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Do happy faces or sad faces raise more money?

Friday, 4 August 2017, 07:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

To encourage giving, many charities that serve people in need use photos depicting either happy people or sad ones in their pitches. These pictures symbolize the people who will benefit from donations...

Libyan general orders navy to confront ships entering waters

Friday, 4 August 2017, 07:14 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The commander of Libya's self-styled national army in the country's east has ordered naval and air forces to confront any vessel entering the country's territorial waters without permission, after...

The FBI: With great power comes great scandal

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 16:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Drama at the FBI is nothing new. Given its 109-year history, the FBI has seen many scandals and numerous directors come and go. Its directors, in fact, have always been the face and driving force...

Transgender man gives birth to baby boy in United States

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 15:00 Last update: about 9 years ago

A transgender man has given born to a baby boy in the US.  Trystan Reese, from Portland, Oregon, was born female but started taking hormones almost a decade ago, The Independent (UK)...

Woman guilty of encouraging boyfriend to kill himself

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 13:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A Massachusetts woman who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to "get back in" a truck filled with toxic gas faces up to 20 years in prison when a judge...

German hiker missing since 1987 found in Swiss glacier

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 07:32 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Police in southwestern Switzerland have found in an Alpine glacier the remains of a German hiker who went missing almost exactly three decades ago. The regional Valais police department said...

Italy seizes German group's rescue boat in immigration probe

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 07:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Italian authorities ordered a German group's migrant rescue vessel seized Wednesday, alleging that its crew took on migrants directly from smugglers' boats near Libya's coast. The vessel operated...

Donald Trump signs 'seriously flawed' Russia sanctions bill

Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 19:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

President Donald Trump today signed what he called a "seriously flawed" bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, pressured by his Republican Party not to move on his own toward a warmer relationship...

Teen jumps out of plane emergency door at San Francisco

Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 15:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A teenage boy traveling alone opened an emergency door after his plane landed, slid down the wing and jumped onto a tarmac at San Francisco before shocked passengers could do anything to stop him,...

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