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Malacañang on Sunday defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s confession that involves sexual abuse, calling it just a “laughable anecdote” the President intentionally made up to dramatize the sexual abuse he suffered from a priest when he was still a minor. “In his inimitable allegorical style of dramatizing the sexual abuse the...

Two women, from Denmark and Norway, were found beheaded in their tent in Morocco earlier in December. On Sunday, Moroccan authorities charged 15 people with terrorism violations over the beheading of two Scandinavian tourists, according to a report by Business Insider. The group of people was arrested as Moroccan police investigated...

Chelsea coach Marco Ianni has been charged with improper conduct following his bust-up with Jose Mourinho. Manchester United boss Mourinho has also been “formally reminded of his responsibilities” after the touchline row at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. That will come as a relief for Mourinho but the FA have effectively made...

Santa Claus ring found by Israeli gardener. Nicholas, fondly known as Santa Claus, while weeding a garden in the Jezreel Valley, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. Moshav Yogev is located east of Tel Megiddo and settlements from the Roman and Byzantine period at nearby Legio. Dekel Ben-Shitrit, 23, a resident...

Woman vomits after sticking her fork into dead lizard in a store-bought lettuce. Speaking about her nightmare, Michelle Carr said she realised her food contained a poisonous reptile after she had a couple of bites. The new mother said that she found something on her fork and assumed it was...

Facebook BANS Bitcoin ads just days after Mark Zuckerberg praises virtual currency. Facebook is banning all advertisements for cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and initial coin offerings, as part of an “intentionally broad” policy against deceptive marketers. Product management director Rob Leathern explained the decision in a blog post, saying Facebook will...

With just three students, small-town high school closing down. She misses her friends and her classes. She also worries about where she will attend school next year, now that her remote valley town has voted to close the combined middle and high school. And she worries about how she will...

US police arrested a man they say robbed a Starbucks coffee shop at gunpoint to settle a heroin debt. When you owe your heroin dealer money you gotta pay up by any means possible, according to a man arrested in Albuquerque. 24-year-old Mathew Baldonado told officers he robbed a Starbucks...

A lawyer for President Donald Trump arranged a $130,000 payment to a former adult-film star a month before the 2016 election as part of an agreement that precluded her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump met Stephanie Clifford,...

Mom suspected of shooting sons, husband before killing herself at San Luis Resort. The Galveston Police Department says officers were alerted to the sounds of "pops" coming from the eighth floor around 4:30 a.m. Monday. When police arrived at the room, the door was dead-bolted from the inside and they...