(Reuters) - A lion at a North Carolina private wildlife sanctuary fatally mauled a 22-year-old worker on Sunday before being shot and killed by local law enforcement, officials said. The sheriff’s office in Caswell County, North Carolina, said Alexandra Black, who started her job as an intern at the facility two weeks ago, was part…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThere were violent scenes outside polling stations Bangladesh's opposition has condemned what it has called a "farcical" election and demanded a new vote.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is heading for a fourth term with a huge majority - 170 seats to the opposition's six.But there have been claims…
Enlarge / An eastbound Norfolk Southern Corp. unit coal train passes through Waddy, Kentucky. On Friday, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it did not think that current mercury emissions rules placed on coal-fired power plants were "appropriate and necessary," based on the agency's revised look at the costs and benefits of…
DHAKA (Reuters) - Clashes between supporters of Bangladesh’s ruling party and its opponents killed at least four people and wounded nearly a dozen on Sunday, a government official and police said, as the country voted in a general election marred by claims of vote rigging. A woman displays her inked thumb after casting her vote…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The raids came hours after a tourist bus was hit by a roadside bomb near the Giza pyramids Police in Egypt have killed dozens of militants during security raids on their hideouts, the interior ministry has said.The raids killed "40 terrorists" in Giza and North Sinai on Saturday morning,…
Enlarge / A Tesla Powerwall 2. Another year, another reason to take the promises of residential home batteries with a grain of salt. This month, a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) published a paper in Environmental Science and Technology reporting that there are very few cases in which operating a residential…
MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian citizen who was detained in China this month has returned to Canada after being released from custody, a Canadian government spokesman said on Friday. The spokesman did not specify when the Canadian was released or returned to Canada. Earlier in the day, broadcaster CBC identified the citizen as Canadian teacher…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Migrants from Honduras tried to enter the US illegally on Thursday by jumping a border fence Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the border with Mexico over illegal immigration if Congress fails to fund his proposed wall."Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border," the US…
Video shot by Nikola Mosettig and edited by Lee Manansala. Click here for transcript. Ars would also like to extend special thanks to Croteam members Davor Hunski and Damjan Mravunac, who were instrumental in helping this video project come together. Welcome to another edition of "War Stories," where we coerce developers into talking about problems that…
SEOUL (Reuters) - The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flutters on top of a 160-metre tower in North Korea's propaganda village…
