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Mounting debt and increasing competition from online vendors forced toy and children’s goods retailer Toys R Us to file for bankruptcy this week, according to a company statement.The move to seek protection from its creditors puts Toys R Us in

A former Port Elizabeth woman living in Puebla in Mexico spoke of the horror and fear when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the country on Tuesday.Farah Ortiz (nee Harri) of Malabar in Port Elizabeth has been living and teaching at a school in Puebla

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at

By Steve Holland and Jeff MasonUNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) – U.S.President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forcedto “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its

JOHANNESBURG, September 18 (ANA) – Climate change is a global challenge and developing countries should be provided with adequate support for their mitigation and adaptation actions, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.“Climate change is

September 18 (ANA) – Boko Haram female suicide bombers have killed at least 15 civilians at an aid distribution point in northeast Nigeria after detonating explosives on their bodies, according to reports on Monday afternoon.AFP reported that

Former England soccer captain Wayne Rooney received a two-year driving ban on Monday after pleading guilty in a British court to drink-driving, the Press Association news agency reported.Rooney apologised for his “unforgivable lack of judgment

Wild elephants trampled to death two Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh on Monday when they rampaged through a settlement where the refugees were taking shelter after fleeing a military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar.More than 410,000 refugees from

LONDON - A second man has been arrested over Friday’s bombing of a London commuter train that injured 30 people and Britain remained on its highest level of alert onSunday with soldiers helping provide security.The 21-year-old man was detained