STORY HIGHLIGHTS New cases of cancer are tipped to rise 57% worldwide in 20 years, says the WHO World Cancer Report says developing countries will be disproportionately hit Even rich countries will struggle to deal with the spiraling costs of treatment WHO: With many cancers preventable, a renewed focus on prevention is essential Cancer cases are expected to surge 57% worldwide in the next 20 years, an imminent “human […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hot ash up to 700 degrees raced down the mountain’s slope in just a few minutes Jakarta Post: This is the first time Mount Sinabung’s eruptions have resulted in deaths A recovery operation was scheduled for Sunday The 15 victims simply couldn’t outrun the searing debris that billowed out of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung. Plumes of ash had spewed more than a mile into the sky Saturday and descended […]

The family living in the house was unharmed in the incident Dramatic pictures have been released showing the destruction wrought by a huge boulder that smashed through a farm in Northern Italy after being dislodged by a landslide. The massive rock narrowly missed a farm house, destroyed a barn, and stopped in a vineyard at the property in Ronchi di Termeno. A second giant boulder detached during the landslide stopped […]

Heroin sold in McDonald’s Happy Meals in Pittsburgh, police say An employee of a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh is charged with selling heroin in Happy Meals. Investigators in the county district attorney’s office received a tip that an employee was selling heroin at a McDonald’s in the East Liberty section of the city. Officers say customers looking for heroin were told to go through the drive-thru and say “I’d like […]

Syrians in the besieged Old City of Homs are now so desperate for food that they are eating “anything that comes out of the ground, plants, even grass”, resident Baibars Altalawy has told the BBC. Mr Altalawy, 24, described life in parts of Homs under government siege for over a year-and-a-half. He said those under siege had had to rely on supplies of food, medicines and fuel left over from […]

A tourist boat has sunk off India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, with the loss of 21 lives, officials say. The boat, Aqua Marine, capsized on Sunday afternoon off Port Blair, the capital of the islands. The Indian air force and the coast guard have rescued 29 people, authorities say. One person is still missing. Most of those on board are believed to be Indians from […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Police: Anti-government protesters had blocked a voting station and shut it down They encountered government supporters and exchanged verbal assaults It’s unclear who killed protest leader Suthin Thararin, police said Protesters have been calling for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down An anti-government protest leader was shot to death Sunday as demonstrators blocked a voting station in Bangkok, police said. Suthin Thararin, a protest leader for the […]

Body found of US tourist trampled to death by elephants” Park rangers in Thailand have found the body of an American tourist who was apparently trampled to death by elephants in a reserve outside …Thailand Elephants ‘Trample’ American Tourist – Sky News An American tourist has been found dead in a reserve in Thailand … of the body were broken, so we assumed she was trampled by elephants …American Tourist […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS National September 11 Memorial Museum will charge $24 for admission The fee will help balance a $63 million operating budget for 2014, 9/11 memorial president says The museum does not yet receive government funding Relatives of 9/11 victims are exempt from fees, and other discounts are offered The leader of a group representing 9/11 victims’ families on Friday criticized the National September 11 Memorial Museum’s decision to charge […]

Murder by exorcism? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Zakieya L. Avery, 28, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her kids A second woman is charged after she is released from hospital A day before the deaths, a neighbor called to report suspicious activity Authorities say they notified county child protective services A Maryland mother stabbed two of her children to death and wounded two others while attempting an exorcism, authorities […]