Rye Hunt now feared drowned off Rio coast
Mr Hunt with girlfriend Bonnie Cuthbert. Brazilian police are "well convinced" Rye Hunt drowned at sea while trying to make it back to the Rio mainland. The Tasmanian backpacker has been missing for 17 days, and was last seen leaving a Copacabana apartment alone after an argument with his friend Mitchell Shepherd at Galeao International Airport. Police spokesman Ellen Souto said it is believed Mr Hunt died while trying to swim from Cotunduba Island back to Copacabana, a distance of 1km, O Globo..>> view originalChina slammed over 'unsafe intercept' of plane
A Chinese fighter jet (like the one above) conducted one of many “dangerous intercepts”. Picture: Office of the Defense Secretary/APWHAT is going on in the skies over the South China Sea?If you listen to the Americans, jet pilots behind the controls of Chinese fighter aircraft are consistently engaging them in dangerous manoeuvres.The latest incident took place on Tuesday in international airspace when, according to the US Pacific Command, two Chinese J-10 fighter planes carried out an “unsafe” ..>> view originalImprisoning woman trying to illegally enter UK was wrong, EU rules
France was wrong to imprison a Ghanian woman who was arrested at the Channel tunnel during an attempt to enter Britain illegally using a false passport, the EU’s most senior court has ruled. The European court of justice said on Tuesday that the EU directive on returning irregular migrants prevents any member state imposing a prison sentence on a non-EU migrant who is in the country illegally, and whom they have not attempted to return. Related: EU referendum live: Cameron accuses Leave of te..>> view originalPNG police shoot students during anti-government protest
PNG police shoot students during anti-government protest Updated June 08, 2016 18:06:19 Police in Port Moresby have opened fire on university students protesting against Papua New Guinea's Government, injuring at least 13 people. The injured were among a crowd of students trying to march to the national Parliament to continue a long-running protest against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.There are conflicting reports of the number of injured, with an opposition member repo..>> view originalIraqi forces push deeper into Islamic State-held Fallujah
Iraqi forces push deeper into Islamic State-held Fallujah By Associated Press Published: 03:00 EST, 8 June 2016 | Updated: 03:00 EST, 8 June 2016 NAYMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces on Wednesday pushed deeper into Islamic State-held Fallujah, more than two weeks after the operation to retake the city from the militant group started, a senior military official said.After securing the southern edge of the city on Sunday, Iraqi special forces entered the neighbor..>> view originalWhy the Queen and Prince Philip never hold hands
They’ve been married for an incredible 68 years but have you ever noticed that Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are rarely seen holding hands?According to royal biographer Gyles Brandreth, who chalks the strength of their relationship to Philip’s ability to make Elizabeth laugh, the reason they don’t hold hands is due to their generation's “stoic values.”Plus, Philip doesn’t consider himself a romantic! But that’s not to say they don’t have a loving marriage."If we regard the Queen's record-bre..>> view originalHigh school student stages protest after being told to wear a bra
High school student stages protest after being told to wear a bra Last updated 11:02, June 8 2016 FACEBOOK Kaitlyn Juvik says she shouldn't have to wear a bra to school. A teenager in the United States has staged a protest after she was told she needed to wear a bra at school. Kaitlyn Juvik, who's in her last year of high school in Montana, was called into her principal's office an..>> view originalThe albino children being killed and sold for body parts
ALBINO children in Malawi are being killed and their body parts sold for ritual practices, according to a damning new report by Amnesty International. The report, "We are not animals to be hunted or sold": Violence and discrimination against people with albinism in Malawi", exposes how the wave of violent attacks against people with albinism have increased sharply over the last two years, with four people, including a baby, murdered in April 2016 alone. "The unprecedented wave of brutal..>> view originalIstanbul: Four detained after bomb blast kills 11, including 7 police officers
Istanbul: Four detained after bomb blast kills 11, including 7 police officers Updated June 08, 2016 14:02:44 Turkish police have detained four suspects over a car bombing in Istanbul that killed 11 people, including seven police officers, local media reports say. Key points:There was no early claim of responsibility for the attackThere have been several attacks in Turkish cities in the past yearBlast caused damage to nearby cars and buildings The suspects were taken ..>> view original
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