Powerful storm damages world’s third largest cruise ship
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 19:25
Last update: about 12 years ago
The third largest cruise ship in the world was caught in a powerful storm on Sunday that rocked the vessel wildly, overturning furniture, smashing glassware and collapsing part of a ceiling in a...
IOM says 409 migrants die in Mediterranean in 2016
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 12:52
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
The International Organization for Migration says 409 people have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, and migrant crossings in the first six weeks of 2016 are running at nearly ten...
Indian scientists study chunk that fell from sky, killed man
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:39
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India, after authorities said it was a meteorite. The object slammed into the ground at an...
Updated (4): Train crash in Germany kills at least nine, injures 150
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 09:04
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Police say several people have been killed or injured in an early morning train crash in southern Germany. They say two trains were involved in the crash near Bad Aibling, in Bavaria. It was not...
2015 sets record for most shark attacks, with 98 worldwide
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 07:49
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Experts say 2015 saw a record-setting 98 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, including 30 in Florida alone. The Florida Museum of Natural History released the numbers Monday. Scientists say the...
No new trial for priest convicted of sex tourism with boys
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 07:48
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
A priest who was convicted of sexually assaulting poor street children during missionary trips to Honduras and said federal prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence in his case won't get a new trial, a...
Vatican stresses policy role of sex committee after member suspended
Monday, 8 February 2016, 16:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis' sex-abuse commission stressed Monday that its sole purpose is to propose initiatives to protect children from pedophiles, after it effectively suspended a member who advocated a more...