Snapchat “Yellow Face” lens slapped as offensive
SAN FRANCISCO: Vanishing message app Snapchat made a photo lens quickly disappear after an online uproar branding it an offensive…
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Trump Tower climber captured after three-hour ascent
NEW YORK: A man spent three hours scaling Trump Tower, the New York home and headquarters of the Republican nominee…
Mexico mothers searching for loved ones turn up hidden graves
COATZACOALCOS, MEXICO: Mothers searching for missing loved ones said they have found seven clandestine gravesites with remains of an undetermined…
Voodoo gods invoked to help Brazil’s listless football team
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s football team is doing so poorly at the Olympics that people are looking to the heavens…
Mosquito traps laced with human scent help fight malaria
THE HAGUE: Dutch and Kenyan scientists have designed a unique mosquito trap which uses human odour to attract the malaria-carrying…
Report: Militants hijacking charity funds for attacks
NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Charities that send financial aid to trouble spots sometimes have the funds ‘hijacked’ by militant groups to…
Bride walked down aisle by father’s heart recipient
NEW YORK: The bride beamed as she walked down the aisle of the Pennsylvania church on the arm of a…
‘Indonesia a key partner in joint fight against terrorism’
CANBERRA: Australia’s attorney-general said Wednesday he is ‘very confident’ that Australian and Indonesian authorities have terrorism in the area under…