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Man caught walking into NY cathedral with full gasoline cans

April 18th, 2019723 A 37-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night after walking into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City with two full gasoline cans, lighter fluid...

Africa

Giant predator fossil found in forgotten museum drawer

April 18th, 2019843 When Ohio University integrative biologist Nancy Stevens peered into a drawer in the wooden cabinets on the top floor of a Nairobi museum in 2010, she saw a...

Europe

Madeira mourns 29 German bus crash victims

April 18th, 2019599 Madeira began three days of mourning on Thursday for 29 German tourists who died after their bus veered off a steep road, as Germany's foreign minister and a...

Asia

Gunmen kill 14 after kidnapping them from buses on Pakistani coast

April 18th, 2019621 By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan, April 18 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed 14 people in southwestern Pakistan after pulling them from several...

Oceania

Schools evacuated, subway services halted as quake hits Taiwan

April 18th, 2019523 A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien on Thursday, shaking buildings and temporarily halting subway services in the capital...

Asia

North Korean leader oversees testing of a new weapon

April 18th, 2019596 By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL, April 18 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a new tactical guided weapon, state media...

Europe

At least 29 killed in Madeira tourist bus accident

April 17th, 20191082 At least 29 people, most of them German tourists, were killed and 27 others injured on Wednesday when their bus veered off a steep narrow road on the...

Americas

US slaps new sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela to pressure Maduro

April 17th, 2019717 The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed new sanctions and other punitive measures on Cuba and Venezuela, seeking to ratchet up U.S. pressure on Havana to...

Americas

Peru's ex-president Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest

April 17th, 2019812 Peru's former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a...

Offbeat

At $40,000 a bottle, Tokaj aims to revive royal wine

April 17th, 20191039 A Hungarian winemaker in the Tokaj region known for its golden dessert wine is selling a vintage for $40,000 a bottle, hoping to revive the royal heritage of a...

Europe

Should Notre-Dame be rebuilt as it was?

April 17th, 2019754 France will open the redesign of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral's historic spire to international architects after Monday night's catastrophic blaze that...

Turkey

Turkey's opposition takes office in Istanbul

April 17th, 20191241 Turkey's main opposition candidate was declared Istanbul's mayor on Wednesday after election recounts were finally completed, despite an appeal still pending...

Africa

Thieves pinch rifles as Kenyan police watch football

April 17th, 2019559 The temptation to watch UEFA Champions League quarter-finals football on TV both featuring Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo backfired for some Kenya...

Middle East

Fearing death, runaway Saudi sisters appeal for world's help

April 17th, 2019862 Two Saudi sisters took to Twitter on Wednesday to plead for international protection and a safe haven, saying their lives would be at risk if they went back to...

Tech & Science

Switzerland to monitor potential health risks posed by 5G networks

April 17th, 2019874 Switzerland will introduce a monitoring system to assuage concerns about the potential health impact of fifth-generation (5G) mobile frequency emissions and...

Europe

Portugal's striking fuel-tanker drivers to meet essential supplies

April 17th, 2019539 Striking fuel-tanker drivers in Portugal have agreed to provide essential supplies to emergency services such as hospitals and airports, the government said...

Americas

Denver area schools shut as police hunt armed woman "infatuated" with Columbine

April 17th, 2019598 Public schools in Jefferson County, the site of Columbine High School, and nearby districts were closed on Wednesday as police hunted for an armed Florida...

Asia

Malaysia probes book on Muslim women who refuse to wear headscarves

April 17th, 2019638 M alaysia's religious authorities on Wednesday said they were investigating a book about Muslim women who choose not to wear a hijab, prompting a backlash...

Europe

Browder files Swedbank money laundering complaint in Latvia

April 17th, 2019950 Investor Bill Browder has taken a criminal complaint against Swedbank to Latvian authorities, alleging it was involved in a Russian money laundering...

Britain

Climate-change protesters disrupt London docklands train service (Update 2)

April 17th, 2019644 Two environmental activists climbed onto the roof of a train in London's Canary Wharf financial district on Wednesday as part of a third day of action to force...

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