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Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff loses impeachment vote

Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff suffered a devastating blow when the Chamber of Deputies voted to open impeachment proceedings against her. The 367-137 vote in favour...

Ecuador earthquake kills dozens and injures hundreds

The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades has flattened buildings and buckled highways along the country's Pacific coast, killing at least 77 people...

Chimpanzee resists capture after escaping from zoo

A chimpanzee fled from a zoo in northern Japan and tried desperately to avoid being captured by climbing an electricity mast. Male chimp Chacha was...

29 dead and 1,500 injured following second earthquake in southern Japan

Two powerful earthquakes a day apart shook a region in southern Japan, killing at least 29 people, injuring 1,500 and trapping many others beneath...

New Delhi starts restricting cars to clear air pollution

The New Delhi government has begun a second round of a two-week car restriction to reduce air pollution that has made the Indian capital...

Canada brings in assisted suicide law, but only for its own citizens

Canada has introduced a new assisted suicide law that will only apply to Canadians and residents. Visitors will be excluded under the proposed law announced...

Two earthquakes hit Japan

A second earthquake of magnitude 6.4 has struck southern Japan in the same area affected by another quake earlier. At least five people have been...

Organised crime prosecutors raid Panama papers law firm’s office

Organised crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak...

Zika virus ‘scarier than thought’

Top US health officials say the more they learn about Zika, the scarier the virus appears. Dr Anthony Fauci, of the National Institutes of Health,...

CIA director ‘would not obey waterboarding order’

The director of the CIA has said his spy agency will not engage in waterboarding or other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques - even if...

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