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South Africa has on Tuesday, scored an Oscar nomination at the 90th Academy Awards for the animation film ‘Revolting Rhymes’, produced by Triggerfish, which received a nomination in the category Best Animated Short Film. The film is

TOKYO (AP) Twelve people, including eight soldiers, skiing on the slopes of a volcano in central Japan were injured Tuesday by flying rocks during a sudden eruption, officials said. One soldier later died.The eight soldiers were in a group of 30 who

Inequality will be under the spotlight at this week's annual World Economic Forum, with a new Oxfam report showing that 82 percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population.The report, entitled

LOS ANGELES (AP)  An American couple who allegedly tortured their 13 children for several years will appear in court on Thursday.When a 17-year-old girl jumped out a window from the house where her parents allegedly starved and tortured their

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German automaker Volkswagen had record sales of 10.74 million vehicles last year but saw its bid to keep the title of world's largest carmaker reportedly disputed by the rival Renault Nissan Mitsubishi alliance

Wildlife smugglers flung cages filled with rare birds into the ocean after being intercepted by authorities on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Malaysia MaritimeEnforcement Agency (MMEA). A boat carrying the rare bird species was

A Roman Catholic priest is in custody after being arrested by Kenyan police for sodomising a man, AP reported.Police said Tuesday that villagers in Muranga County in central Kenya had been monitoring the priest whom they suspected of being gay and

President Donald Trump says "this was not the language used" after reports that he referred to "shithole" African nations in a meeting.Trump tweeted Friday amid criticism over his comments during a White House meeting Wednesday

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A woman has died in a remote village in Nepal because of a tradition in which women are exiled from their homes and forced to live in huts during menstruation, a government official said Friday.The 21-year-old is