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Fireworks factory explodes... big time
THIS is the earth-shattering moment a fireworks factory blew up, knocking witnesses to the ground and sending fireworks shooting into the sky.
Zoo violates orangutan’s human rights
SANDRA the orangutan is entitled to basic human rights and must be freed from her zoo home of 20 years, a landmark court decision says.
Teen’s grisly murder confession
A TEENAGE girl has confessed to killing a young pregnant woman and cutting her unborn baby from her womb after regretting her own abortion.
Deal reached at UN climate talks
A DEAL has finally been reached to tackle climate change after marathon UN talks in Lima, but activists say it doesn’t go far enough.
Soccer player struck by lightning
VIDEO footage has emerged of the terrifying moment a soccer player is hit by lightning, knocking him to the ground in a cloud of smoke.
Eel’s shocking power of mind-control
IT’S a stunning discovery: Electric eels don’t just “zap” their prey. They use their powers to remote-control them too.
Mum savagely beaten after footy match
A WOMAN has posted horrific pictures of her battered face on Facebook to have her attacker brought to justice.
Miss BumBum’s surgery nightmare
A BRAZILIAN reality TV star who was runner up in a best-butt competition is in hospital after a cosmetic surgery went badly wrong.
Man eats a live spider and snake
A RATHER strange video has emerged on social media of a man putting a live snake and spider in his mouth at the same time. What was he thinking?
Why everyone is talking about Lima
IT’S not exactly New York or Washington but for the next 12 days Lima is the epicentre of global politics. So why isn’t Tony Abbott there?
Chopper becomes a spinning fireball
A POLICE helicopter landing at the scene of a crash became an out-of-control fireball when its blades were clipped. Watch the dramatic footage here.
Girl swallows 104 cocaine capsules
AN 11-year-old girl has become the youngest drug mule ever, after her father forced her to swallow 104 capsules of cocaine.
Missing beauty queen found dead
TWO bodies believed to belong to Miss Honduras 2014 and her sister have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago.
Tumour boy’s long road to recovery
HE was whisked from his home in the dead of night by US homeland security agents. Now, this boy has had a massive tumour removed in a life-saving operation.
Peace talks halted by kidnapping
A MASSIVE search is under way for a Colombian army general whose capture by leftist rebels prompted the suspension of two-year-old peace talks.
‘Sweeney Todd’ cannibal bakery owners on trial
THREE people charged with killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their flesh to make and sell stuffed pastries are on trial.
‘Stay home’: Chilling message followed by murder
THEY received a frightening message, warning them to stay at home. Hours later, there were 10 bloodied bodies on the streets.
Blast at chemical plant injures 65
A MASSIVE explosion at a chemical plant in Argentina left 65 injured with the force of the blast knocking out windows three kilometres away.
City prays for rain as dams run dry
A CITY of 20 million people only has enough water to last a fortnight. The worst drought in 80 years has reduced dam levels to a fearsome 3 per cent.
Mum ‘sold newborn online for $110’
A TEENAGE mum allegedly sold her baby girl, two days after she was born, over the internet for $110.
Kidnappers tweet woman’s death
FELINA was obsessed with bringing justice to the corrupt city she lived in, but kidnappers appear to have found her first. Warning: Graphic content.
Puppy-sized spider found in forest
IMAGINE a venomous spider the size of a puppy that fires clouds of microscopic barbs. That’s what one man encountered in a South American rainforest.
Killer: Murders ‘relieved anxiety’
A MAN who confessed to killing 39 people said he was moved to commit the murders “by a greater power” and his “rage against everything”.
Killer, 26, confesses to 39 murders
IN a murder spree lasting four years, this security guard allegedly killed 39 people, preying on girls as young as 14, the homeless and homosexuals.
What made night turn into day?
THIS is the moment a mysterious flash of light turned night into day, sparking a social media frenzy over what exactly made the intense light.
Photo that will shock the world
UNDER the cover of darkness, trucks go in and out, passing off their criminal cargo as legal. And all this happens in the place we call the lungs of the world.
How 33 men survived being buried alive
FOR 69 days the world watched 33 men trapped underground. Now they’ve revealed what really happened, and how close they came to eating each other.
Single lightning bolt kills 11
LIGHTNING has killed 11 members of a tribe in the remote mountains of Colombia, where they were performing a spiritual ritual during an electrical storm.
Millionaire on trial for honeymoon murder
A MILLIONAIRE accused of masterminding the murder of his wife on their honeymoon will face trial today, after she was killed at gunpoint while he escaped unharmed.
Girl mutilated to look like Chucky
IN a shocking act of violence a teenage girl has been mutilated by rivals jealous of her beauty who wanted to make her look like Chucky. Warning graphic images.
Chronic shortage of ... boob implants
A SOUTH American country’s chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job.
Subway bomb injures at least seven
A BOMB has exploded in a Chilean subway station, injuring at least seven people, the most damaging in a string of attacks in the country’s capital.
Dinosaur size of seven elephants
RESEARCHERS studying the bones of a dinosaur bigger than seven bull elephants have given it an equally colossal name: Dreadnoughtus.
33 tons of fish found dead in lake
AUTHORITIES investigating why tens of thousands of fish have died out en masse at a lake in western Mexico say it was not due to natural causes.
‘God answered our pleas to live’
UPDATE: A group among 20 workers dramatically rescued from a collapsed gold mine have joined frantic efforts to find eight comrades still missing.
Sisters ‘blackmailed’ football star
TWO sisters have been arrested for blackmailing a major football star with risque pictures they took at a party, unless he paid them a fortune to keep quiet.
Hitman boasts of 300 murders
A FORMER hitman for Pablo Escobar who boasted of killing up to 300 people has walked free after 22 years in jail, amid angry protests.
Prison riot ends with five dead
RIOTING inmates who took over most of a prison in Brazil killed five fellow prisoners, beheading at least two of them, before ending the uprising.
‘Dead man’ wakes up in body bag
IT’S the stuff nightmares are made of. A man declared dead has been found alive tied up in a body bag at a morgue.
Three beheaded in prison riot
THREE prisoners have been beheaded in a horrific riot at a prison containing more than 1000 inmates during a violent dispute over conditions.
Chairs fly in campaign launch chaos
THIS is how they do politics in Bolivia: with chairs hurled through the air. Watch as an election campaign launch descends into violent mayhem.
Pope Francis’ relatives killed
THREE relatives of Pope Francis, two great nephews and their mother, have been killed in a traffic accident in Argentina, police said.
Four dead as quake shakes Ecuador
THREE people have died in landslides and a child was crushed to death by falling bags of rice when an earthquake hit Ecuador’s capital region.
Brazil candidate ‘killed in plane crash’
BRAZILIAN presidential candidate Eduardo Campos has reportedly been killed after his plane slammed into a gymnasium in Sao Paulo.
MEGA penguins waddled the Earth
SCIENTISTS have uncovered the fossilised remains of a giant penguin that weighed in at a colossal 115kg and was as tall as a human.
Is ‘lonely’ polar bear going crazy?
CAMPAIGNERS are concerned for the mental state of a polar bear in an Argentine zoo, saying he is depressed and showing signs of insanity.
Strong quake hits Mexico, three dead
A POWERFUL 6.9 magnitude quake has rocked Mexico and Guatemala, killing at least three people as shock waves toppled walls and caused landslides.
Overpass collapse in Cup city kills two
AN overpass has collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, killing at least two people and trapping a bus, two trucks and a car.
‘Voices’ told man to stab 11 at airport
A MAN wielding a kitchen knife has gone on a rampage in the La Paz international airport’s terminal, stabbing 11 people.
What it sounds like when Brazil scores
THEY went wild inside the stadium when Brazil scored the first goal of their World Cup campaign. Take a look what happened in a quiet Sao Paulo neighbourhood.
Red-hot bull and booze a bad mix
CHAOS erupts at bullfight after a drunken assistant meddles with the raging beast’s ropes. Red-hot bull can indeed give you wings, it appears. VIDEO
The danger facing World Cup fans
THIS is the terrifying moment that hundreds of World Cup fans were stuck on a dangerous staircase at one of the stadiums.
Horror footage of Brazil landslide
WHILE the USA battled it out with Ghana this morning, a crisis was unfolding in the very same city. This is the shocking footage.
Landslide chaos at World Cup
ALL eyes were on the city of Natal when USA beat Ghana today. But only days ago the place fell to ruin. And a drone captured all the mayhem.
Battle on World Cup streets
ANTI-WORLD CUP riots in Brazil are escalating with reports that an undercover police officer shot live rounds at protesters.
Miracle behind the World Cup kick-off
A YOUNG paraplegic will tomorrow rise from his wheelchair to kick-off the World Cup. Here’s the reality behind his extraordinary feat.
Trapped in speeding elevator
TERRIFYING footage shows a man trapped inside an elevator that malfunctions — and speeds 30 floors in mere seconds before crashing.
The dark side of the World Cup
AS FOOTBALL fans travel to Brazil for the World Cup, it appears the country’s underbelly is thriving, with daily shootings by police and drug lords running rampant. WARNING: Graphic images
Christ that’s one incredible selfie
IT’S the selfie to end all selfies — taken while perched precariously atop the imposing Christ the Redeemer statue that watches over Rio de Janeiro.
Cup runneth over for Brazil’s prostitutes
FROM taking English lessons to setting up credit card facilities, Brazil’s one million sex workers are ready to cash in on the World Cup.
Growing unrest as World Cup looms
BOW-and-arrow wielding indigenous chiefs have joined anti-World Cup protests in Brazil as nervous authorities reassure fans it’s safe to visit.
Nuns fight World Cup sex trade
A GROUP of nuns has launched a campaign to take on human trafficking and prostitution during the Brazil World Cup.
Oil ship runs aground in Galapagos
A FREIGHTER carrying more than 60,000 litres of fuel oil has run aground in the Galápagos Islands, but authorities say it doesn’t yet pose a risk.
Venezuela busts up protest camps
VENEZUELAN police have demolished four protest camps and detained 243 people, striking at a months-long anti-government movement.
Man survives parachute failure
AN air force officer whose parachute malfunctioned during a training exercise has survived a 1500 metre fall with nary a broken bone.
Giant teen to marry short man
THEY don’t always see eye to eye, but the world’s tallest teen girl is set to marry her rather compact fiancé.
Football fan killed by toilet bowl
A FOOTBALL fan has been killed by a toilet bowl hurled from a stadium during a riot in Brazil just weeks out from the World Cup. Video warning
Peruvian, 116, world’s oldest person
A 116-YEAR-OLD Peruvian living in extreme poverty in the heart of the Andes is staking a claim to be recognised as the oldest person in the world.
Mine collapse traps 30
AT LEAST three people have died and as many as 30 are trapped after a mine collapse in western Colombia.
Man in custody over tourist’s killing
ARGENTINIAN police have detained a man in connection with the murder of Australian-born Nicholas Heyward in a botched robbery in Mendoza.
Shot dead for daring to fight back
NICHOLAS Heyward was strolling through a park with friends when two men on a motorbike ambushed him. Now, the adventure-loving 31-year-old is dead.
Donkey’s beekeeper suit creates buzz
A BEEKEEPER says honey production has gone through the roof after he fitted out his trusted donkey with his own beekeeping suit.
Teen dies in tribal drug ritual
A BRITISH teenager has died after drinking a psychedelic brew during a tribal ritual in Colombia.
‘Ghostly racer’ caught on film
A SPECTRE or a spectator? Footage taken at a soccer match appears to show a ghostly figure racing through the stands at super human speed.
Rio riots two months before World Cup
ONE man has been killed and the favelas are at flashpoint as violent protests erupt in Rio, less than two months out from the World Cup.
Police, protesters in fiery clash
FRESH clashes have erupted in Caracas, with protesters hurling Molotov cocktails at riot police who returned fire with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Massive blaze destroys 500 homes
A MASSIVE forest fire raging in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso has killed at least 16 people and destroyed 500 homes.
Peru volcano spews white-hot rocks
RESIDENTS have fled villages near Peru’s Ubinas volcano, which this week began spitting out white-hot chunks of rock, some as big as 30cm in diameter.
Charges for ‘Honeymoon Killer’
SHRIEN Dewani has been charged with ordering the kidnapping and murder of his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa.
Rest home fire kills 10 locked in rooms
NINE mentally ill patients and their caretaker were killed in a nursing home fire in Chile because they were locked in their rooms.
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