Gay Marriage Gets Go Signal in Colombia: Love Wins in Catholic Country
The highest court of Colombia has given a green signal to gay couples who wish to seal their relationship with marriage. The constitutional court's magistrates cast their votes to show their agreement or disagreement on the ruling about same-sex marriage.>> view originalDriver takes selfies with bystanders, does 'doughnuts' during wild police chase
Please enable Javascript to watch this video LOS ANGELES -- A driver wanted for burglary led California authorities on a chase for more than an hour and a half through much of the greater Los Angeles area Thursday. At one point, helicopter video shows him doing "doughnut" maneuvers on the rain-slicked Hollywood surface streets and then being warmly greeted by bystanders who took selfies with the car in South L.A. A Ford Mustang led authorities on a pursuit that included doughnuts in Holl..>> view originalKey nations back unity govt in Libya
Michael Roddan An expected move by banks to lift rates for homeowners and investors could force the RBA to cut the official cash rate. Jared Owens Labor has pledged to launch a royal commission into the financial sector but Bill Shorten denies inquiry ‘tit-for-tat’ move. Gina Rushton The father of a former prestigious school captain, whose speech went viral, is trying to quash younger daughter’s expulsion. Rick Wallace, RICK MORTON A ..>> view originalVietnam elects PM amid big challenges
Vietnam’s rubber-stamp parliament Thursday elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc as prime minister, and he takes office at a time of soaring public debt, a worrying budget deficit and China’s growing assertiveness in nearby seas.In a formal vote, 446 of the 490 members in the National Assembly voted to install Phuc, 61, as the head of government.The appointment of Phuc, who rose from governor of the central province of Quang Nam to deputy prime minister five years ago, was a mere formality after he was pi..>> view originalAsad Shah: Sick Islamic extremists praise man accused of shopkeeper's murder for 'sending blasphemer to hell'
Vile Islamic fanatics have praised the brutal killing of a shopkeeper. Asad Shah died after being found with serious injuries outside his store in Scotland last month. Now an extremist website has published an story congratulating Asad’s alleged murderer , Tanveer Ahmed, for sending 'another blasphemer to hell'. A Facebook page has also been set up to pay tribute to Ahmed, who claimed this week that he killed Asad to protect the honour of Islam, reports the Daily Record . Ahmed appeared i..>> view originalNew French law makes it an offence to pay for sex
By: Reuters | London | Updated: April 8, 2016 12:39 pm Sex workers hold signs reading ‘Prostitutes are angry. Don’t touch to our customers’ during a protest against new bill against prostitution and sex trafficking, in Paris, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) A new law passed in France that makes it an offence to pay for sex and moves the punishment from prostitutes to clients, has been hailed as revolutionary by activists who hope it will help sta..>> view originalMalaysia's PM Najib Razak sidesteps blame for 1MDB $1US billion scandal
Scandal-ridden: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Photo: Joshua Paul Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sidestepped blame for a multibillion-dollar financial scandal after a parliamentary inquiry confirmed media reports that billions of dollars went missing from a state development fund that he set up and oversees.Mr Najib said he would act on any evidence and acknowledged the inquiry "identified weaknesses" in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) t..>> view originalToddler found with octopus lodged in throat
Matthew Gallagher, the boyfriend of the toddler’s mother, was arrested but later released.Staff WritersNews Corp Australia NetworkA TODDLER is in hospital and his mother’s boyfriend has been arrested on child abuse charges after an octopus was lodged in the child’s throat. The two-year-old’s mother returned home from work to find her partner Matthew Gallagher, 36, giving the boy CPR, police in the US state of Kansas say.The child was rushed to hospital where doctors found a small octopus in his ..>> view originalMilitary's iron grip on 'Thai-style democracy'
Thai soldiers on parade earlier this year. Photo: Reuters Thai police investigate US ambassador: suspected of insulting the king More arrests in Thai crackdown on royal defamationBangkok: Theerawan Charoensuk never thought posting a photo of herself on Facebook holding a red water scoop with greetings for next week's Thai New Year would result in her being charged with sedition and facing up to seven years' jail.The bowl had a message from Thailand's former..>> view originalSyrian rebels seize of ISIS town
Syrian rebels seize of ISIS townSyrian rebel forces have taken over a town near the Turkish border that had been the main stronghold of Islamic State in the northern Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The monitor said factions fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), some supplied with arms by Turkey and other foreign backers, captured the town of al-Rai after fierce battles with the militants."This is the beginning of the end of Daesh (Islamic State..>> view original
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