Cuban Minister for Labour Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera has been forced to resign after she made comments denying the existence of beggars on the Communist-run island.
The minister had said there was no such thing as “beggars” in Cuba and people…
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Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies
Watch: Lead investigator into Falconio murder speaks after Bradley Murdoch’s death Bradley Murdoch, the Australian man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died from throat cancer.
Murdoch, 67, was serving a life sentence…
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World’s oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh dies at 114 after being hit by a car
A torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics, Singh took up running at the age of 89 as a way to get over depression after his wife and son died in quick succession in India.
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12 hours before World War II ended, the US firebombed this Japanese city
Kumagaya, Japan
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Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where…
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UN finds rising child malnutrition in Gaza as officials say Israeli strikes kill 93
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Malnutrition rates among children in the Gaza Strip have doubled since Israel sharply restricted the entry of food in March, the U.N. said Tuesday. New Israeli strikes…
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