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Toxic alcohol kills 98 in India, hundreds hospitalised

Ninety-eight workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, officials…

11 wounded in central China knife attack

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A man with a history of mental illness wounded 11 people with a knife after attacking…

Chicago police charge US actor with filing false report of assault

by Nova Safo US police on Wednesday charged a TV actor with lying to authorities about being the victim of…

US Coast Guard officer arrested for mass murder plot

by Chris Lefkow A US Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views and drafted a target list of Democratic politicians and prominent…

Polish mother superior speaks out about priests sexually abusing nuns after Catholic Pope’s statement

  WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- A senior nun has spoken out for the first time about priests sexually abusing nuns…

US rapper shot by police struck by about 25 bullets: lawyer

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A young US rapper shot dead by police in northern California earlier this…

Gunman kills five in mass shooting at US manufacturing facility

by Nova SAFO Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) -- Five people were killed and multiple police officers shot…

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by NY jury

by Laura BONILLA CAL Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Mexican mobster Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was…

Toppled Malaysian leader’s 1MDB trial delayed

Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak's trial over a massive financial scandal that contributed to his government's downfall was postponed Monday,…

Malaysia’s toppled leader to go on trial over 1MDB scandal

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will go on trial this week over an extraordinary…

15 killed in knife rampage and arson attack in China

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Fifteen people were killed in China on the night of the Lunar New Year in two…

Massive drug bust exposes Mexico-Australia cartel ties

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian and US authorities on Friday announced they had seized around a billion dollars worth of…

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