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Bij een bomaanslag in de Turkse stad Gaziantep zijn zondagochtend meerdere personen gewond geraakt en is een agent om het leven gekomen. Het gaat vermoedelijk om een bomaanslag. Elders in Turkije werden drie Turkse militairen gedood na een gewapende aanval van Koerdische militanten.

China’s purchasing managers index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector slowed to 50.1 in April, down from 50.2 in March, but marked the second consecutive month of factory activity expansion, which contracted for a record seven consecutive months till February. Non-manufacturing PMI for April also fell to 53.5 from 53.8 in March, official data released Sunday showed. A PMI reading of over 50 indicates growth in the sector, and conversely, a reading of less than 50 signifies a contraction.

Villagers in Frome, Somerset are putting surplus food to good use by opening a community fridge, the first of its kind in the UK.

President Kenyatta set ablaze 105 tons of ivory and 1.35 tons of rhino horn as a sign that Kenya does not tolerate wildlife poaching.

Thirty-three lions rescued from various circuses in Peru and Colombia are to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary in SA.

President Obama took aim at Democrats and Republicans alike, but saved his sharpest barbs for Donald Trump. [VIDEO]

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the killing, saying the tailor had blasphemed Prophet Mohammad, a report said.

Controversy over a North West Province voters roll signals the growing competitiveness of politics, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.

Head teachers are to discuss whether parents in England should be allowed to take their children out of religious education classes, on the grounds that it undermines the teaching of "British values".

A close shave.

Berkshire Hathaway AGM largely steers clear of politics but still gathers big crowds in Omaha and online

Findings are binding unless they are challenged and overturned in a court of law, writes Johnny de Lange.

A Turkish news agency says an explosion near a police station in the southern city of Gaziantep has wounded at least nine people.

– Nigeria spends N165 billion annually to buy fruit juice from other countries – “Importation of concentrates has adversely affected local fruits cultivation for juice processing.” Nigeria spends a staggering amount of N165 billion to import fruit juice, accoring to Frank Jacobs, the president of the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN). Mr Jacobs expressed his discontent with the country’s expenditure on fruit […]

Feel the spring on your skin.

These dainty lavender branches.

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This stunning blue rose.

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These delicate buds.

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These captivating ferns.

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BREDEVOORT - Een 19-jarige man uit Aalten is vrijdagavond rond 22.15 uur op de Bolwerkweg in Bredevoort aangereden door een auto. De bestuurster van het voertuig reed door na het ongeval. De man raakte gewond en hij is overgebracht naar het ziekenhuis.

If I were a member of the ANC I would be afraid before the August local government elections, writes Xolela Mangcu.

The 29-year-old defender has been linked with a summer move to Juventus and says he has not ruled out the possibility of leaving Allianz Arena at the end of the season

Unorthodox history teacher wins fellowship (AP) — Katie Klaus's junior history class just voted Hitler for U.S. president. [...] they didn't know they were voting for him. Jones, Klaus describes, is one of four candidates running for U.S. president in a hypothetical 2050 election. "This was the 1932 election in Germany," Klaus announced to her class after counting the votes. The James Madison Fellowship Award is given to one Washington teacher each year, and Klaus is the second Woodland teacher... Читать дальше...

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen, and welcome to your weekly field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.

For such a little guy, the world must be an enormous place. But "The Lego Backpacker” appears determined to see as much of it as possible.