ECUADORIAN presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been shot dead at a political rally in Quito just a few weeks before election day. Villavicencio was a member of Ecuador’s National Assembly before its dissolution in May and was one of the leading candidates in the first round of voting to succeed President Guillermo Lasso. He was shot multiple times as he […]

A BRIT tourist who was shot dead in South Africa was a surgeon on a family trip to Cape Town. The 40-year-old was gunned down in in Nyanga after he took a wrong turn from the airport and accidentally drove into a riot. Street clashes sparked by a week-long taxi drivers strike had erupted in the area and the Brit […]

One in five university freshers will live at home during term time instead of student halls, research finds One in five freshers will eschew digs to live at home in term time, one study says Living in halls is a rite of passage for university students across the country. But one in five freshmen will eschew student digs to live […]

MICKEY Mouse might be going down under as Australia could soon get its own Disneyland park. Melbourne has been pencilled in as the potential Aussie home for the most magical place on earth. The coastal city's top official, Lord Mayor Sally Cap, has not only voiced her support for the plans but named an ideal site for the development. She […]

Detectives looking for a mother after human placenta was found near a park reveal picture of man they want to quiz The mother is believed to have given birth between June 17 and 21 Police have released a photo of a man they want to quiz, following the shocking discovery of a human placenta near a park.  Earlier in July, […]

Nothing Compared to You, Sinead: Ireland prepares to say goodbye to Sinead O’Connor with thousands of fans set to line streets as singer is laid to rest in her hometown – and hillside tribute is unveiled in her memory Fans have been asked to stand along Bray seafront in County Wicklow Fans are expected to line an Irish coastal road […]

Woman feared to have killed three of her family by feeding them death cap mushrooms tearfully denies wrongdoing – as neighbours reveal they heard ‘wailing’ from her home after police quizzed her Erin Patterson, 48, hosted the lunch at her home in Victoria, Australia, on July 29 Her former in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Warning: Graphic and distressing content Convicted murderer Adrian James Basham is fighting to keep the house he killed his wife in, telling a court he needs to sell the property to help pay his legal bills. Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has applied […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. London: A small group of asylum-seekers was moved onto a barge moored in southern England as the UK government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country. Fifteen people were transferred to the Bibby Stockholm, a floating hostel […]

Bear runs amok on a plane after breaking out of its cage in the cargo hold just before take-off in Dubai Flight 123 had arrived in Dubai when crews learned the bear has escaped Authorities scrambled animal control specialist and the flight was delayed A bear ran amok on a passenger plane after it broke free of its cage in […]