Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro said he had been in talks with the Trump administration…
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Texas school district sued for colouring in teen’s hair (BBC)
Parents of a teenager who had his hair style filled in with a black marker…
Brexit: PM to meet Angela Merkel with call to scrap backstop (BBC)
Boris Johnson will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin later, where he is expected…
Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against sexual abuse convictions (BBC)
Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has…
‘Record number of fires’ in Brazilian rainforest (BBC)
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, according to new…
Lightning kills Indonesia shepherd, 19 buffaloes (Punch)
Lightning has killed a shepherd and 19 buffaloes in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, local media reported…
Uniformed police officer caught texting while driving her patrol car with no seat belt on (Metro)
A police officer faces criminal charges after she was caught texting while driving her patrol…
Police shoot dead man who hijacked bus in Rio (BBC)
Military police say they have “neutralised” a man who took a number of passengers hostage…
INF nuclear treaty: US tests medium-range cruise missile (BBC)
The US has tested a medium-range cruise missile weeks after pulling out of a key…
El Salvador: Evelyn Hernández cleared over baby’s death (BBC)
A 21-year-old woman in El Salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where…