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Witness reports ‘huge mountain of fire’ at Staples Corner factory sending thick smoke across the capitalA “significant fire” at a paint factory has sent smoke billowing across London with witnesses reporting “fireballs” shooting into the air.The London fire brigade said Read more

Prayuth Chan-ocha appeared ready for a media conference before producing the unusual prop and walking off Thailand’s prime minister has found a novel way to avoid journalists’ questions: producing a life-sized cardboard cutout of himself and telling the reporters to Read more

Barring a handful of couples who got an exemption from the mandatory waiting period, 9 January was the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in Australia. As the clock struck midnight, couples around the country tied the knot. Here Read more

Former first lady obtained her 2014 doctorate in just a few months but her dissertation has never been publishedZimbabwean anti-corruption investigators are probing whether former first lady Grace Mugabe fraudulently obtained a doctorate that she apparently received within months, the Read more