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Vietnam axes visas to boost tourism

Vietnam is dropping visa requirements for tourists from five European countries to boost its slumping tourism industry. A decision by prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung...

Russia stands firm on European food ban

Moscow will lift its embargo on European and US foods only when the West scraps its sanctions against Russia, an official has said. The Russian...

South Korea reassured over deadly virus outbreak

The head of the World Health Organisation has boosted beleaguered South Korea, saying efforts to contain a deadly Mers virus outbreak are reassuring and...

White tiger shot in Georgia after escape from zoo

A paniced tiger responsible for killing a man after escaping from Tbilisi zoo in Georgia during floods has been killed. Residents were told to stay...

North Korea suffers ‘worst drought in a century’

North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News...

FIFA investigators probe 53 ‘incidents’

Swiss investigators are probing 53 possible money-laundering incidents as part of their investigation into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Michael...

Batman cinema killer never told psychiatrist about plans

The psychiatrist who treated James Holmes before he opened fire in a Colorado cinema, killing 12 people and wounded 58 others, has said she...

Oil fortune heir Andrew Getty dies

Oil fortune heir Andrew Getty died from an ulcer-related gastrointestinal haemorrhage at his Los Angeles mansion, but also had a toxic level of methamphetamine...

US beachgoers return to scene of shark attacks

Beachgoers have cautiously returned to the ocean after two young people lost limbs in separate, life-threatening shark attacks in the same town in North...

Spread of Mers virus not an emergency, WHO says

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the spread of a mysterious virus from the Middle East to South Korea does not merit being...

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