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Image copyright NASA Image caption Scientists say the asteroid, shown in this illustration, will safely pass by the Earth An asteroid the size of a house is set to pass close to the Earth on Thursday.The space rock will hurtle

Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licenses for NBC News and other news networks after unfavourable reports.He took aim at NBC, which made him a star on The Apprentice, after it reported

Image copyright AFP Image caption Raila Odinga's supporters accuse key election officials of being biased Kenya's High Court has ruled that all candidates who participated in the 8 August presidential election can now stand in the re-run later this month.This

Image copyright REX/Shutterstock Image caption Damon worked with Weinstein on films including Good Will Hunting Actor Matt Damon has denied trying to "kill" a story about Harvey Weinstein's behaviour when it was investigated by a reporter 13 years ago. Sharon

Image copyright Tomix TV Image caption Footage suggests that the referee should, perhaps, have gone to a well-known chain of opticians A Russian TV football commentator became so enraged over the refereeing of a first division football match that he

Image copyright Blue Security via Reuters Image caption A container ship blocked the harbour mouth after drifting away Moored ships were blown away as a "supercell thunderstorm" swept through South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal region, killing at least eight people.The dead include

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The smoking ban is being introduced at several popular tourist beaches, such as Phuket's Patong beach Thailand is introducing a smoking ban on beaches across the country with those caught violating the law facing

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe streets of Panama City were filled with people celebrating The president of Panama has declared Wednesday to be a national holiday after the country qualified for the World Cup for the

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAustralian woman Melissa Hatheier returns shark to sea An Australian woman has been filmed rescuing a shark by calmly picking it up from a rock pool and throwing it into the sea.Melissa

Image copyright Victor O Leshyk Image caption Lystrosaurus, an early relative of mammals Mass extinctions have the potential to guide modern conservation efforts, say scientists.A study confirms the idea that upheavals of the geological past caused a drastic loss of