Italy household wealthier than Germany
Rome: The combined wealth of Italian households was "slightly above that of German families" at the end of 2017, according...
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US seizes North Korean coal ship for violating sanctions
The Wise Honest was said to have been used to transport coal and heavy machinery.The US says it has seized...
North Korea launches ‘unidentified’ projectile
North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, equipped with binoculars, observing tests of different weapons systems, in...
US ready to impose tit-for-tat tariff on European products
Washjngtkn: The United States and the European Union are preparing to impose tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s products, the latest...
Italian words stolen into English
Rome: Some Italian words seem familiar to English speakers. But use them with caution, because they might not mean what...
10 martyred, 30 injured in Lahore blast
Ten people, including five police personnel, embraced martyrdom while thirty others injured in a blast outside Data Darbar in Lahore...
BHP Billiton ‘woefully negligent’ over Brazil dam collapse
Mining giant BHP Billiton is facing a $5bn (£3.8bn) claim for damages over a dam collapse in Brazil in 2015....
Texas bartender charged for serving gunman before mass shooting
Lindsey Glass was arrested in Plano last month, accused of violating a state alcohol law by selling to "an intoxicated...
Aeroflot plane crash: Pilot error theory probed
Russian investigators are considering pilot error as a possible cause of the crash which killed 41 people on board an...
Royal baby arrives in UK
London: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are the parents of a baby boy, born weighing 7lbs 3oz. Prince Harry...
Move to a quaint Italian village has never been so attractive
Rome: As the winter months kick in and Australia’s housing affordability continues to look bleak, a move to a quaint...
7.2-magnitude earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY,A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck 33 km north-west of Bulolo in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday,...
Small plane crash in Mexico kills all 13 on board
MEXICO CITY, A private airplane crashed in a remote mountainous area in northern Mexico over the weekend, killing all the...
Turkey ‘election rerun’ anger & jubilation
Turkey's electoral body has been condemned for ordering Istanbul's local elections to be re-held after an opposition victory in March.President...
Moscow: At least 41 killed as Aeroflot jet caught fire in mid air
At least 41 people were killed after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames at Sheremetyevo...
World benefits from western China’s development
CHONGQING: Kebede Abera, consul of Ethiopia in China's Chongqing Municipality, believes western China will be the next main consumer of...
Russian Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing in Moscow
The emergency landing reportedly happened shortly after take-off. A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing at a Moscow...
F.D.A. Approves the First Vaccine for Dengue Fever, but Limits Its Use
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for dengue, Dengvaxia, but placed significant restrictions on its use...
Alberto Curamil: Chile’s ‘environmental Nobel’ winner who saved a sacred river
A Chilean indigenous leader detained for allegedly taking part in a robbery has been awarded a prestigious environmental prize for...
Venezuelan military helicopter crashes, seven officers killed
CARACAS, Venezuela — Seven Venezuelan military officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed while heading to a state...
Russian Navy to receive 40 advanced minesweepers by 2030
MOSCOW: The Russian Navy plans to operate about 40 Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels by 2030, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir...
Pentagon gearing up to cut Ankara out of F-35 program, acting chief says
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense is preparing to remove Turkey from a program on creating US advanced F-35 multirole...
Boeing 737 lands in Florida river
A Boeing 737 plane arriving from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba went off the runway into the St. Johns River in...
Pure Russian oil arrives in Belarus via Druzhba pipeline
MINSK, Good quality Russian oil reached the Belarusian border on May 2 via the Druzhba pipeline and is being supplied...
Love is blind: Thai king Vajiralongkorn marries ‘bodyguard’ making her queen
The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of...
Wikileaks co-founder sentenced to 50 weeks in jail
LONDON, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail here on Wednesday for breaching bail conditions.Assange was...
Black hole jets shoot out material at 60% of the speed of light!
Nearly 8,000 light-years away from Earth, astronomers have discovered a black hole that keeps rapidly swinging out jets of plasma...
TROPICAL CYCLONE KENNETH CLAIMS 38!
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Kenneth has climbed to 38, the Mozambican government’s disaster management institute said on Monday....
SINKING INDONESIA’S PLANNING MINISTER ANNOUNCES
Bambang Brodjonegoro said President Joko Widodo had chosen to relocate the capital in “an important decision”.The new location is not...
Australia to kill two million free roaming cats
They're cute, they're fluffy, and they're public enemy number one in Australia.Australia is at war -- with feral cats. By...
