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Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting

Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand on Sunday to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting two days earlier.

Angers mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cams

In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 license plate reader cameras across the United States.

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Five shot dead at German youth welfare site, two suspects arrested

Five people were shot dead at a youth welfare facility in Germany on Monday and the suspected gunman was arrested, police said, in one of the country's deadliest shootings in years.

Chavez-era housing complex in ruins after Venezuela quakes

A residential complex once touted as part of former strongman leader Hugo Chavez's flagship housing program has been left uninhabitable in Venezuela's earthquake disaster.

Catholic traditionalists risk schism in Church

The Society of Saint Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic community, plans to ordain its own bishops on Wednesday without Vatican approval, raising the risk of schism within the Church.

Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors

Hopes were fading Monday of finding survivors more than four days after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as residents grow increasingly frustrated with the government's response to the disaster that has killed at least 1,450 people.

Cape Verde, Africa's outlier in LGBTQ tolerance

Cape Verdean make-up artist Leonardo put the finishing touches to a singer's look at a shoot for a music video, open and comfortable about being a gay man in Africa.

Israelis, Palestinians torn over sacred shrine in city of Hebron

For Israeli settler Nitzan, Hebron's Old City and its sacred Cave of the Patriarchs shrine are a must-see for all of humanity, but for Palestinian Issa Amro, it has become a symbol of Israel's expanding grip on the city.

Critical rescue window closing in Venezuela as quake death toll nears 1,500

Emergency teams with rescue dogs were searching Sunday for any remaining survivors of powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela, where the death toll has surpassed 1,450 and nearly 200 building have completely collapsed.

Looting, theft in Venezuela's earthquake zone add to tragedy

Not even the cables inside the small store remained intact. The earth had barely stopped shaking when the looting and theft began in the area most devastated by Venezuela's double earthquake.

Venezuela quakes kill 1,450, time running out to find survivors

A man and his teen son were found alive Sunday under the rubble in Venezuela four days after powerful twin earthquakes rocked the country, as the death toll hit 1,450 and hopes of such rescues dwindled.

Venezuela quakes kill 1,400, time running out to find survivors

Rescue crews with sniffer dogs raced Sunday to pull survivors from the rubble of Venezuela's powerful twin earthquakes as the death toll reached 1,430 and hopes dwindled more than three days after the disaster struck.

BIS warns 'pressure points' putting global economy at risk

The Bank for International Settlements warned Sunday of multiple "pressure points" in the global economy, from inflation fuelled by the Middle East war to fears of cooling AI investments, threatening financial stability.

Venezuela quakes kill 1,400 as time running out to find survivors

Rescue crews raced Saturday to find survivors in the rubble of Venezuela's powerful earthquakes as the death toll reached 1,430 and hopes dwindled 72 hours after the earth roared and rumbled.

A painful wait by a pile of rubble in quake-hit Venezuela

Rescue crews working at one of the many buildings destroyed in Venezuela's killer earthquakes called for silence as they heard some kind of sound from a survivor buried in the rubble.

Solidarity, sadness among Venezuelans made destitute by quake

Bandaged, bruised Venezuelans sifted through donated clothes in a large sports arena turned shelter after losing everything in the massive earthquakes that struck this week.

Aid planes landing at partially reopened Venezuela airport after quakes

Venezuela's Simon Bolivar International Airport was partially reopened Saturday and accepting cargo flights carrying aid including a field hospital, the US State Department's top foreign assistance official said.

'We need help': Venezuelans furious at slow official response to quakes

Boos followed Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during a visit to a Caracas neighborhood pulverized by two massive earthquakes.

Venezuela quakes kill almost 1,500, with millions more in need

The death toll in Venezuela's twin earthquake disaster reached 1,430 Saturday, and millions more were feared to lack sanitation and other basic needs as the first US aid flights trickled into Caracas.

Venezuela earthquake deaths near 1,000, with millions more in need

The death toll in Venezuela's twin earthquake disaster approached 1,000 Saturday and millions more were feared to have been left without sanitation and other basic needs as first US aid flights trickled into Caracas.

Newborn baby rescued from rubble of Venezuela quake

A newborn baby has been rescued from a fallen building 32 hours after the twin earthquakes that devastated a Venezuelan coastal city.

Thousands ride through Rome as Vespa celebrates 80 years

An icon of the Italian way of life, the Vespa was celebrating its 80th birthday on Saturday, as thousands of riders paraded through Rome on the legendary scooters.

Thousands expected as Vespa celebrates 80 years in Rome

An icon for the Italian way of life, the Vespa is celebrating its 80th birthday with thousands of drivers expected to zip around Rome in the legendary scooters on Saturday.

Budapest Pride to push for equality after reversed ban

Droves are expected to attend Saturday's Budapest Pride march in scorching hot temperatures, seen as a "signal" after last year's ban ordered under nationalist Viktor Orban prompted record attendance.

Venezuela earthquakes kill nearly 1,000, tens of thousands missing

The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela rose Friday to 920, with tens of thousands reported missing as international rescue teams boosted a desperate and slow-moving search for survivors.

California appeals court orders Weinstein resentencing for sex assault

A California appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for rape and sexual assault, but vacated his 16-year prison term and said he must be resentenced.

Trump blasts 'godless' Democrats in incendiary speech to evangelicals

US President Donald Trump accused the Democratic left of being "hardcore, godless communists" in a divisive, politicized speech Friday full of falsehoods about his perceived foes as he addressed evangelicals at a right-wing Christian conference.

Venezuela earthquakes kill 920, tens of thousands missing

The death toll from twin earthquakes rose Friday to 920 in Venezuela, where tens of thousands were reported missing as a desperate and slow-moving search for survivors was boosted by international rescue teams.

Mistrial declared in deadly Los Angeles fire case

The trial of a man accused of setting one of the blazes that tore through Los Angeles last year in one of the costliest disasters in US history collapsed Friday when the jury failed to reach a verdict.

More than 50,000 missing after Venezuela quakes, death toll soars

More than 50,000 people were missing Friday after twin earthquakes in Venezuela, the United Nations' aid chief told AFP as international rescue teams and sniffer dogs arrived to join a desperate search for survivors.

Venezuela earthquakes toll soars to 589 amid desperate rescue effort

The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela soared to 589 on Friday, with thousands more unaccounted for as international rescue teams and sniffer dogs arrived to help find survivors.

Venezuela earthquakes toll doubles amid desperate rescue efforts

The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela more than doubled Friday to 589, interim president Delcy Rodriguez said, as rescuers boosted by international teams raced to find survivors beneath collapsed buildings.

Venezuelans hunt for survivors after quakes kill at least 235

Rescuers used heavy machinery and their bare hands on Friday in a race to save survivors of deadly twin earthquakes in Venezuela that killed at least 235 people, hurt thousands and flattened scores of buildings.

Venezuelan mother digs with bare hands for missing son

Amparo del Giudice dug with her bare hands at a huge mound of concrete in search of her son, trapped under rubble after Venezuela's strongest earthquake since 1900.

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