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A teenage Pakistani girl living in Italy has been allegedly murdered after she refused her family's demand that she have an arranged marriage, it has been reported. The family of 18-year-old Saman Abbas allegedly threw her out on the street…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy democracies must learn lessons from the pandemic, and not repeat errors made over the past 18-months and during the recovery from the 2008 global financial…

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Halifax says he's willing to work with other church leaders across the country to ask the Pope to apologize to survivors of residential schools. Archbishop Brian Dunn says those discussions are…

The sister who saved her twin from being ripped apart by a crocodile in Mexico has spoken of her heroism, saying, “It was fight or flight and you fight for the ones you love”. Georgia Laurie spoke on Friday as her identical sibling,…

Colombo, June 11: Sri Lankan health authorities announced on Friday that the two highly contagious COVID-19 variants -- B.1.1.7 and B.1.617.2 -- have been detected in the island nation. Director of the Allergy,…

A six-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her dad weeks ago has been confirmed as being a body found on seabed. Olivia Gimeno Zimmerman disappeared alongside her one-year-old sister Anna on April 27. Their father Tomas Gimeno went…

Washington, June 11: China's nuclear arsenal is a growing threat to US security, less in its absolute size than in the growing risk of a mishap, according to experts. "Have the risks changed? Yes, it's a more…

A mum who fell into a coma for 10 months after having a heart attack has woken up to find she has had a baby. Cristina Rosi, 37, from Tuscany, Italy, was heavily pregnant when she suffered a heart attack in July last year. She gave birth to…

Postponed by a year, the biggest sporting event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt kicks off Friday at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome — a milestone both for European and world sports. The opening match of soccer's European…

New Delhi, June 11: In the view of the US FDA rejecting emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, the government Friday said it respects the decision but asserted it will have no impact whatsoever on…

Sibongile Gxekwa claims Teboho Tsotetsi is actually her husband and that he cheated on her with Gosiame Thamara Sithole, who reportedly delivered decuplets in Pretoria, South Africa, this weekA woman claiming to be the wife of Teboho…

Washington, June 11: U.S. health officials are investigating what appear to be higher than expected reports of heart inflammation in male teens and young adults after they get a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna…

A mum left her baby to starve to death while she went on a four-day drinking binge with her friends. Olga Bazarova, 25, locked her son, 11 months, and daughter, three, in a flat with no food, and left the house. When she returned home, the…

Paris – Euro 2020 will finally get underway on Friday — a year behind schedule — with COVID-19 set to cast a shadow over the tournament.The continental event, first envisioned by then-UEFA president Michel Platini when he announced…

Hayle, June 11: US first lady Jill Biden and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are touring a preschool in southwestern England and learning how the children care for some rabbits. The women also plan to take part in a…

Almost 2,000 years ago, in the midst of a financial crisis, the Roman emperor Caligula seized grain boats to make a temporary floating pontoon bridge two miles long in the Bay of Naples.He dressed in gold armour, purple silk, and jewels,…

Eccentric Australian businessman Geoffrey Edelsten has died aged 78.The former owner of the Sydney Swans AFL club died at his apartment in Melbourne on Friday afternoon.The colourful GP started his career as a doctor and by the 2000s he and…

Sam Newman has opened up about the sudden passing of his wife Amanda Brown, revealing her cause of death for the first time.The Geelong legend and former AFL Footy Show host found his wife lying on the floor of their luxury Docklands…

The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the Red Planet. The four pictures released by the China National Space Administration…

Harare, June 11: A 19-year-old girl reportedly killed a man who flashed his penis at her demanding sex. The incident took place at Nyenda village in Zimbabwe on June 7. The local police booked the accused teenager,…

A dad suspected of kidnapping and killing his two daughters is said to have left 'farewell' messages for family and friends before a girl's body was found in a sports bag in the ocean. The child's remains were found more than 3,300ft…

Japan is in the process of approving Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine for use on adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, the government’s top spokesman said Friday.A panel at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will consider…

In approving the first new Alzheimer’s drug in nearly 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking its biggest risk yet with a strategy that allows new therapies onto the market without strong evidence that they work,…

London – The British government said Friday that the new delta coronavirus variant is 60% more transmissible in households than the variant that forced the country to lock down in January.The delta variant, which first emerged in…

HONG KONG – The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong said the imposition of a new national security law had created an “atmosphere of coercion” that threatens both the city’s freedoms and its standing as an international business hub.In…

Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, said Friday it aims to make its production carbon-neutral by 2035, replacing the previous target date of 2050.The Japanese firm’s chief production officer, Masamichi Okada, made the pledge during…

One of Japan’s sporting legends and an executive of the country’s Olympic committee said on Friday that the Tokyo Games should be held without spectators to ensure the safety of the public and accused the organizers of using a “double…

Miyashiro, Saitama Pref. – Japanese zookeepers are praying that a newly arrived white rhino will hit it off with her blind date when they meet later this year as “Emma” settles in to her new home near Tokyo.The horned herbivore,…

Punjab, June 11: In an unconventional move to tackle vaccine hesitancy, the provincial government in Pakistan's Punjab has decided to block SIM cards of all those citizens who refuse to get themselves vaccinated…

Frightening footage captures the moment an avalanche narrowly misses a group of visitors on Mount Everest as it crashed down and headed right towards them. The dramatic video shows how part of the trail on the Himalayan peak collapsed,…