Image copyright Scottish SPCA Image caption Scottish SPCA staff removed the snake and put it into quarantine When Maria Boxall found a snake in her luggage following a holiday in Australia, she thought it had been placed there by a member of her family. But the Scottish grandmother quickly realised it was not a practical […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump told US Governors North Korea has great economic potential North Korea could become one of the world’s “great economic powers” if it relinquishes its nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump has said. Writing on Twitter, Mr Trump said the nation had “more potential for rapid growth than […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump told US Governors North Korea has great economic potential North Korea could become one of the world’s “great economic powers” if it relinquishes its nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump has said. Writing on Twitter, Mr Trump said the nation had “more potential for rapid growth than […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The cartoon was published after Serena Williams’s US Open loss last year A controversial cartoon of Serena Williams published in an Australian newspaper last year did not breach media standards, a press watchdog says. The cartoon depicted Williams jumping above a broken racquet next to a baby’s dummy in […]
Image copyright Pixar Image caption Love between a lonely Chinese mother and her baby dumpling Little dumplings can do big things. And Disney-Pixar’s Bao certainly did, taking home this year’s Academy Award for Best animated short. It is Chinese-Canadian animator Domee Shi’s directorial debut, paying homage to the endearing relationship between an ageing and lonely […]
Media captionMr Kim waved to cheering crowds as his train left Pyongyang North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed for Hanoi by train for talks with US President Donald Trump. He arrived at the Chinese border city of Dandong after 21:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday. The much anticipated second US-North Korea summit is […]
An airliner flying from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing following a hijack attempt, local media report. The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, carrying 142 passengers, was surrounded by security forces at an airport in the Bangladeshi coastal city of Chittagong. Flight BG147’s passengers disembarked safely, reports say, citing […]
Media captionThe victims are tea plantation workers from the north-eastern state of Assam At least 130 people have died and more than 200 are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in north-eastern India, officials said. Some 35 people were reported dead in the state of Assam on Sunday, days after about 100 […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption One of the leading causes of civilian deaths was suicide attacks – here in the capital, Kabul, in November More civilians were killed last year in Afghanistan than at any time since records have been kept, according to a new report from the UN. There were 3,804 civilian deaths in […]
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