Mexico City, Oct 29 (IANS/EFE) Experts with the Mexican Attorney General’s Office are scouring an area near the town of Cocula for the bodies of the 43 students who disappeared Sep 26 near the city of Iguala. The officials started working Tuesday at the dump located in a hard-to-access zone about 10 km from Cocula and […]
Buenos Aires, Oct 29 (IANS/EFE) An Argentine television programme aired a video Tuesday showing soccer legend Diego Maradona hitting his ex-girlfriend, Rocio Oliva, hours after the soccer idol had said he “never raised a hand” against a woman. The video was shot with a mobile phone by Rocio Oliva herself and appeared on the programme “Nosotros […]
Los Angeles, Oct 29 (IANS) Actor Ryan Gosling, who has been lying low since becoming a father, stepped into the spotlight again to shoot for director Shane Black’s conspiracy film “The Nice Guys”. Gosling finally stepped back into the spotlight on Friday, making his first public appearance since the birth of his daughter Esmeralda Amada. He […]
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS/EFE) Amber Vinson, one of the two Dallas nurses who cared for an Ebola-infected Liberian man and then infected with the virus themselves, was released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta Tuesday after a 10-day stay. Vinson “has recovered from her infection with Ebola virus, and she can return to her community and […]
Mexico City, Oct 29 (IANS/EFE) The leader of Mexico’s Caballeros Templarios drug cartel has no plans to surrender or seek some kind of deal with authorities, according to an audio tape posted Tuesday on the internet. A man purporting to be Servando La Tuta Gomez says on the audio recording that authorities are mistaken if they […]
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) An unmanned spaceship operated by a private US firm exploded just minutes after its launch Tuesday, media reported. The rocket blew up over the launch complex at Wallops Island, Virginia, Xinhua reported citin the NASA TV. Orbital Sciences Corp., the contractor, said no one was believed to have been injured and the […]
Los Angeles, Oct 29 (IANS) Pop star Nick Jonas is reportedly angry with his siblings over the breakup of their band – The Jonas Brothers. The trio disbanded in October last year after pulling out of a North American tour, but it was thought to have been a joint decision, reports contactmusic.com. In June, this year […]
Sydney, Oct 29 (IANS) Australian special forces troops have conducted G20 training exercises involving a mock hostage recovery operation in Brisbane Tuesday. Australian Defence Force spokesman for the G20, Maj. Gen. Stuart Smith, said the elite soldiers would be conducting more mock counter-terrorism rehearsals in Brisbane over the coming weeks, Xinhua reported. “It’s been provided for […]
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) “Style” actor Sahil Khan has alleged that he was assaulted by actress Sana Khan’s so-called beau Ismail Khan at a gym here. The incident took place Oct 22 and Sahil registered a complaint with the Amboli police station on the same day. “Investigation is going on, can’t reveal anything right now,” an […]
Manama, Oct 28 (IANS) An Indian, allegedly tortured and held hostage in Bahrain by five Bangladeshis for a paltry BHD800 ransom (about $2,000), was rescued with the help of his co-worker, an Indonesian woman, in an undercover police operation. The five Bangladeshi carpenters are now standing trial in connection with last year’s abduction of the 28-year-old […]