Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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Lata Mangeshkar has sadly passed away at the age of 92. As reported by BBC News, Mangeshkar was one of India's most adored singers, who provided her beautiful vocal talents to the soundtracks of hundreds of Bollywood movies. Mangeshkar was reportedly admitted to a hospital in Mumbai back in January…
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Officials have announced that the five-year-old boy who fell 104ft (32 meters) down a well in Morocco has died. The child, named as Rayan Oram, fell into the narrow opening of the deep well on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the small northern town of Tamorot in the Chefchaouen region.…
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A rescue team is reportedly just feet away from reaching a young boy who fell 104ft (32 meters) down a well five days ago. As reported by BBC News, the rescue efforts of Moroccan authorities are being broadcast live, as the nation - and the world - awaits the conclusion…
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A historic steel bridge will be partly dismantled to make way for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' superyacht. Local authorities in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam announced that the iconic Koningshaven Bridge - which dates all the way from 1878 - will be partly taken apart so that Bezos' $485…
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An elderly woman has been showered with praise after confronting an alleged masked shoplifter while shopping at Walmart. The incident took place on Saturday at the Campbell River Walmart in British Columbia, and saw 73-year-old grandmother Elaine Gallaway stand up to a man accused of attempting to steal goods. In…
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An Australian man accused of kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith has pleaded guilty to the child's abduction. On Monday, 36-year-old Terrence Darrell Kelly pleaded guilty to holding the child captive for nearly three weeks, CNN reports. Appearing via a video link at Western Australia's Carnarvon Magistrates Court, Kelly pleaded guilty to…
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A 57-year-old man from Tonga is being called a real-life Aquaman after he spent 27 hours at sea during a devastating tsunami. Lisala Folau is disabled and cannot walk properly. But when the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted and sent tsunami waves crashing across his island in the Tongan archipelago,…
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Further details have emerged regarding Novak Djokovic's recent deportation from the country. On Sunday (January 16), the 34-year-old tennis star was deported from the country after officials canceled Djokovic's visa - for a second time - on "health and good order" grounds. Despite a last-ditch court appeal to remain in…
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On Sunday, Novak Djokovic lost his last-effort bid to remain in Australia and was deported from the country. The ruling has resulted in the 34-year-old being unable to defend his title as champion in the 2022 Australian Open. This will further prevent the Serbian tennis star from potentially winning a…
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Novak Djokovic has been deported from Australia after his legal team failed to overturn the government's decision to deport him from the country. As reported by BBC News and the Daily Mail, the 34-year-old tennis star has now left Australia for Dubai after losing his last-effort court bid to remain…
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Novak Djokovic has reacted to the Australian government's decision to deport him from the country. As reported by BBC News, the reigning Australian Open champion has lost his last-effort court bid to remain in the country, with officials canceling Djokovic's visa on "health and good order" grounds. The decision to…
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Satellites have captured the moment Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupted and sent shockwaves across the South Pacific. As reported by CNN, the volcano first erupted on Friday, resulting in a plume of ash sent bellowing 20km (12.4 miles) into the atmosphere. A second eruption reportedly hit on Saturday at…
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre has reacted to judge's decision not to throw out her civil case against Prince Andrew, who she accuses of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. The news comes as the Duke of York has returned his Royal patronages and military honors to the Queen. "The Duke…
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Pope Francis has slammed cancel culture as part of his annual "state of the world" address at the Vatican, saying the phenomenon propagates "one-track thinking". As part of his address on Monday, January 10, the pope spoke before diplomats from 183 countries and said that cancel culture "leaves no space…
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A man has been reunited with his family after thirty years thanks to a viral video, The Guardian reports. Li Jingwei was just four years old when a neighbor abducted him from his home village in China's Yunnan province and sold him into a child trafficking ring. Now, after thirty-three…
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Pope Francis has hit out at couples who choose to have pets rather than children. Calling those particular couples "selfish", Francis called for parents to have more offspring to solve the West's "demographic winter". Speaking on parenthood during a general audience at the Vatican, Francis lamented that pets "sometimes take…
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A judge in Argentina has allegedly kissed a convicted murderer after pushing for him to get a reduced sentence. Judicial authorities have opened an investigation into Mariel Suarez after prison CCTV caught her and Cristian 'Mai' Bustos romantically entwined. Bustos is serving time at the Provincial Penitentiary Institute of Trelew…
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The world's oldest living person celebrated her 119th birthday on Sunday in a Japanese nursing home. Kane Tanaka's great-granddaughter Junko Tanaka shared the news in a sweet Twitter post. "Great achievement. [Kane Tanaka] reached 119 years of age," she wrote alongside a photo of the birthday girl smiling and making…
