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US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill. The plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, means Halliburton will have to pay the maximum possible fine. The spill occurred at BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico and was the worst in US history. BP had accused Houston-based Halliburton, its contractor, of destroying evidence and asked it to […]

U.S. study found that mice exposed to even small doses of marijuana for 20 days suffered lasting brain damage into adulthood  Results highlight how teenagers who regularly smoke weed may have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia Although cannabis providers and their websites are getting accepted following the legalization, teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis suffer long lasting brain damage and are in much greater danger of developing schizophrenia. However, so […]

A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 77 of its 218 passengers and injuring more than 100, officials in the Galicia region say. All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela. Media reports say the train may have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit around a curve. Officials have not commented on […]

A new scientific study seen exclusively by the BBC indicates that the drug Thalidomide is still causing birth defects in Brazil today. It’s been given to people suffering from leprosy to ease some of their symptoms, and some women have taken it unaware of the risks they run when pregnant. Thalidomide was first marketed in the late 1950s as a sedative. It was given to pregnant women to help them […]

Ten people were left with minor injuries after a plane’s nose wheel collapsed when it landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, officials say. Six of the casualties were taken to hospital after Southwest Airlines Flight 345 skidded off the runway, said airport general manager Tom Bosco. Emergency vehicles surrounded the Boeing 737 from Nashville, which had 143 passengers and six crew on board. The airport was shut temporarily, but later […]

Nada al-Ahdal was saved from the forced engagement by her uncle He told her suitor that she ‘was no good for him and did not wear a veil’  The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen A harrowing video has been posted on online of an 11-year-old Yemeni girl who claims she ran away to escape an arranged marriage. Nada al-Ahdal says she was only saved from the […]

  Rescue teams are scrambling to reach the site of Monday morning’s strong and shallow earthquake in northwestern China that has killed at least 89 people, according to state media. Another 584 people were injured and 17 were believed missing after the quake tore through Gansu Province, state media reported. The quake hit along the border of two counties — Min and Zhang — at around 7:45 a.m. local time, […]

Norwegian interior designer Marte Deborah Dalelv has spoken out after being handed a 16-month prison sentence in Dubai — after she went to police to report she had been raped by a colleague. The 24-year-old was convicted and sentenced on charges of having unlawful sex, making a false statement and illegal consumption of alcohol. Her story is dominating the headlines in Norway, and has raised serious questions over the way […]

Filmed at sunset the haunting film shows the stricken ship 32 people died on the wreck in 2012 – it is now lying in around 50ft of water The unmanned aerial vehicle slowly travels across the ship Operation is now underway to right the ship before towing it away Stunning footage of the ill-fated Costa Concordia captured by a drone has revealed the work underway to salvage hulking wreck. Filmed […]