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USA

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had plenty more ammo

School shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz had five more fully loaded magazines, one of which was marked with a swastika, sources tell NBC News.

28/02/2018

USA

Euroviews. Florida shooting aftermath: How media errors can make mass shootings w

As the nation engages in yet another bout of introspection, journalists must also look inward.

22/02/2018

USA

The 17 victims of the Florida school shooting

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland claimed 17 victims on Wednesday.

17/02/2018

Sweden

Pussy Riot members say Swedish exile is price of opposing Putin

The two members were beaten and detained in Russia after criticizing Putin — and have since fled the country to claim asylum in Sweden.

15/02/2018

Germany

How fall of the Berlin Wall paved way for Germany’s populists

Today many Easterners can't help but feel they were merely absorbed by their more wealthy, Western neighbors, rather than joining as equal partners.

05/02/2018

Saudi Arabia

107,000 Saudi women apply for 140 jobs at passport office

The General Directorate of Passports had announced two weeks earlier it was looking for female applicants for roles at airports and the country's land borders.

02/02/2018

USA

US missile defence test fails off Hawaii, officials say

The test of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile was conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai.

01/02/2018

USA

Emotional support peacock denied flight by United Airlines

United Airlines said the peacock “did not meet guidelines for a number of reasons, including its weight and size."

31/01/2018

USA

How some of Trump’s State of the Union claims stand up to reality

A fact-check of some of the key claims from Trump's speech.

31/01/2018

South Africa

Water crisis grips Cape Town, South Africa, after drought stretching y

Based on current projections, "Day Zero" is forecast for April 12, according to officials. That would make Cape Town the world's first major city to run dry.

30/01/2018

Bolivia

Bolivia wrestles with protecting child workers as young as 10

Is 10 too young to work? Not in Bolivia, where President Evo Morales says children have the right, but should be protected.

27/01/2018

USA

Michael Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House and Trump

A year ago, Donald Trump's then-national security adviser met FBI investigators probing Russian ties without telling the new president or his staff, sources say.

24/01/2018

USA

Two dead after gunfire erupts at Kentucky high school

More than a dozen people were also injured in the shooting.

23/01/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women get the right to drive — but what about everything else?

Headline-grabbing announcements regarding women's rights obscure the conflicts within families and throughout society over justice and the rule of law.

22/01/2018

United Kingdom

Britain appoints ‘minister for loneliness’ to tackle social isolation

The government created the new post after research showed as many as one in 10 people felt lonely “always or often” — and that hundreds of thousands of elderly people hadn’t spoken to a friend or relative in the past month.

17/01/2018

USA

What’s the Montreal Cognitive Assessment mental test Trump took?

The 30-point test includes drawings of a lion and a rhinoceros, which patients must name.

17/01/2018

Russia

School stabbing injures teacher, 20 students in Perm, Russia

A teacher and 11 children were hospitalised Monday during a knife fight at a school in Russia, authorities said.

15/01/2018

Iran

Iran protests end but regime now faces ‘race against time,’ experts sa

What made this mass display of dissent — which resulted in at least 21 deaths and more than 3,700 arrests — so significant was that it appeared to be leaderless and spread without the impetus of any particular opposition group.

11/01/2018

USA

Apple investors urge action on iPhone addiction among kids

Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram: is all this time on smartphones bad for children?

09/01/2018

World News

Missed out on the bitcoin boom? Try these virtual currencies instead

Bitcoin is so 2017. If you missed out on the virtual currency boom, here are five other digital assets you can jump into to try to ride the next wave.

03/01/2018