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At least eight people have officially died and another 12 are missing after the southern Indian state of Kerala was hit by flooding.Local media put the number killed even higher, with reports saying that at least 12 bodies have been recovered from Kottayam and three more bodies recovered from Idukki, the two worst hit areas. Flash floods and landslides followed downpours on Saturday that left rescue services scrambling to help.Among […]

An actress and film director have returned to Earth after spending nearly two weeks in space making a movie on the International Space Station.Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko emerged from the Russian capsule smiling after it landed on the Kazakhstan steppe along with cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky inside. Two of the group had rocketed into orbit on 5 October for a 12-day stint to film segments of a movie called The […]

A group of 17 US missionaries - including children - have been kidnapped in Haiti.They were on their way home from building an orphanage in the capital of Port-au-Prince, Christian Aid Ministries said. A voice message sent to a number of religious missions said: "This is a special prayer alert. Pray that the gang members would come to repentance."Haiti has seen a spike in the number of gang-related kidnappings after […]