Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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A bill to legalize recreational cannabis has been approved by lawmakers in Mexico. As per the New York Times, this marks a huge milestone for the country, which is in the throes of a drug war and could result in Mexico becoming the largest cannabis market in the world. The…
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Best friends who were separated while fleeing the Holocaust in Nazi Germany have been reunited after 82 years apart. Betty Grebenschikoff and Ana María Wahrenberg, both 91, grew up together in 1930s Berlin, according to a release from the USC Shoah Foundation. However, after the war ended, they both assumed…
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Prince William has made his first comments in response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey. During a visit to an east London school with wife Kate Middleton on Thursday morning (March 11), the Duke of Cambridge said that the royals are "very much not a racist…
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Prince Charles has been asked about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Oprah interview after they alleged that a member of the Royal Family was racist. Queen Elizabeth's eldest son was visiting a London COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday (March 9) when a reporter stopped him to ask for his reaction…
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A climate change activist has taken to social media to share how he spent a whopping total of 589 consecutive days cleaning trash and waste from the site of a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles. According to NPR, Edgar McGregor has spent more than a year meticulously picking up…
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A disabled man has been showered with gifts after a photographer captured a snap of him removing plastic waste from a local river. The astounding shot was captured by Pro Media photographer Nandu Ks, who also works as an engineer in his town of Kerala, India. As reported by Good…
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The world's oldest person, aged 118, will carry the Olympic Torch in Japan this May. Kane Tanaka is nearly as old as the modern Olympic Games itself, which started all the way back in 1896. In an interview with CNN, Tanaka spoke about the honor, which will see her take…
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A man has died after being killed by his own bird during an illegal cockfight in southern India. Per BBC News, the rooster had been fitted with a three-inch knife called a "kodi kathi" prior to the blood sport event, which was being held at the Yellamma Temple in Jagtial…
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A zookeeper has died after being struck by an elephant's trunk. The news was confirmed by staff at the Cabarceno Natural Park in Spain, as well as local officials from the northern city of Santander. Per The Guardian, 44-year-old male zoo worker Joaquín Gutiérrez Arnáiz was cleaning out a female…
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An American man has gone viral after listing all of the ways that Britain is better than the US. As per the Daily Mail, Imgur-user Chimichanga007 was born and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but he has also lived in California, Chicago, New York City, New Jersey, and Connecticut. However,…
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All schools in New Zealand will be offering free sanitary products from June in order to stamp out "period poverty", the country's Prime Minister has announced. PM Jacinda Ardern announced the move on Thursday (February 18) following a successful pilot initiative, which launched in mid-2020, the Daily Mail reports. The…
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Facebook has banned anti-vax misinformation and will take down any posts saying vaccines cause autism. This comes in the wake of social media platforms taking more responsibility for the spread of misinformation after Donald Trump's repeated unfounded claims of widespread electoral fraud saw him permanently banned from almost every platform…
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An Australian weatherman pulled a body from the ocean during a shocking live broadcast. Luke Bradnam, an anchor for Australia’s Channel Nine, was reporting on the treacherous weather conditions at Narrowneck beach in Queensland when he received word that there was a person struggling in the ocean. He is now…
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An aerobics instructor has gone viral after failing to realise the Myanmar military coup behind her. Middle school physical education teacher Khing Hnin Wai was live-streaming a video of herself on Facebook on Monday (February 1) – blissfully unaware of any trouble. She had taken to the social media site to…
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A mom and her three young children have been left terrified and shaken after discovering that an intruder had been living in the attic of their home for three weeks undetected. Monica Green, who hails from Queensland, Australia, had begun to notice some strange occurrences around her home, but initially…
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Greta Thunberg has taken to Twitter to expertly shut down Senator Ted Cruz. This comes after the 18-year-old climate change activist also trolled former president Donald Trump as he left the White House for the very last time. Taking aim at Trump on Biden's inauguration day, Thunberg tweeted: "He seems…
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A woman has been told by fellow social media users to seek help after sharing a concerning video online of a bizarre symbol she found outside her home. Taking to TikTok to share the clip, user '@bby.jade__' captioned her post "What does this mean?" In the video, the woman can…
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Greta Thunberg has taken to social media to call for "change" after NASA declared 2020 the hottest year on record. The 18-year-old climate change activist wrote on Twitter: "We're in a climate emergency and the changes needed are still nowhere in sight. The only ones who can change that are…
