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Updated: 90 migrants feared drowned off Libyan coast

Friday, 2 February 2018, 11:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The UN's migration agency says its partner agencies are reporting that 90 people are feared drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants has capsized off Libya's...

New witnesses emerge in actress Natalie Wood's 1981 drowning

Friday, 2 February 2018, 08:51 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

New witnesses have emerged in the 1981 drowning of actress Natalie Wood, prompting investigators to deem it a "suspicious death" and name her former husband, 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner, a "person...

EP leadership wants Vice-President Czarnecki to step down

Thursday, 1 February 2018, 19:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

The European Parliament political group leaders decided on Thursday to propose to the full House next week that Vice-President Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR, Poland) be stripped of his function. This means...

Amid publicity tour, porn star denies affair with Trump

Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 08:04 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Adult film star Stormy Daniels, in the midst of a publicity tour fueled by past allegations of a 2006 sexual relationship with a then-married Donald Trump, said in a statement on Tuesday the alleged...

Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court

Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 07:50 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Larry Nassar, the sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting more than 150 women and girls, will be confronted again by scores of victims as he faces another prison sentence for molesting gymnasts,...

Indian Muslim cleric says women watching football un-Islamic

Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A senior cleric at an influential Islamic seminary in northern India has issued a religious decree saying that Muslim women should not watch men playing soccer. Mufti Athar Kasmi said that...

Trial starts for woman charged with killing her twin

Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 08:51 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A murder trial began Monday for a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister. The 2016 crash was a tragic accident, Alexandria Duval's...

Blue moon, supermoon, total lunar eclipse rolled into one

Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 08:07 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one....

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