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A black model who appeared in a Dove advert denounced as racist by many social media users has defended the clip, saying that far from belittling black women it celebrated ethnic diversity.Lola Ogunyemi unwittingly found herself at the centre of an

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — At least 13 people were killed in a fight between rival gangs in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, state security spokesman Aldo Fasci said Tuesday.The fight occurred in the Cadereyta prison

The leader of Kenya’s Super National Alliance (NASA), Raila Odinga, on Tuesday unexpectedly pulled out of the election re-run scheduled for later this month, the BBC reported.The Supreme Court annulled the result of the original 8 August poll

Smoking will be banned on up to 20 beaches in Thailand after a massive amount of cigarette butts were found on the beaches, the country’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources told dpa on Tuesday.The ban, effective November 1, will be

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Concertgoers and family members of those who attended a country music festival in Las Vegas are seeking to recover the belongings left behind in panic during what would be the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history

A social media outcry over an advertisement for Dove body wash which showed a black woman removing her top to reveal a white woman has escalated into a public relations disaster for the Unilever brand.The 3-second video clip, posted on Dove’s

Australians turned in 51,000 illegal firearms, ranging from 19th-century weapons to a rocket launcher, during a three-month amnesty that ended on Friday, and which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said had helped avert Las Vegas-style mass shootings

Journalist Kenneth Nyangani, who was arrested over a published story where he wrote that Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe had donated used panties and nightwear, was granted bail Wednesday.Nyangani was picked up by the police on Monday night, and

Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans on the Las Vegas Strip have at least one potential trove of information: his gambling habits.Nevada gambling