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The Great Escape! Chimps use improvised ladder to escape Belfast Zoo enclosure

This tracks, as I can't imagine I'd very much enjoy being screamed at by a unusual child either. Chimpanzees used branches felled by a storm to escape from ...

Tiger found, taken from southeast Houston home

Houston police are investigating who may have owned the animal. Packages of meat were discovered with the animal. They were trying to get into this house to sm...

Trump supporter accosted journalist at El Paso rally in 'incredibly violent attack'

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After talks break off, Denver teachers set to strike Monday

In an email on Sunday, however, the union said the school district "continued to bring proposals that exacerbate the problems educators are trying to fix. More ...

China defers New Zealand tourism event amid concerns of a diplomatic rift

This was a plane flying in the middle of the night, on weekend, to a country which only a few years ago blocked all meat imports from New Zealand for more tha...

China claims video proves Uighur poet Heyit is alive

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Police sorry after threatening ‘thief’ with snake to get him to confess

He's also seen writhing on the ground as he's asked by an officer, "How many times have you stolen mobile phones?" In an apparent effort to force the suspect ...

Crowds mass in Tehran to mark 40 years since Iran revolution

Iranians thronged streets across the country, many with portraits of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shiite cleric who toppled the Shah in the historic Islamic...

Delhi hotel fire kills 17

More than 20 fire tenders were rushed to the spot and rescue operations were underway, it said. Some were injured and have been taken to hospital. Dramatic fo...

Theresa May offers ministers 'meaningful vote' if no Brexit deal

Foremost was a demand that May seek a "permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union". Downing Street attempted to defuse the row after the Prime Minister...

US warships again challenge China's claims in South China Sea

The South China Morning Post reported on Monday that one preliminary proposal being discussed was for the two leaders to meet on the southern Chinese island of...

Morocco did not recall its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Nasser Bourita says

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly airstrikes in Yemen against the Houthi Ansarullah movement in an atte...

Cost of having American friends? That’ll be US$924 million, thanks

South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday on how much Seoul should pay for the USA military presence on its soil, after previous rounds of fa...

Fox Host Says He Hasn't Washed His Hands In 10 Years

Speaking on Fox and Friends , Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye. "My 2019 resolutio...

California pulls most National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border

In a similar move, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham last week ordered most National Guard troops deployed at the state's border with Mexico to wit...

USA not covering up Khashoggi murder, Pompeo says

A year before Khashoggi was murdered October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Prince Mohammed told Aldakhil that he'd use that bullet if Khashoggi didn't...

Russian Town Chases Out Rowdy Polar Bear Invaders

Russian authorities have so far refused permission to shoot the bears but are sending a commission to investigate the situation and have not ruled out a cull. I...

USA team in Beijing for trade talks after International Monetary Fund 'storm' warning

The Trump administration is demanding far-reaching changes from China to address commercial practices that it says are deeply unfair, including theft of America...

Iran Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution

There's also a huge display of domestically-developed military equipment, including drones, missiles, bombs, and weapons. Iranian officials said the move am...

UK PM to giver parliament another chance to vote on Brexit deal

Instead, May will stress her continued focus on the backstop . It is planned he will have dinner with the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier later this eve...

O'Rourke, Trump to headline dueling Texas border town rallies

He plans to continue making his case for increased border security, which includes funding for the border wall. The sit-down will focus on Trump's pursuit of ...

Latest Democrat to Go After Trump in 2020: Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) became the latest Democrat to throw her hat in the ring for the 2020 presidential race , announcing on Sunday her candidacy duri...

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra debuts on Twitter, trumps BSP chief Mayawati

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra , a leader of India's main opposition Congress party, waves to her supporters during a roadshow in Lucknow . Priyanka who today conducted...

Baby girl stable after three-hour rescue mission

Rescue teams have begun digging a trench into a stormwater drain in Newlands East on Monday to reach a newborn baby that is presumed to have been dumped. Cllr D...

Russia’s Gazprombank rejects report on Venezuelan oil giant’s new accounts

Nicolas Maduro has asked OPEC to support one of its founding members-Venezuela-against the USA sanctions on the Latin American country's oil industry and denou...

Heavy Snow Expected in Central Iowa Later Monday

There could also be new ice accumulation of less than 0.1 of an inch possible. 8 p.m. Residents of the Pacific Northwest took to neighbourhood hills with skis...

State of Emergency Declared in Russian Islands over Invasion of Polar Bears

Russian authorities have so far refused permission to shoot the bears but are sending a commission to investigate the situation and have not ruled out a cull. F...

Abduction of Woman From Miami Tire Store Caught on Security Footage

Investigators told WSVN that the woman had told employees of the body shop to call 911 because she was trying to hide from a man she said was "going to kill" ...

Ilhan Omar Says AIPAC Pays Politicians To Be Pro

That's the second anti-Semitic trope you've tweeted". A spokesperson told Politico later Sunday that Omar's controversial tweets "speak for themselves". "...

Significant snow, freezing rain, strong winds threatening Tuesday: Environment Canada

Temperatures will start to taper off again, and Rozinskis says the rain is expected to turn into snow that'll continue throughout Tuesday night and deliver an...

U.S. Afghan envoy to kick off intensive trip of 6 countries

Since being appointed last September as the USA special representative for Afghan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has carried out a number of rounds of talks w...

Virginia blackface scandal: Ralph Northam vows to stay as governor

The poll also found that 11 percent of Virginia residents have either worn blackface or known someone who has. On Friday, the Democratic Lieutenant Governor...

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian youths

Since Palestinians began holding almost-daily rallies along the buffer zone in March of a year ago, Israeli forces have killed more than 250 Palestinians and wo...

Methanol-laced bootleg liquor kills at least 39 in India

Officials says dozens more people are in hospitals recovering from the toxic brew. Officials confirmed the death toll has mounted to 72, however, local media ...

Princess Ubolratana disqualified as Thai PM candidate

The Thai Raksa Chart party had announced Friday that Princess Ubolratana, who is 67, would be the party's prime minister nominee for the March 24 election. ...