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Image copyrightAFPImage captionHe was popularly known as “Fidelito” because of his resemblance to his father (L) – with whom he is pictured in February 2002 The 68-year-old son of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro has killed himself in Havana, according to Cuban state media. Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart was found on Thursday morning and isContinue reading “Cuba: Fidel Castro’s son ‘takes own life’”

Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe number trying to reach Italy from Libya declined after a highly criticised EU deal with the Libyan coastguard Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya has for years beenContinue reading “Migrant crisis: Scores feared drowned off Libyan coast”

By OP Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Full government funding for IVF treatment would reduce the risk of harm to mothers and babies and save the NHS money, health experts have said. It would help lower cases of women who have more than one embryo transferred into the uterus, which can cause risky multiple pregnancies, their studyContinue reading “Fully funding IVF would improve safety for mothers, experts say”

By OP Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe UK is promising funding to keep 880,000 children in school in poorer countries The UK will increase aid for education in developing countries by 50% to £75m per year, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt will promise. The government has faced criticism over its commitment to overseas aid – andContinue reading “UK raises overseas education aid by 50%”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionProstate cancer is killing more men because the population is living longer The number of men dying from prostate cancer has overtaken female deaths from breast cancer for the first time in the UK, figures show. An ageing population means more men are developing and dying from the disease. Prostate Cancer UKContinue reading “Prostate cancer deaths overtake those from breast cancer”

By OP Image captionClaims of human rights abuses have dogged Gen Dostum, the current vice-president, for decades Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are deciding whether to authorise an official war crimes inquiry into events in Afghanistan. They are due to begin examining written submissions from victims in Afghanistan about whom and what anyContinue reading “International Criminal Court judges consider Afghanistan war crimes inquiry”

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Online retailer Amazon saw sales jump by nearly a third last year, helped by growth in its Prime delivery service. Full-year revenue came in at $177.9bn (£124.6bn), a rise of 31%, while profit hit $3bn, against $2.4bn in 2016. The company reported record sales in the final three months of the year, driven byContinue reading “Amazon 2017 sales jump by nearly a third”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionJohn Battaglia killed his two daughters in his Texas apartment A man who shot and killed his two daughters in 2001 will be executed in Texas on Thursday evening. John Battaglia, 62, called the girls’ mother before murdering his six and nine-year-old daughters in his Dallas apartment. The mother recounts hearing gunshots andContinue reading “Texas man to be executed for killing his two daughters”

A loud explosion has been reported in Turkey at the Ankara Tax Chamber. Turkish media reports say the blast happened in the tax office’s boiler room, and may have been due to gas. Ankara’s governor Ercan Topaca said the building was believed to have been empty and police were at the scene, local channel NTVContinue reading “Loud explosion heard at Turkish tax office”

Image copyrightPOLICE PHOTOImage captionMorgan Geyser (L) and Anissa Weier (R) were 12 at the time of the crime A teenager involved in an attempted murder to honour an online horror character has been sentenced to 40 years in a mental hospital. Morgan Geyser, along with Anissa Weier, lured the victim into the woods and stabbedContinue reading “Slender Man stabbing: Morgan Geyser gets 40 years in mental unit”