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Pope braves rain-soaked mountain roads for Transylvania Mass

Sunday, 2 June 2019, 07:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania on Saturday to visit Romania's most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work...

Police: City worker kills 12 in Virginia Beach; suspect dead

Saturday, 1 June 2019, 07:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover before police shot and killed...

Watch - Live: Mount Etna erupts again

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 16:17 Last update: about 8 years ago

Mount Etna is erupting again, spewing ash and lava to the south east, Italian media report. Geologists say that there are two areas of the mount which have opened up, one in the south-east and...

Girl believed to be tiniest newborn weighed as much as apple

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 07:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world's tiniest surviving...

7 dead, 21 missing after South Korean tour boat sinks in Hungary

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 07:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A massive search was underway on the Danube River in downtown Budapest for 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat with 33 South Korean tourists sank after colliding with another vessel during an...

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