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Terrifying Video Shows Sea Lion Dragging Young Girl Into Water
Her quick-thinking grandfather jumped into the water and got her out, bringing her back to safety.
The Latest: US 'disappointed' Taiwan not at WHO assembly
GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on the annual World Health Assembly in Geneva (all times local):
Body identified as missing Duke student
Authorities said they have found the body of a Duke University student who had been missing for nearly a week.
Elephant crushes S. African hunter to death: reports
A South African big-game hunter was crushed to death when an elephant picked him up and then fell on him after being shot, Zimbabwean officials and media reports said Monday. Theunis Botha, 51, a professional hunter who specialised in hunting with hounds, died on Friday in western Zimbabwe. One elephant lifted Botha up with her trunk, and a fellow hunter shot the animal dead, the News24 website said.
Rattled UK PM May forced into 'dementia tax' U-turn after poll lead halves
By Kylie MacLellan and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to publicly backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday after plans to force elderly people to pay more for their social care halved her party's opinion poll lead in just a few days. Six opinion polls published in the past three days have all shown a contraction in the Conservative Party's lead over the opposition Labour Party by a range of 2 to 9 percentage points, though all indicate May will still win the election. May said opponents such as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had tried to scare the elderly by spreading "fake claims" about her plan to transfer more of the cost from taxpayers to recipients who can afford to fund care themselves.
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