‘I don’t recommend you do this’: Thailand’s stealthy snake wrangler
In the dead of night, Thai firefighter Pinyo Pukpinyo stealthily approaches a python coiled around the rafters of a home in Bangkok, and quickly grabs...
Former Brazil presidential candidate convicted of fraud in earlier race
A Sao Paulo state court convicted Fernando Haddad, who was the runner-up in Brazil’s presidential elections last year, of mismanaging campaign accounts when he ran...
U.S. will act if Iranian tanker tries to deliver oil to Syria: Pompeo
The United States will take every action it can to prevent an Iranian tanker sailing in the Mediterranean from delivering oil to Syria in contravention...
Migrants disembark Open Arms rescue ship on Italian island of Lampedusa
Nearly one hundred migrants who had been stranded on the Open Arms rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa disembarked on the Italian island on...
China hopes U.S. will come back to the table at Chile climate talks
China hopes to welcome the United States ‘back to the negotiating table’ to discuss global efforts to limit climate change at a United Nations summit...
President of Uruguay says he may have lung cancer
Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez announced on Tuesday that doctors detected a likely malignant growth in his right lung during a routine checkup....
High levels of exhaust pollutants may raise risk for degenerative eye disease
(Reuters Health) – Exposure to high levels of exhaust may raise the risk of the vision robbing disease called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a new...
Syrians facing forced removal from Istanbul given temporary reprieve
Turkey has extended to Oct. 30 its deadline for Syrian migrants not registered in Istanbul to leave the city or face forced removal, Interior Minister...
Ex-Vatican treasurer Pell to learn fate on child sex offences appeal
Jailed former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will head to court on Wednesday to hear the outcome of his appeal against child sex offense convictions,...
Canada says it will not help ‘Jihadi Jack’ come to the country
Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said on Tuesday the government would not help Jack Letts – dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the media – come...