San Bernardino shooting: 'Love you guys. Was shot.' mother texted to family
By all accounts, it should have been a day of celebration for Julie Swann-Paez. The inspector with the San Bernardino County Department of Health walked into the Christmas party at the Inland Regional...
View ArticleSan Bernardino shootings: what we know, what we don't – December 4, 2015
What we know On Wednesday, December 2, Syed Rizwan Farook, a 28-year-old Pakistani American and Tashfeen Malik, his 27-year-old Pakistani immigrant wife, dressed themselves in military-style clothing,...
View ArticleHawaii court revokes permit for telescope on Mauna Kea volcano
The Hawaii Supreme Court has revoked a permit that would have allowed the controversial construction of one of the world's largest telescopes on a dormant volcano considered an ideal location on Earth...
View ArticleSan Francisco police caught on camera shooting suspect Mario Woods dead
As the Californian city of San Bernardino was grappling with the aftermath of a mass shooting this week, elsewhere in the state a 26-year-old man found himself standing up against a wall as a group of...
View ArticleSan Bernardino shooting: Gathering to mourn the dead
San Bernardino: There were just 14 people killed in the San Bernardino shooting spree, a tiny number when compared to the quarter of a million people living in the county, or indeed the 18.5 million...
View ArticleMalaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman defecated outside woman's house as part...
Wellington: A Malaysian military man believed in black magic, including a spell that meant if he defecated outside a woman's house she would fall in love with him, a court has heard. Crown prosecutor...
View ArticleSan Bernardino shooting: First police officer on the scene tells his story
San Bernardino: The first officer to enter the conference centre where 14 had been killed and 21 injured was measured, solemn as he described a scene of what he called unspeakable carnage. Lieutenant...
View ArticleNew Malaysian security law provides sweeping powers to PM's council
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Parliament has approved a security law that will give sweeping security powers to a council led by the prime minister, in a move slammed by rights groups and critics as a step...
View ArticleEight countries suspend French poultry imports after bird flu outbreak
Paris: Eight countries, including Japan and Morocco, have suspended imports of French poultry after the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in south-western France, home to many foie gras and...
View ArticleWith Schengen under threat, Greece accepts EU help
Brussels: Greece has asked for European Union help to secure its borders and care for crowds of migrants, defusing threats from EU allies to bar it from the passport-free Schengen zone if it failed to...
View ArticleEntrenched views on gun massacres overlook nuances of San Bernardino shootings
San Bernardino: The dead had not yet even been counted by the time the murder of 14 healthcare workers in the city of San Bernardino in Southern California was fed into the maw of America's partisan...
View ArticleBodies in Australian surfers' van in Mexico had gunshot wounds
A Mexican official has said the two bodies found in a burnt-out van belonging to missing Australians Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman contained gunshot wounds. The bodies have not been positively identified...
View ArticleEgypt: Molotov cocktail attack on Cairo restaurant kills 16
Cairo: A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo restaurant killed 16 people and wounded two on Friday, Egyptian security officials said....
View ArticleLeading scientists to define the requirements and potential of science in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The two-day meeting will be hosted by the Government of the Russian Federation. It will be co-chaired by the Director...
View ArticleGo beyond COP21, UNESCO urges Russian journalists (UNESCO - United Nations...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This was the key message that Fackson Banda, a programme specialist in the Secretariat of the International Programme...
View ArticleApplying UNESCO’s Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media in Costa Rica (UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The four experts, from the fields of communication, political sciences and sociology, have already applied these...
View Article[Translate to espanol:] Leading scientists to define the requirements and...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) [Translate to espanol:] The two-day meeting will be hosted by the Government of the Russian Federation. It will be...
View ArticleUNESCO supports Right to Information in Palestine (UNESCO - United Nations...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) By adopting this law, Palestine will become the fifth country in the Arab region to provide a legal protection for...
View ArticleEthiopia to host 11th meeting for the Committee for the Safeguarding of the...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This decision was taken today in Windhoek at the close of the 10th session of the Committee, which brings together...
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