Woman wins payout after doctors started caesarean without anaesthetic
London: A woman has been awarded $55,000 after a London hospital began a caesarean without giving her adequate pain relief. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust...
View Article'The Sarajevo of Syria': What the fall of Aleppo would mean for the world
Washington: Over the past week, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have nearly encircled the city of Aleppo, once the war-torn country's most populous urban centre. By doing so, they have...
View ArticleTaiwan developer in custody after tower collapses in earthquake
Tainan, Taiwan: A local court in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan ruled on Tuesday to take into custody the developer of a building which collapsed during an earthquake at the weekend that killed at...
View ArticleGuns, drugs and cars: Why Americans die younger
The average American will die as many as two years sooner than if they lived in Western Europe or Japan. This can be attributed, in part, to three of the darker elements of life in the US: gun...
View ArticleUnited Nations renews call for impartial war crimes investigations in Sri Lanka
Colombo: The United Nations will not force Sri Lanka to accept a role for international judges in investigating possible war crimes during the 26-year Tamil insurgency but any process must be impartial...
View ArticleWhat is Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is literally marked on the forehead of observant Christians. At church services across the world, the ashes of burned palm branches mixed with holy water or oil...
View ArticleA mother's discovery about her daughter's odd teeth leads to a troubling...
Sitting in a college library on Labor Day 2009, Deanna Rennon tried to ignore the guilt she felt about spending the holiday at Mary Washington University instead of boating with her family as her...
View ArticleA mother's internet sleuthing about her daughter's odd teeth leads to a...
Sitting in a college library on Labor Day 2009, Deanna Rennon tried to ignore the guilt she felt about spending the holiday at Mary Washington University instead of boating with her family as her...
View ArticleA 12-year-old Syrian migrant wrote this heartbreaking letter to the King of...
As a school counsellor in Malmo, Sweden, Pooja Sharafi has heard more than his fair share of suffering. Roughly one quarter of his kids at Sofielundsskolan are "new arrivals," meaning they came to...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Bernie Sanders win in New Hampshire
Manchester, New Hampshire: Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has won New Hampshire's Republican presidential nominating contest, and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has beaten Hillary Clinton....
View ArticleSyria vows to recapture Aleppo from rebels, risking 300,000 lives
Damascus: Syria is moving to secure its border with Turkey and recapture the city of Aleppo with its latest military offensive, potentially cutting off 300,000 people from humanitarian aid. A top...
View ArticleNorth Korea satellite achieves stable orbit
Washington: A satellite launched by North Korea at the weekend has now stabilised in its orbit around the Earth in a step forward from a previous launch in 2012, a US official says. However, the...
View Article'Human error' responsible for German head-on train crash
Munich: The head-on collision of two commuter trains in southern Germany that left 10 people dead and dozens injured was caused by "human error," a source close to the investigation said of the initial...
View ArticlePolice crack Thai fake passport racket and arrest 'The Doctor'
Bangkok: Police have disrupted a major fake passport syndicate supplying travel documents to people wanting to reach Australia. Australian investigators worked closely with authorities in Thailand to...
View ArticleRouts for Trump and Sanders jolt political system
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont harnessed working-class fury to surge to commanding victories in a New Hampshire primary that drew energetic turnout across...
View ArticleJeb Who? Something has clicked for Jeb Bush in the last few days
Nashua, New Hampshire: Something has clicked for Jeb Bush in New Hampshire in the last few days. The crowds turning out to see him are bigger, his delivery on the stump is crisper and some of his key...
View ArticleRussia to make UN claim to Arctic ocean seabed
Moscow: A senior Russian government official has formally presented to the United Nations his country's claim to Arctic Ocean seabed, including an area under the North Pole. The presentation by the...
View ArticleIndonesian Air Force plane crashes in residential East Java
Jakarta: An Indonesian Air Force plane has crashed into a densely populated residential area of Malang in East Java. It is not yet known if the two people on...
View ArticleDirector-General denounces assassination of radio journalist Reinel Martínez...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the assassination of Reinel Martínez Cerqueda,' the Director-General said. 'Journalists must be allowed to...
View ArticleDirector-General deplores death of journalist Haji Mohammad Zubair Khaksar in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the killing of Haji Mohammad Zubair Khaksar,' the Director-General said. 'This crime is an intolerable...
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