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Image copyright AFP Image caption El Capitan is one of the best-known landmarks in Yosemite One person has died and another has been injured by a rockslide in Yosemite National Park in California.A park spokesman said the rocks fell from

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Manaro Voui has been in an "moderate eruption state" since Saturday An erupting volcano in Vanuatu has sparked an unprecedented evacuation of an entire island.All 11,000 residents of Ambae have been told to leave and

Image copyright Getty Images Precise "chemical surgery" has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC.The team at Sun Yat-sen University used a technique called base editing to correct a

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Abe initially saw a drop in popularity this year but then saw his ratings rebound with the North Korea crisis Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of the parliament ahead

Hugh Hefner, founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91.Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes.Mr Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen at home in 1953. It

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Long queues form at the Simón Bolívar International bridge At 05:00 in the morning, a steady stream of Venezuelans heads into Colombia. Many have queued overnight, waiting patiently for the Simón Bolívar International bridge to

Image copyright Reuters The coroner who examined Otto Warmbier's body has said there is no indication he had been tortured during his detention in North Korea. The comments contradict statements made by the US student's parents in a TV interview

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: "Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump" Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him.The

Image copyright 9 News / 60 Minutes Image caption Belle Gibson falsely claimed alternative therapies helped her beat cancer after conventional medicine failed An Australian wellness blogger who falsely claimed to have cancer has been fined A$410,000 (£240,000, $322,000) for

Image copyright Ronny Sen The Indian city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) has a long tradition of lavishly celebrating the Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival that reveres the goddess Durga.It is the biggest and most popular festival in