LONDON – Authorities have found some 68 migrants crammed in a shipping container at a port northeast of London. East of England Ambulance Service was called at 10 p.m. Thursday amid reports of people being locked in a container at Harwich International Port in Essex. The service says the migrants …
Read More »Van carrying migrants crashes in Macedonia as driver tries to evade police, injuring 14
SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonian police say 14 migrants were injured early Sunday when the van they traveled in went off the road after the driver tried to escape a police checkpoint. Police tried to stop the van for a routine check shortly after midnight, but the driver speeded up. The …
Read More »Police: Thieves steal crates of perfume from Paris airport freight warehouse
PARIS – Police say that about five people broke into a freight warehouse for Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris and stole crates of perfume, packing them into a truck and fleeing. A Paris region police official said Tuesday that no one was injured in the theft late Monday, which …
Read More »Philippine volcano spews ash but scientists say violent eruption not imminent
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine volcano has spewed plumes of ash but volcanologists say the steam-driven explosions do not indicate an imminent violent eruption. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director Renato Solidum said Mount Bulusan southeast of Manila ejected ash up to a kilometer (0.6 mile) high for about …
Read More »UN's Environment Program is an Administrative Mess, Internal Study Reveals
EXCLUSIVE: The United Nations Environment Program, the flagship for environmental consciousness and creation of a new era of “global environmental governance,” doesn’t know how its money is spent or even who it may be dealing with when it comes to hundreds of corporate, public and non-governmental partners that are “key” …
Read More »Spain birth up by in 2014, first time after 5-year negative run during economic crisis
MADRID – Spain’s National Statistics Institute says the number of births in the country rose in 2014, ending a five-year decline that coincided with the financial crisis. The institute said Monday 426,303 babies were born last year, 588 — or 0.1 percent — more than in 2013. The institute said …
Read More »Saudi-led airstrikes, rebel shelling kills 9 civilians in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say Saudi-led airstrikes and shelling by Shiite rebels have killed nine civilians. They said five civilians were killed Thursday when airstrikes targeted Shiite rebels, also known as Houthis, in a market in the northern province of Jawf. At least four civilians were killed when …
Read More »Police investigate mob killing of school director after 2 children found dead in north India
PATNA, India – Police say they are investigating the mob killing of a school director after two students were discovered dead in northern India. Nalanda district police Superintendent Siddhartha Kumar Jain said the mob attacked the boarding school’s director on Sunday after the bodies of two boys aged 10 and …
Read More »Turkey fails to elect new parliament speaker in initial 2 rounds of voting
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s parliament has failed to elect its new speaker after two rounds of voting that were being watched for an early indication of the Turkish parties’ strength in the coalition-building process. Ismet Yilmaz, the ruling party’s candidate and the defense minister in the outgoing government, came first …
Read More »Gunmen burst into bar, kill 6 men in working class district of Brazil's biggest city
SAO PAULO – Brazilian police say six men were shot to death in a low-income working class district on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Authorities say gunmen barged into a bar Wednesday morning and opened fire, immediately killing three men. The gunmen then shot and killed three more men outside …
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