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A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali today, sending people fleeing from their homes and hotels in panic. No tsunami alert was issued, and there were no immediate reports of injuries. […] […]

SIR Paul McCartney is expected to marry for the third time on Sunday when he and New York heiress Nancy Shevell wed in a civil ceremony in London. McCartney and Shevell, who posted an official […] […]

THE death toll from back-to-back typhoons that pummelled the Philippines last week has reached 82, the government says. Several towns on the main island of Luzon were flooded by Typhoon Nesat, which struck on September […] […]

Britain has experienced the hottest October day on record. National weather service the Met Office says Saturday’s temperature reached 29.6 degrees Celsius at Gravesend in southeast England. That is the highest October temperature since records […] […]

JAPAN’s top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is to unveil a smartphone with changeable “jackets” that measure bad breath, body fat and even radiation levels. DoCoMo says it has developed technology that allows users to […] […]

In the grainy video, a Nigerian woman repeatedly asks her attackers to kill her as they take turns raping her at a university dormitory. The five men only promise to drive her home, pushing her […] […]

TWINS who were born with the tops of their heads fused together have been separated successfully by a team of British doctors after four highly complex operations. Rital and Ritag Gaboura, who are now 11 […] […]

A strong earthquake registering magnitude 6.2 has struck off Japan’s northeastern coast, but there was no risk of a tsunami. There were no immediate report of injuries or damage from the temblor. Japan’s Meteorological Agency […] […]

A 31-YEAR-old man has been arrested in London in connection with allegations of rogue trading which has cost Swiss banking group UBS an estimated $1.95 billion, sources say. The Swiss banking group revealed today that […] […]

US internet users are spending nearly a quarter of their online time at blogs and social networks, with Facebook the most popular destination, according to a survey released by Nielsen. “Social media’s popularity continues to […] […]