Uruguay: Plane crashes during Andes disaster memorial
Image copyright Ariel Colmegna Image caption The plane "took off and fell" according to one witness A plane carrying two people taking part in a memorial event to mark the 1972 Andes air disaster has crashed in Uruguay, killing one
Australia dual citizen saga: Long-awaited hearing begins
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Barnaby Joyce inherited New Zealand citizenship from his father An Australian court has begun a long-awaited hearing into whether seven MPs caught up in a dual citizenship saga should remain eligible for office.Under constitutional
ESPN anchor Jemele Hill suspended in social media ‘violation’
Image copyright Getty Images A US cable sports anchor who was reprimanded for calling President Donald Trump a white supremacist has been suspended after her latest tweets.ESPN said presenter Jemele Hill would be off air for two weeks because of
Google ‘uncovers Russian ad campaign linked to US election’
Image copyright Getty Images Google has found evidence that Russian agents spent tens of thousands of dollars on adverts in a bid to sway the 2016 US election, media reports say.Sources quoted by the Washington Post say the adverts aimed
Melania Trump hits back at Ivana ‘first lady’ jibe
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ivana Trump (L) said she was the first lady A spokeswoman for US First Lady Melania Trump has described comments by her husband's ex-wife Ivana as "attention seeking and self-serving noise".Ivana Trump told ABC's
Irish Lottery: Light trick ’caused number change’
Image copyright RTÉ Image caption The ball, second from left, appeared to be labelled number 33 as well as number 38 One of the winning balls in Saturday's Irish National Lottery appeared to change numbers due to a trick of
Irish Che Guevara stamp prompts protest
Image copyright An Post Image caption Che Guevara's father said the 'blood of Ireland's rebels' flowed through his son's veins An Irish stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara has aroused the ire of Cuban-Americans.The stamp
Namibia: More than 100 hippos die in suspected anthrax outbreak
Image copyright AFP Image caption Namibia was home to 1,300 hippos before this outbreak (photo from South Africa) More than 100 hippos have been found dead in a Namibian national park, with authorities suspecting anthrax could be to blame.The animals
Roman Catholic Dioceses Nationwide Being ‘Consecrated’ to ‘Immaculate Heart of Mary’
Photo Credit: Fatima Candlelight CelebrationA number of Roman Catholic dioceses nationwide—and also globally—have been consecrating themselves to the “immaculate heart of Mary” throughout 2017, a practice that evangelicals say is unbiblical and gives to the earthly mother of Jesus the devotion that
Man in shark head costume falls foul of Austria anti-veil law
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Street musicians in animal masks have also been issued warnings. File picture A man in a shark costume has fallen foul of an anti-burka law that recently came into force in Austria.Designed to ban