Famed architect Cesar Pelli dies aged 92
Famed Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli, known for designing some of the world’s tallest and most well-known buildings, has died aged 92.
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Funeral service held for 86 Muslims killed by Serbs
Several thousand people have attended a funeral service in northwestern Bosnia for 86 Muslims who were killed by Serbs in one of the worst atrocities of the country’s 1992-95 war.
Vatican college space holds bones of dozens, expert says
A genetics expert retained by the family of an Italian girl who went missing in 1983 said Saturday that an underground space near a Vatican cemetery holds thousands of bones that appear to be from dozens of individuals, both “adult and non-adult”.
Merkel urges Europeans to confront populism after tribute to Nazi resistance
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid tribute to the Nazi resistance in her own country.
Explosion at gas factory in central China kills at least 12
An explosion at a gas factory in central China has left at least 12 people dead, authorities said.
Trump meets Apollo 11 astronauts on 50th anniversary of moon landing
President Donald Trump marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office meeting Friday with former Apollo 11 astronauts.
Japanese animation studio fire suspect named by police
Japanese police have named a man suspected of starting a fire that killed 34 people in an animation studio.
Man climbs down side of 19-storey building to escape fire
A man climbed several floors down the outside of a 19-storey building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers.
Man jailed for 10 years over Scarlett Keeling’s death on Goa beach
A man has been jailed for 10 years over the drugging and death of a 15-year-old British girl whose body was found on a beach in the Indian city of Goa in 2008.
Ex-president Zuma pulls out of South Africa corruption inquiry
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has abandoned his testimony to a state commission investigating corruption allegations after claiming he is being treated unfairly.
Gibraltar chief meets Iranian officials in bid to defuse tanker row
The head of Gibraltar’s government has met privately with Iranian officials in a bid to defuse tensions surrounding the seizure of an Iranian supertanker near the British overseas territory.