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15 Feb 2017 - 11:56am

Lonesome George returns to Galapagos

The body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome Georgeis returning to the Galapagos Islands where it lived and died.
13 Feb 2017 - 1:28pm

Brazil cops break strike after murder wave

More than 1,000 Brazilian police have broken an eight day strike that resulted in a sixfold increase in murders.
11 Feb 2017 - 2:36pm

Deal reached to end Brazil police strike

After a week of anarchy and a death toll of more than 120, Brazilian authorities have reached an agreement with police to end their strike.
10 Feb 2017 - 2:34pm

Army takes over amid Brazil police strike

The Brazilian army has been brought in to end days of violence and looting in the state of Espirito Santo as the state's police continue a six-day strike.
9 Feb 2017 - 10:01am

Chaos in lawless Brazilian state enters fifth day

The governor of a Brazilian state where police have been on strike for five days, leading to bloody chaos, said more soldiers were coming to help.
29 Jan 2017 - 7:34am

Death toll climbs to 11 in Chile forest fires

Forest fires ravaging southern Chile have now killed 11 people, President Michelle Bachelet said Saturday, as firefighters waged an all-out battle to extinguish...
26 Jan 2017 - 9:24am

Yellow fever outbreak kills 40 in Brazil

Officials are working to stop an outbreak of yellow fever that has killed at least 40 people in Brazil from becoming an epidemic.
24 Jan 2017 - 6:59am

Chile fires cause 'worst forestry disaster' in its history

Vast woodland fires in the center and south of Chile have caused "the biggest forestry disaster in our history," President Michelle Bachelet said on Monday,...
19 Jan 2017 - 9:10am

Brazil's military to solve prison crisis

Brazil's government is enlisting the help of the armed forces in resolving a serious crisis in the nation's prisons.
18 Jan 2017 - 8:56am

Study to unlock mysteries of sun

A group of scientists in Chile are pointing radio telescopes towards the sun in a bid to unlock its mysteries.
17 Jan 2017 - 8:00pm

Five dead in shooting at Mexico's BPM music festival

A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican beach resort early Monday, leaving five people dead, including one in a stampede as revelers...
16 Jan 2017 - 3:14pm

Inmates decapitated in Brazil jail riot

Twenty-seven inmates have died in a riot in a Brazilian jail sparked by a war between rival drug factions.
16 Jan 2017 - 9:18am

Brazilian vampire bat consumes human blood

Dracula is getting some competition from the Dyphilla ecaudata bat in northeastern Brazil.
16 Jan 2017 - 8:58am

Thirty believed killed in latest Brazil jail bloodbath

The latest in a string of brutal prison massacres involving suspected gang members in Brazil is thought to have killed more than 30 people, including some who...
15 Jan 2017 - 7:10am

19 dead in Ecuador bus crash

School children are among the dead after two buses collided near Ecuador's Pacific coast.
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18 Feb 2017 - 9:11pm

Giving kids a fighting chance in rural Australia

The residents of Tingha, a tiny town in regional New South Wales, are hoping a boxing program for disaffected youth will curb rising crime rates.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:36pm

Paediatrician calls for a re-think on 'No Jab, No Pay' immunisation policy

As the federal government releases figures showing an increase in childhood immunisation rates, a paediatrician believes the 'No Jab, No Pay' policy targets the...
17 Feb 2017 - 6:36pm

Have scientists just discovered previously unknown 'eighth continent'?

The new continent has been tentatively named Zealandia, and it's right next door to Australia.
17 Feb 2017 - 2:03pm

Trump asks black journalist if Congressional Black Caucus are 'friends of yours'

Amid the confusion of Thursday's press conference, President Donald Trump tried to have one black reporter set up a meeting with a group of African American...
17 Feb 2017 - 7:04pm

Opinion: Aid workers are not a target, and never should be

On February 8, six Red Cross workers were killed when their convoy came under fire in Afghanistan. When humanitarians are a target, it's the locals - in desperate...
17 Feb 2017 - 7:12am

Why sitting is not the 'new smoking'

Sitting down at work all day may not be so bad for you after all, writes Emmanuel Stamatakis.
16 Feb 2017 - 7:38pm

Indian couple found guilty of orchestrating 16 sham marriages in visa scam

An Indian couple has been found guilty in a Brisbane court on a total of 66 charges related to running a marriage visa scam for Indian men to marry Australian...
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