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Killer's motive a mystery after 58 die in worst ever US shooting - 10/03/2017

Washington - By Frank Fuhrig and Gretel Johnston, - At least 58 people have been slain and more than 500 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in US history at a music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada....

Catalans queue for 'illegal' independence referendum: 'We will vote!' - 10/01/2017

BARCELONA (dpa)- Ballot papers and boxes appeared at dozens of referendum sites in Catalonia overnight Sunday amid chants of "Votarem" (We will vote), despite earlier claims by the Spanish government...

Cyberattack on Danish ministry after minister posts Mohammed cartoon - 09/29/2017

STOCKHOLM (dpa)- The website of the Danish Ministry for Immigration and Integration was unavailable Thursday after a cyberattack, Danish media reported. It comes days after Inger Stojberg, the...

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner dies aged 91 - 09/28/2017

LOS ANGELES, dpa correspondents (dpa) - Hugh Hefner, the adult entertainment pioneer and founder of Playboy magazine, died Wednesday aged 91, according to a statement from the publication. Hefner...

Women in Saudi Arabia granted right to drive - 09/27/2017

RIYADH, Nehal El-Sherif (dpa)– Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to drive, the kingdom announced Tuesday, signalling a major shift by breaking a longstanding policy in the ultraconservative...

EU's Tusk: Not enough progress to move on to post-Brexit trade talks - 09/26/2017

London - Bill Smith,- European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday said there was "not sufficient progress yet" in Brexit negotiations to move on to discussions of future trade relations...

Australia to get its own space agency, government says - 09/25/2017

SYDNEY (dpa)- Australia will have its own national space agency, joining the growing global space industry, a government minister announced on Monday. Australia is the only OECD country, and one of...

Police: Church usher 'stopped this madness' in Nashville shooting - 09/25/2017

WASHINGTON, Frank Fuhrig (dpa) - A gunman who killed one person and injured six in a shooting spree Sunday at a Tennessee church wounded himself in a struggle when confronted by an usher, police have...

Desperate dig for survivors in Mexico after devastating earthquake - 09/21/2017

MEXICO CITY, Andrea Sosa and Denis Duettmann (dpa) - Mexico's disaster services enlisted firefighters, soldiers, police and volunteers to dig Wednesday for people trapped in collapsed buildings after...

Cheers, tears as scientists mark end of "a perfect spacecraft" - 09/18/2017

WASHINGTON, Frank Fuhrig (dpa)- The scientists who devoted their careers to the Cassini mission's exploration of Saturn celebrated and mourned as the space probe met its demise. Cassini was an...
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