New Year road deaths surge in Thailand despite safety campaign

More than 400 people died in road accidents in Thailand over the New Year period, statistics released on Wednesday showed, despite a government road safety campaign in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to drive a car.

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Archers at sharp end of boar cull

It's a scene straight out of medieval times set in modern-day Madrid: an archer dressed in camouflage gear, stationed in a tree at night, waiting for the kill.

Fossil find may be dolphin-like reptile

A fossil found in limestone along a remote South Texas riverbed could be that of a dolphin-like reptile that swam in oceans 90 million years ago, according to paleontologists.

Wealthy Canadian city struggles to cope with deadly drug crisis

Sirens scream nonstop through the urban heart of Vancouver, as responders race toward drug addicts overdosing - and dying in such numbers that the city's morgues are full.

Facebook sleuths bring home India's stolen artifacts

By day, Arvind Venkatraman works as a software engineer in India's tech hub Chennai. But in his spare time, he is an international art detective whose efforts have helped bring back some of his country's most valuable antiquities.

Research warning to obese fathers

Women have long been warned of the risks of obesity during pregnancy, but a new study shows obese fathers may also influence children's development.

Big rally, military parade in Cuba marks revolution

Cuba paraded troops and hundreds of thousands of citizens through its emblematic Revolution Square on Monday in a traditional show of nationalist fighting spirit and in homage to the late leader Fidel Castro.

Netanyahu questioned in corruption probe

Police grilled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for three hours on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen, as part of a graft probe that has shaken the country's politics.

Brazilian prison riot claims 56 lives

Rioting inmates decapitated their rivals in brutal fighting between two gangs in a Brazilian jail that left 56 dead, while 144 prisoners escaped, officials said on Monday.

S.Korean president refuses to testify in impeachment trial

South Korean President Park Geun-hye refused to testify on Tuesday in the impeachment trial that will decide her future, prompting the prosecutors to question why she has publicly denied the charges of corruption but will not do so before the court.

Istanbul attacker may have trained in Syria

The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group appears to have been well versed in guerrilla warfare and may have trained in Syria, a newspaper report and a security source said on Tuesday.