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French zoo works to keep panda cub alive after its twin died

Saturday, 5 August 2017, 16:16 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Chinese giant panda experts and French zookeepers are working to ensure a panda cub's survival after its twin died during the first-ever birth of the rare animal in France. Images released...

Fire put out at 86-storey residential skyscraper in Dubai

Friday, 4 August 2017, 10:31 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Firefighters have put out a blaze that broke out early Friday in one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below,...

Do happy faces or sad faces raise more money?

Friday, 4 August 2017, 07:18 Last update: about 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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...

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