War II stemmed from Jewish shame.

Parents and children at Stonegate Elementary School were distressed to find a 20-question English exercise that included sentences using phrases with colonial overtones.

"Could he have said anything worse?" one Twitter user asked.

Fresh allegations emerge indicating that charity bosses failed to warn other aid agencies about the behaviour of certain staff members.

"We have a President of the United States whose "style of learning" doesn't include reading. We are officially an idiocracy," one Twitter user said.

Jill Messick was Rose McGowan's manager in 1997 - when the actress claims she was raped by Weinstein.

To honour Samuel Plimsoll's work, the National Union of Seamen erected his monument on the Victoria Embankment in London, overlooking the Thames River, in 1929.

A Southern New Hampshire University professor who claimed "Australia is a continent, not a country" was later fired.

Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift have been targeted by makers of deepfake footage.

Dress code advice by Pontifical Bolivarian University (UPB) in Medellin sparks protest over "disrespectful" attitude to women.

Emergency exit door comes loose and crashes on to runway as aircraft lands in Nigerian capital of Abuja.

Despite official attempts to stop the practice, most of Pyeongchang's dog meat restaurants still serve the delicacy during the Winter Olympics.

Turkey continues its crackdown on opponents with its incursion into Syria, detaining dozens of pro-Kurdish party leaders and leftist politicians.

Death of equality campaigner in South Carolina still unexplained. Video of him grabbing Confederate flag went viral in 2016.

California State Assemblymember Garcia has been accused of harassing the man during an annual softball game.

The woman in this CCTV footage arrived at the Tuscon International Airport as an expectant mother, but walked out alone.

A Cambodian woman who threw a shoe at a billboard depicting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been arrested after being repatriated from Thailand.

Oloni started the Valentine's Day Challenge on Twitter, encouraging women to message their crushes and ask them for a date on 14 February before posting a screenshot of the reply.

US vice-president briefly meets Kim Yong-nam at reception in South Korea before Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe loses legal fight to restore access to suspended EU cash.

Elderly gent's four-letter-word shock at discovering his true age goes viral on YouTube and Reddit. He turns 100 next summer.

Woman dies and male friend seriously injured as reckless stunt at Bangkok's Samsen station ends in tragedy.

Theresa May tries to break year-old deadlock between DUP and Sinn Fein over stalled Stormont government.

Lucas' mother Cortney hopes now people won't only see her son as a baby with Down syndrome, but also as an energetic child who loves music.

The vice president is leading a delegation to South Korea ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Philippines' president says his country is a dictatorship but claims that that is just what it needs.