Mother of the child in image that went around the world tells of her family’s struggle It was an image that conveyed the human cost of the Pakistani floods – and the failure to deliver aid to those affected – more powerfully than any statistic: four young children lying on a filthy patchwork quilt, one [...]
Former President Jimmy Carter is leaving North Korea Friday with a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in the communist country after entering it illegally in January, according to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Aijalon Mahli Gomes was imprisoned in January of this year and later sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a [...]
This week was supposed to bring good news for Filipinos: Miss Philippines, Maria Venus Raj, a farm girl turned fashion model, was a big favorite headed into Monday’s Miss Universe final. The competition, a parade of flashy clothes, straight teeth and slick hair, is popular here; and the country is very proud of its two [...]
Massive landslides triggered by rains hit northwest China’s Gansu province, killing at least 96 people while 2,000 were missing, authorities said Sunday. While 96 people were confirmed dead in Zhouqu county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, over 680 people were rescued after the Bailong river overflowed and a large body of water inundated Chengguan township. [...]
Sainthia, West Bengal: 60 people have been killed and another 86 are in hospital after a major train accident in West Bengal near the Jharkhand border. A speeding train rear-ended another train at the Sainthia station in Virbhum district, 191 kms from Howrah. Both trains were bizarrely on the same track. Sources who’re investigating the [...]
Benigno Aquino III has been sworn in as the Philippines’ 15th president on a mandate to tackle entrenched corruption within the government. Mr Aquino, the son of two democracy heroes, used his first speech as president to reafirm he would improve the investment environment in the poor south-east Asian country and would sincerely seek a [...]
Sundance Resources says the lack of suitable aircraft forced the company to break with protocol and allow all of its board members to fly on the same plane, which has disappeared in West Africa. Six mining executives, including billionaire magnate Ken Talbot, were among 11 people on board the plane chartered by the Perth company [...]
Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed early Friday by firing squad, the Utah Department of Corrections said. Gardner, 49, is only the third person in 33 years to die by firing squad in the United States. He was killed at 12:20 a.m. MST (2:20 a.m. ET), a Corrections Department spokesman said. The execution came [...]
The US treasury announced that it was blacklisting another of Iran’s state-controlled banks as well as more of its Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the US claims plays a key role in Iran’s missile programmes. The actions are the first set of US measures to implement new United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran approved last [...]
Adelaide – A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system. The Hayabusa explorer returned to Earth overnight after a seven-year, 6bn km journey, burning apart on re-entry in a spectacular fireball [...]
