Chef Benoit Violier was victim of huge wine scam
The "world's best chef", who was found dead in his home last week, was the victim of a huge wine scam that put him in considerable financial trouble, according to reports. Benoit Violier, 44, whose...
View Article'Problem app' Kik offers teenagers, and predators, anonymity
​The allegations are beyond chilling: two students at US university Virginia Tech charged with the premeditated kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old girl who, authorities say, communicated with her...
View ArticleBernie Sanders joins Larry David on Saturday Night Live
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live three days before the New Hampshire primary, appearing in a skit with host Larry David, the comic who has...
View ArticleNorth Korean patrol boat crosses to South drawing warning shots
Seoul: A North Korean patrol boat crossed into South Korean waters early on Monday and retreated after the South Korean navy fired warning shots, a South Korean military official said....
View ArticleAleppo's underground schools face bombardment and burnout
London: At the unofficial schools run by Syrian activist group Kesh Malek in opposition-held districts of Aleppo, the children don't go outside to play during breaks in case a barrel bomb should drop...
View ArticleTurkey steps up involvement in Syria conflict
Oncupinar, Turkey: Turkey has stepped up its role in the Syrian conflict by entering the country to help thousands of fleeing Syrians while saying Turkey is under threat and signalling it is ready to...
View ArticleKidnapped Australian Jocelyn Elliot arrives in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou: Australian woman Jocelyn Elliot, who was kidnapped along with her husband Ken by al-Qaeda militants before being released on the weekend, has arrived in Burkina Faso's capital. Mrs Elliot...
View ArticleMedia executives and UNESCO Members States meet to reinforce safety of...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The daylong conference will foster dialogue on security issues with a view to reducing the high number of casualties...
View ArticleWorld Radio Day 2016 celebrates radio as a lifeline in times of disaster and...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, mass nuclear or pollution incidents, health epidemics… according to the 2015...
View ArticleMigrant boat sinks en route to Greece, 27 dead
Istanbul: Coastguards have confirmed 27 migrants, 11 of them children, drowned off Turkey's Aegean coast as they tried to reach the Greek islands. The news broke as Greece confirmed it would soon have...
View Article'Truly terrifying': 4000-passenger Anthem of the Seas ship sails into mega-storm
A massive storm exploded in intensity just off the Southeast US coast on Sunday afternoon, driving hurricane force winds and whipping waves into a frenzy. And in the middle of this monster storm was a...
View ArticleNepal ethnic minorities call off trading blockade
Kathmandu: Nepal's ethnic minority groups have lifted a four-month-old blockade along a major trading point with India, saying it didn't want ordinary people to suffer anymore, but vowed to carry on...
View ArticleHow a huge Chinese 'Ponzi scheme' lured investors
Beijing: Kang Weiwei considers herself cautious. When China's stock market took off, she stood on the sidelines. She steered clear of financial products that she couldn't really understand. But the...
View ArticleRussian firepower helps Syrian forces push towards Turkey border
Oncupinar: The Syrian army has advanced towards the Turkish border in a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of their nearly five-year-old insurrection...
View ArticleShots fired in Hong Kong as violence flares
Beijing: Hong Kong police fired "warning shots" in a bid to contain hundreds of surging rioters as Lunar New Year celebrations descended into a night of chaos on the streets of one of the city's...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Jeb Bush and what Caddyshack tells us about them
Donald Trump began the final full day of campaigning before the New Hampshire primary with a round of gratuitous attacks on Jeb Bush on MSBNBC's Morning Joe program. "Here is the story on Jeb," he...
View ArticleRogue intelligence officer directing elephant poachers in Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam: An investigation into the death of a British helicopter pilot who was looking for poachers near Serengeti National Park has uncovered a criminal poaching ring led by a rogue intelligence...
View ArticleTaiwan quake: More survivors rescued
Beijing: Four trapped survivors, including an eight-year-old girl and a woman found shielded under the dead body of her husband, have been rescued alive from a collapsed apartment building, more than...
View ArticleIndian soldier survives six days buried in snow after avalanche
SRINAGAR: An Indian soldier declared dead has been found alive under eight metres of snow, six days after he was buried by an avalanche that hit his military post in the disputed Himalayan region of...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns killing of media worker Hashem Al Hamran in Yemen...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the killing of Hashem Al Hamran,' the Director-General said. 'His death highlights the imperative need to...
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