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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans marched in one of Seoul's busiest leisure districts on Saturday to protest the stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman. Her death has struck a nerve in a country where, despite its…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans marched in one of Seoul's busiest leisure districts on Saturday to protest the stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman. The latest statistics from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office show that in 2014, women accounted for around 85 percent of the country's 34,000 victims of "heinous" violent crimes, including murder, robbery and sex crimes. Some experts see women as becoming more vulnerable to violence and threats in everyday life, often by economically... Читать дальше...

Lights flash, speakers beep, the doors slide shut and the tram rattles forward with a noise akin to air escaping a balloon.

Indian economy has certainly picked up pace in growth, but certain sectors are still under stress making the economic recovery uneven, said the Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday.

De vier inzittenden van een helikopter van de gendarmerie zijn om het leven gekomen toen het toestel neerstortte in de Pyreneeën, vlakbij de grens met Spanje. De piloot, de co-piloot en twee reddingswerkers kwamen om. De heli nam deel aan een reddingsoefening.

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An American M1A2 Abrams tank fired at distant targets as it sped through a military base that was controlled by Russian troops until 2001.

Australian halfback Josh Holmes warned Fiji recruit Jarryd Hayne that it wasn't going to be easy, and he was proved right as the former San Francisco 49er made his much-anticipated sevens debut in London on Saturday night.

Ukrainians are not likely to enjoy visa-free travel to the EU any time soon after French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Friday that the timing was not right, Europe Online reported.

Broader economic forces, and the Federal Reserve members who are watching that data, will once again dominate movements in stocks as the chapter on first-quarter earnings closes and attention on a possible June rate hike is firmly fixed.

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The body was dumped on a neighbour's lawn.

It is time to dispense with the political fallacy that the challenge of asylum seeker boats requires Australia to adopt a parsimonious attitude towards accommodating refugees.

Whether you're a designer dame or a boss in budget-friendly wares, you get excited when a good fashion find comes your way. What's not so exciting? Spending a whole day shopping online...

Egypt's military released pictures of wreckage recovered so far, including life vest, shredded seat covers and mangled debris showing the EgyptAir name.

We are a nation of boat people on Aboriginal land. We are a country built on immigration by migrants, refugees and First Peoples and most of us are damn proud of this, even if Immigration Minister Peter Dutton isn't. I know I'm proud of where I come from.

Hachelijke momenten voor een aantal pasgeboren eendjes in de Rotterdamse wijk Zevenkamp: het jonge grut kon zaterdagochtend het afdakje van de Lidl aan het Ambachtsplein niet meer af. Dankzij het heldhaftige optreden van enkele brandweermannen konden de kleintjes worden gered.

A reverse mortgage can be a way for senior citizens to get extra income to help out with day-to-day expenses, but they aren't for everyone.

After a week during which Melbourne's City Square has been occupied by a camp of homeless people protesting about their treatment and their plight, young writer David Allegretti's account below tells but one of the human stories behind Australia's homelessness statistics.

NIJVERDAL - Een bestuurder van een bestelbus reed vrijdagochtend zonder rijbewijs en onder invloed van harddrugs in Nijverdal. Agenten zagen de bestelbus rijden waarvan zij wisten dat de eigenaar geen geldig rijbewijs meer had. De agenten zijn ter controle achter het voertuig aangereden. Dat meldt politie Hellendoorn.