Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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Swedish homeware giant IKEA is now hiring Tidy Technicians, and the job is handsomely paid at $150 an hour. The company is looking for ten cleaning wizards to join their team and spruce up other people's houses by tidying them to perfection - ideal if you or someone you know…
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An Instagram influencer has been called out for posting "troubling" images with Kenyan children. In a now-deleted post, Spanish model Daniel Illescas can be seen posing with a young, African girl. He captioned the snap, "I missed you my little princess" and it is one of many which he has…
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Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg claims that world leaders are running out of time to deal with the issue of climate change, and says that 'nothing has been done' thus far to avert a global catastrophe. Speaking just a few hours before President Donald Trump was due to take the…
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KFC has been slammed for a new "sexist" advert which shows boys ogling a woman's breasts. The 15-second advert - which was aired in Australia - is for the fast-food chain's Zinger box and features a woman admiring her reflection in a car window, her breasts prominently on display, before…
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An Australian couple has provoked severe controversy in their small community, after flying a flag emblazoned with Nazi symbols from their house - which lies just across the road from the home of an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor. Cheryl and Bill Lawdron allegedly flew the flag to celebrate Cherly's German ancestry.…
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A touching video has surfaced of a little boy from Australia dancing in the rain for the first-ever time. The heartwarming footage was filmed in New South Wales, one of the areas most badly affected by the devastating bushfires. The area is, in fact, so dry that 18-month-old Sunni McKenzie…
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A video has gone viral on social media this week, which shows an Australian farmer celebrating rain falling on his parched fields. The video was posted to Facebook by New South Wales farmer Bryce Chapman; who was so excited by the downpour that he filmed a selfie video of himself…
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A map has shown a huge "rain bomb" falling on Australia. This is welcome news for the country which been ravaged devastating bushfires. A state of emergency was declared earlier this month, and it has been estimated that upwards of a billion animals have lost their lives, as per the…
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It's news you've been waiting for, you just didn't know it until now. Ben & Jerry's has made a new ice cream flavor especially for Netflix and Chill - aptly called Netflix & Chill'd. Now, on the off chance that you've been living under a rock since, say, 2015, you'll…
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The Australian Navy has delivered a shipment of nearly 800 gallons of beer to a thirsty community on Friday after the bushfires raging across the country cut off supply lines. Per a recent report by Military.com, The Australian Royal Navy arrived in Mallacoota in Victoria bearing 3,000 liters (approximately 792…
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A man has died in an apparent suicide the day after a clip of him leading a protest against drag queens as part of a right wing student organisation went viral. Wilson Gavin - the president of the University of Queensland's conservative Liberal National Club - was lambasted online for…
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Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO and the world's richest man, has pledged $1 million to the Bushfire crisis in Australia. Boasting a fortune of over $116 million, Bezos took to Instagram this weekend to announce the donation. "Our hearts go out to all Australians as they cope with these devastating bushfires.…
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An 18-year-old named Kevon Watkins was been found guilty of killing his own sister after she changed his family’s WiFi password. Watkins, who hails Macron in Georgia, strangled his 20-year-old sister Alexus Breanna Watkins to death in their home, after the two of them got into an argument over the…
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The weather forecast has predicted heavy downpours in New South Wales and Victoria, which will come as a relief to beleaguered Australian firefighters. The rain has been forecast for parts of the central and northern coasts for today, with thunderstorms and showers taking place over most of NSW on Thursday.…
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If you're a keen stargazer, 2020 has already started delivering the goods. January began with the Quadrantids meteor shower, and the first month of the new decade continues with a penumbral lunar eclipse during the full "wolf" moon on Friday. January's "Wolf Moon" was given its name by both Europeans…
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Every once in a while, the natural world can surprise you. All it takes is the right person to capture the right moment, and something as every day as a cloud, a tree, or a sunset, can be transformed into something weird, wonderful, or even spooky. If you want an…
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An Australian man who lost his family home in the bushfires has won the lottery. The incredible win took place in one of the most badly affected areas, Mount Cotton in New South Wales. There, 1,588 homes have been destroyed and 653 have been damaged in the fires which have…
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An Australian businessman has donated $70 million to the bushfire relief efforts. The fires which have been raging since September have killed an estimated half a billion animals and, as per the Daily Mail, 25 people. However, both of these numbers are rising and the death toll for animals is…
