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A study by American university ecologists reports that war is the biggest threat to Africa’s elephants, rhinos, hippos, and other large animals.Lead researcher Josh Daskin, from Yale University, said in Wednesday’s report, Nature, that

Pope Francis, in his latest gesture towards people living on the margins of society, is treating Rome’s poor, homeless and migrants to a day at the circus.The Vatican said on Wednesday that the office of the pope’s almoner, which manages

A Louisiana couple is accused of attempting to rob an Uber driver that the woman distracted by being topless.Harahan Police Chief Tim Walker tells news outlets 24-year-old Anthony Kennedy and 22-year-old Rayna Fillios were arrested Saturday.The

The humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers said that it had received proof on Tuesday that kidnapped South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed is still alive.It has been a year to the day since he was captured in Syria while making his way

Lottery officials say no one has come forward yet to claim the lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire that matched all six numbers for a $559.7 million jackpot.The winning Powerball numbers were drawn Saturday night were 12-29-30-33-61 and

A Malawian man who kidnapped a 4-year-old albino boy was sentenced in absentia to 21 years in prison by a court in the southern city of Zomba, judicial officials said on Monday.Jafali Ligomba was handed the lengthy sentence on Friday, even though he

A 90-year-old tourist was killed and another tourist left on life support when crocodiles attacked them as they paddled an inflatable boat in Zimbabwe’s Matopos National Park, a parks official said on Friday.John Bowman, 90, and Rosemary

The Egyptian authorities have released the names of, and corrected earlier details, concerning the South African killed and two others injured in a hot air balloon crash near the ancient historical city of Luxor in southern Egypt on Friday morning

The United National Transport Union has laid the blame for Thursday’s Free State train crash at the door of a truck driver who apparently tried to outrun the train at a level crossing.At least 18 people were killed and hundreds more injured