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At least 31 people were killed Friday in the second prison riot in Brazil this week, justice officials said, lowering the death toll slightly from figures given earlier.The bodies of some of the victims had been beheaded or dismembered, Uziel Castro

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Residents of Germany’s financial capital, Frankfurt, will have to do without their Sunday stroll or jog along the river while explosives experts recover and defuse an aerial bomb from World War II.Police said

Hanoi (dpa) – A Vietnamese man was in a stable condition after doctors removed a pair of medical scissors that had been inside his abdomen for almost two decades, medical officials said Tuesday.“The patient is in stable condition today

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police officer says a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint near Mogadishu’s international airport, killing at least three people.Capt. Mohamed Hussein says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — No, Los Angeles residents, it wasn’t your hangovers playing tricks on you. The Hollywood sign really did read “HOLLYWeeD” for a few hours on New Year’s Day.Police were investigating Sunday after a

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Antonio Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year’s Day, promising to be a “bridge-builder” but facing an antagonistic incoming U.S. administration led by Donald Trump who thinks the

Jakarta (dpa) – At least 23 people are dead after a fire broke out on a wooden boat on its way to a holiday island in Jakarta Bay, off the Indonesian capital, officials say.Jakarta disaster mitigation agency says 194 people had to be rescued

Sydney (dpa) – Two men died after accidents with fireworks while at least four others are seriously injured following New Year’s Eve celebrations across Australia, police and local media reported Sunday.A 46-year-old man died after an

 US President Barack Obama expressed on Sunday his condolences over the terror attack on the Reina nightclub in the Turkish city of Istanbul, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.“The president expressed condolences for the innocent