Xiaolian, 22, damaged his nose in a traffic accident in August 2012 Failed to get treatment so it became infected and cartilage was damaged Surgeons were unable to repair it so created a new nose on his forehead It was made using cartilage from his ribs and a skin tissue expander Surgeons are hoping to carry out transplant surgery to put it in place of his old nose soon A […]

Satpal Singh was inside the Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi when gunmen opened fire. He describes how he helped to lead some of the trapped people to safety, and even went back inside to carry injured people out of the building, despite coming under fire himself.   I was at the mall for a business meeting – we were upstairs where the Java coffee house is, where […]

Typhoon Usagi has killed at least 25 people after striking south China’s Guangdong province Sunday evening, the provincial flood control headquarters said Monday.Thirteen deaths were reported in Shanwei City, where 24 others were injured in accidents during the storm, Xinhua reported citing official tallies. Usagi – the Japanese word for rabbit – was designated a super typhoon Saturday after it passed through the Philippines and Taiwan, moving toward China’s mainland. […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: “People were petrified, crying, praying,” witness says NEW: Police vet those rescued from the building to ensure they are not attackers “We’re doing our job to ensure that everyone is evacuated to safety,” interior ministry says Gunmen attacked an upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday, leading to a fierce gunbattle with police and leaving at least 20 people dead, the Kenyan Red Cross said. […]

A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, a newly declassified US document confirms. Two bombs were on board a B-52 plane that went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina – both bombs fell and one began the detonation process. The document was first published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. The US government has acknowledged the accident before, but never made public […]

The international chemical weapons watchdog has said that it is studying details submitted by Syria about its arsenal of poison gas and nerve agents. But a spokesman for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it was expecting more details from Damascus ahead of deadline for submissions by the end of Saturday. Syria has agreed to provide a full list of its chemical arms by then. It […]

Mexican authorities say 97 people have been killed by storms that hit the country earlier in the week. In the village of La Pintada, near the Pacific coast, a landslide partially engulfed the town. At least 15 bodies have been recovered and almost 70 residents are missing, the authorities said. A helicopter involved in the rescue effort in the area has disappeared with three crew on board, according to Mexican […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Reduced population following the hurricane left most of the water sitting Chlorine levels in the unused water plummeted, allowing organisms to thrive Louisiana officials say water is safe to drink, but keep it away from the nose A rare brain-eating amoeba that killed a 4-year-old boy in Louisiana may be a result of Hurricane Katrina. Tests of St. Bernard Parish water supply confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri. […]

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Rebels in Jobar have been pictured using an iPad to aim shells Troops from the same area were filmed using a map application to guide shells onto regime forces three months ago They say that necessity is the mother of all invention and need is never greater than at a time of war. So that may account for the unconventional method being used by these Syrian rebels to aim mortar […]