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Greece scours sea for survivors of ‘horrific’ migrant boat sinking

Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, with fears that the toll could eventually reach into the hundreds.

Singapore to put more police robots on the streets

Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials.

North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said Thursday, shortly after Pyongyang warned of an "inevitable" response to ongoing U.S.-South Korea joint military drills.

Chinese pair charged with murder of South Korean influencer

A Cambodian court charged a Chinese couple with murder after a popular South Korean influencer's body was dumped in a pit on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, a prosecutor said on Wednesday, June 14.

Snakes as therapy animals: reptiles help heal in Brazil

A yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes's neck like a scarf, but the 15-year-old Brazilian with autism is fascinated, not afraid.

Kenya starvation cult death toll exceeds 300

The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, June 13, a senior official said.

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