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There is a lottery inside the boats that take the migrant route throughout the Mediterranean. Some recover from with out incident; some get into misery and are rescued; some sink with out witness. There are loads of our bodies on the backside of that sea.And now the listing of deaths grows, and in all probability by a ghastly quantity after a fishing vessel capsized with what a charity feared was as much as 750 on board.There are already many questions on this incident. Why did the boat begin to flip so sharply, apparently inflicting its personal downfall? Who was turning down the gives of help, and why? Was the rescue operation satisfactory - and if not, why not? But different issues are extra clear-cut - an overloaded boat, transporting folks from a Libyan port to Europe in...

SAO PAULO — A excessive court docket in Brazil will transfer ahead with Italy’s case in opposition to former soccer star Robinho, who was sentenced in Europe to 9 years in jail for rape. ...

An American man has been arrested after a vacationer fell to her dying close to a German magnificence spot mentioned to have impressed a well-known Disney fort.Two girls, aged 21 and 22, have been allegedly pushed down a ravine close to Germany's picturesque Neuschwanstein Castle on Wednesday.Police suppose the suspect, a 30-year-old male vacationer, lured the 2 girls from a climbing path near the Marienbruecke Bridge, which provides a well-known view of the fort.He allegedly attacked the youthful girl first.But when her buddy tried to intervene, he began choking her after which pushed the 22-year-old down a steep slope, it's alleged.The man then resumed his assault on his youthful sufferer and sexually assaulted her, police consider.He's then suspected of pushing her down th...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s central financial institution has ended its distorted overseas alternate price, a transfer the brand new authorities in Africa’s largest financial system hopes will assist woo traders and stabilize the native forex. ...

A British man has advised Sky News he fears his kin are among the many lots of who're lacking after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants sank off the coast of Greece.Aftab Khan, from Wolverhampton, travelled to Greece following the tragedy within the early hours of Wednesday morning. At least 78 folks drowned and 104 had been rescued after the fishing vessel capsized about 50 miles from the southern coastal city of Pylos.Charity Alarm Phone, which acquired frantic calls from a few of these on board, stated as much as 750 folks might have been on the vessel on the time and a large search operation for survivors is constant.Mr Khan advised Sky News' Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall that certainly one of his male cousins had been discovered alive however he had been...

The Pentagon will ship F-22 Raptor fighter jets to the Middle East in direct response to more and more “unsafe” conduct by Russian plane within the skies over Syria, U.S. officers mentioned Wednesday, marking the most recent escalation of tensions between the 2 nations. ...

The rate of interest within the 20 Eurozone international locations has been hiked to a greater than 20-year excessive.The European Central Bank has elevated its benchmark charge to three.5%, up 0.25 proportion factors, making borrowing dearer because it stated inflation has been "too high for too long". In new forecasts launched by the regulator it stated it will likely be two extra years earlier than inflation is introduced all the way down to its 2% goal.Latest figures present inflation was 6.1% within the international locations utilizing the euro and can solely fall to five.1% this yr and three% in 2024.It's nonetheless decrease than the UK charge of value will increase which stands at 8.7%. The financial space was in recession over winter. Last week, revised information...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO sees no signal that Russia has modified its nuclear posture, the top of the navy alliance mentioned Thursday, after President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that Belarus has already obtained some tactical nuclear weapons from Moscow. ...

Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse has been charged with new intercourse crimes in Canada within the newest felony case introduced in opposition to him. Chasing Horse, 47, stays in jail in Las Vegas as he awaits trial in a sexual abuse case.He is finest recognized for his function because the younger Sioux tribe member Smiles A Lot in Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning 1990 movie, Dances With Wolves.Tsuut'ina Nation Police Service Sergeant Nancy Farmer stated Chasing Horse faces 9 expenses in Alberta, together with three counts of sexual exploitation and 4 counts of sexual assault.The crimes of their jurisdiction date again to 2005, she added.At a digital information convention on Wednesday, she acknowledged that the Alberta case is essentially symbolic, as Chasing Hors...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested a person who allegedly spray-painted graffiti on the wall and gate of the U.S. Consulate, in accordance with media reviews and the police. ...