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Humanitarian group says 100 migrants die off Libyan coast

Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 15:23 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Doctors Without Borders says more than 100 people have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast and the remaining survivors are being held in detention in Libya. The humanitarian organization...

Olivia Newton-John diagnosed with cancer for third time

Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 09:43 Last update: about 9 years ago

Olivia Newton-John says she has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time in three decades. The four-time Grammy winner, who will turn 70 on Sept. 26, told Australian news program "Sunday...

Millions prepare for potentially catastrophic hurricane Florence

Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 07:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

With mandatory evacuations already issued for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans are preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern...

Discovery of dog saves Oregon man from sex-crime conviction

Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 07:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The discovery of a black Lab named Lucy led to the unravelling of a criminal case Monday against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence. Joshua Horner, a plumber from the...

Sweden's ruling party hits election low as far right grows

Monday, 10 September 2018, 06:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Voters handed Sweden's ruling party its worst-ever election result Sunday and delivered a parallel lift to a far-right party with white supremacist roots, leaving the ideological outline of the...

Lawyer: Trump doesn't think Stormy Daniels' deal is valid

Sunday, 9 September 2018, 06:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

President Donald Trump does not believe porn actress Stormy Daniels' hush-money deal, which his former personal lawyer said was done to influence the 2016 presidential election, is valid and will not...

Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it

Saturday, 8 September 2018, 17:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion to fight the clerical culture that has fueled the sex abuse and cover-up scandal...

Warning about growing ISIS presence in Libya

Saturday, 8 September 2018, 13:15 Last update: about 9 years ago

A UN-brokered ceasefire in Libya seems to be holding for now, but the city was “on the brink of an all-out-war” before the agreement was signed earlier this week, according to the United...

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