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Murder-suicide triggers lockdown at California campus

by Jocelyne ZABLIT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Two men died Wednesday in a murder-suicide at the University of…

First residents return to fire-ravaged Canadian city

  FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AFP) - by Cole Buston The first convoys of weary, anxious residents returned to wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray on…

Evacuations ordered along Brazos River as historic floods hit Texas

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (Reuters) -- Mandatory evacuations were ordered on Tuesday (May 31) along the swollen Brazos River in…

Pentagon chief heads to Asian summit as nations fret over S. China Sea

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will depart Tuesday for an Asian security summit in Singapore,…

Big airline LATAM suspends flights to Venezuela

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Latin America's biggest airline LATAM said Monday it will suspend its flights to crisis-hit Venezuela for…

US zoo defends killing gorilla that grabbed boy

by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The director of an Ohio zoo on Monday defended the killing of…

A 3 year old boy is rescued from the grip of a gorilla

OHIO, United States (Reuters) -- A child was rescued from the grip of a gorilla after falling into the animal's…

Trump gets warm welcome at veterans biker rally

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- White House hopeful Donald Trump received a warm welcome Sunday as he addressed a motorcycle…

Trump lays claim to Republican presidential nomination

by Ivan Couronne BILLING, United States (AFP) -- White House hopeful Donald Trump claimed victory Thursday in the Republican nomination…

Colombia blames guerrillas for missing journalists

BOGOTA , Colombia (AFP) -- The Red Cross said Thursday it will help search for three journalists missing in Colombia…

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