The Dutch government on Monday said it is wiping out debts owed to the tax office and other government departments by parents caught up in a fraud scandal that caused the Cabinet to resign last week. Sponsored: How-to slash your risk of memory loss 65% State Secretary for Finance Alexandra van Huffelen said the decision […]
Famed half of Siegfried & Roy magic duo dies in Las Vegas
Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy who entertained millions with illusions using rare animals, has died in Las Vegas, his publicist tells The Associated Press. He was 81. Fischbacher died Wednesday at his home from pancreatic cancer, Dave Kirvin of Kirvin Doak Communications said Thursday. The news was first […]
Australia agrees to kill pigeon for Pacific Ocean voyage — here’s why
A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile) Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it. Kevin Celli-Bird said Thursday he discovered the exhausted bird that arrived in his Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 had […]
Liberal political leader ending term, chooses new successor
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party is choosing a new leader this weekend, a decision that will help shape German voters’ choice of her successor at the helm of the European Union’s biggest economy after her 16-year tenure. Merkel, now 66, has steered Germany, and Europe, through a series of crises since she took office in […]
Bon appétit! EU says worms safe to eat
The vaunted Mediterranean diet and French gastronomy are getting some competition: The European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat. Shocking: Hitler’s Final Secret [sponsored] The Parma-based agency published a scientific opinion Wednesday on the safety of dried yellow mealworms and gave them a thumbs up. Researchers said the worms, either eaten […]
900 witnesses to testify in major Italian mafia trial
A large trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world’s richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence. The hearing against more than 300 defendants opened in a specially constructed bunker on the sprawling grounds of an industrial park in Calabria, […]
Farmers discover ancient statue along Gulf Coast
Farmers digging in a citrus grove near Mexico’s Gulf coast have found a striking, six-foot-tall statue of a female figure who may represent an elite woman rather than a goddess, or some mixture of the two, experts said Friday. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said it was the first such statue found in […]
Ireland says sorry for rampant child abuses
The Irish government is poised to make a formal apology for abuses in church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies, where thousands of infants died and were sometimes buried in mass graves. Sponsored: How-to slash your risk of memory loss 65% The final report of an inquiry into the mother-and-baby homes is to be […]
Deadly blizzard stuns Spain, kills 4
A persistent blizzard blanketed large parts of Spain with an unusual amount of snow on Saturday, killing at least four people and leaving thousands trapped in cars or at train stations and airports that suspended all services. The national weather agency reported that as of 7 a.m., the snowfall in Madrid reached a level unseen […]
Fishermen rescue naked fugitive from crocodile tree!
Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian crocodile habitat. Cam Faust said Wednesday he and fellow recreational fisher Kev Joiner heard Luke Voskresensky, 40, yell for help on Sunday as they set crab traps from their dinghy in mangroves on the outskirts of the northern […]
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