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Eleven thousand scientists in 153 countries have issued a stark warning about the climate crisis, declaring a global climate emergency, the Independent reports. They warn that "untold human suffering" is inevitable unless substantial changes are made to our way of life in terms of how it impacts the environment. The…
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Three innocent US women and six children have allegedly been slaughtered by a drug cartel while traveling to Mexico for a wedding, the New York Post has reported. The attack was a highway ambush in the Mexican border state of Sonora on Monday, November 4, in the town of Bavispe,…
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Microsoft Japan has tested a four-day workweek and discovered that it has boosted employee productivity. The tech company recorded an almost 40 per cent increase in productivity after cutting working hours in a bid to promote a healthier work-life balance. The Work Life Choice Challenge initiative was started back in…
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A 71-year-old retired barber tragically lost his life after spending three weeks stuck inside a stairwell, an Australian inquest has heard. As reported by news.com.au, Bernard Gore, who had been making a shopping trip to Sydney’s enormous Westfield Bondi Junction mall with his family, went missing on January 6th, 2017,…
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A new audit has found that Coca-Cola is the biggest polluter in the world. It was conducted by the global movement Break Free From Plastics, which obtained its findings from the work of 72,000 volunteers who combed beaches, waterways and streets for litter on a single day in September this…
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A court in Barcelona has acquitted five men over the rape of a 14-year-old girl because she was unconscious, and therefore no "violence or intimidation" took place, resulting in a lesser charge of sexual abuse. CNN has reported how, under Spanish law, a sexual attack can only be classified as…
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The shocking moment a teenager was thrown to the ground in Iran because she wasn't wearing a hijab has been caught on camera. The girl was walking unveiled through Shahr-e-Rey, near the south of Tehran, when she was stopped by a male officer. She kept on walking as the officer…
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A Muslim woman was reportedly refused entry into a nightclub in Australia after she refused to remove her hijab when a bouncer told her to. Twenty-one-year-old Soaliha Iqbal was barred from entering the Paragon Hotel by a bouncer there, who reportedly withheld her ID before confronting her about the hijab.…
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Earlier this month, heavily armed soldiers in Mexico carrying out a raid on a property where they were able to arrest the son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, Ovidio Guzman. Then the young cartel leader, believed to be 27 years old, can be seeing coming out of…
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Authorities have said that the body of Amelia Bambridge, the 21-year-old British backpacker who went missing more than a week go, has been discovered more than 30 miles from where she disappeared. The Mirror reports that her body was found in the sea near the Thai-Cambodian border, and has now…
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Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has refused the offer of a $50,000 environmental award prize over her campaigning. The 16-year-old was recently honored by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation, at a ceremony in Stockholm. However, despite saying the offer was a "great honour", Thunberg opted…
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United States President Donald Trump has released a picture of a dog involved in the military operation to take down ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. President Trump took to Twitter to share an image of the dog, who appears to be a German Shepherd. Trump captioned the picture: "We have…
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The operation to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named after Kayla Mueller, the aid worker who was tortured to death, it has emerged. The humanitarian, who hailed from Prescott, Arizona, was just 25-years-old when she was taken captive by the notorious terrorist organization. She was apprehended in August…
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Transportation service Lyft has created a program to help people out as they secure new employment. Now, as most of us can attest, looking for a new job is a stressful time. Whether you're still in employment or completely out of a job, interviews are draining, and more often than…
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliphate leader of the notorious fundamentalist Muslim terrorist organization ISIS, has reportedly been killed in Syria. A number of military officials are reported as claiming that American special forces carried out a strike in which they targeted the ISIS leader in the northern province of Idlib…
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A court has heard how a British yoga teacher died after falling from a mountain trail in Guatemala, BBC News has reported. Catherine Shaw, 23, went missing after leaving her Guatemalan hotel on the morning of March 5 earlier this year. An inquest heard that the yoga teacher, from Long…
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A Portuguese doctor has been suspended on charges of medical negligence after a baby was born under his care without eyes or a nose, and was missing part of his skull. According to a report from BBC News, obstetrician Dr. Artur Carvalho has been suspended for six months as a…
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Five hitmen have been jailed for attempted murder after they all attempted to avoid making a profit on the killing by paying someone else cheaply. According to BBC News Asia, the trouble began back in 2013 when real estate developer Wei Mou decided to sue his competitor Tan Youhui. Youhui…
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