Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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A 21-year-old woman has caused plenty of buzz online, after sitting up in her hospital bed to take her exams - having given birth just half an hour earlier. Nothing was going to stop Almaz Derese, who lives from Metu in western Ethiopia, from graduating, with exam season delayed because…
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Since March, almost 70 people have reported becoming 'violently' ill while on vacation in the Dominican Republic, according to iwaspoisoned.com - a website that tracks food-borne illness outbreaks. Essentially, this means that the last three months have seen 60 more reported illnesses on the island than in the entire year…
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The people of the Philippines are struggling to make use of more than 10 million fresh mangoes after a bumper harvest this year. Agriculture secretary Emmanuel Piñol claims that Philippino mango farmers had reported an “unusual increase” in mango crops for 2019. They attributed this gigantic surplus to a phenomenon…
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A flight from Manchester Airport set to fly out to Pakistan was recently delayed for hours following a mishap on board. A passenger on the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight reportedly mistook the emergency exit of the plane for the bathroom door. After she opened the door, the emergency chute…
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Earlier this year, Adidas made a pledge to make 11 million shoes made from upcycled plastic waste. This was all done in the pursuit of cleaning up the oceans - and now the company is looking to take further steps to re-use materials. In January, Adidas announced they'd be working…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has allegedly executed one of his generals by throwing him into a James Bond-style piranha-filled fish tank. The unnamed general is just the latest in a slew of slayings from the North Korean leader, following on from the execution of his entire US envoy following…
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Some of the last surviving veterans gathered alongside world leaders in Normandy, France, today to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for ours on the 75th D-Day anniversary. Many of those present broke down in tears as they remembered those who died in the Allied invasion of Normandy…
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With climate change activists becoming ever more militant, the evidence to suggest that humans are causing global warming is continuing to stack up. It’s now been 15 years since the science fiction film The Day After Tomorrow painted us a nightmare scenario whereby climate change brings about a new ice…
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Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, is approaching its closest point to Earth in 2019. According to NASA, the gas giant will be at "its biggest and brightest this month, rising at dusk and remaining visible all night". This will peak on the night of Monday, June 10, when, depending…
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For Muslims all around the world, visiting Mecca is a spiritual requirement. The haji, the holy pilgrimage, is one of the five pillars of Islam - the central tenets governing the laws of the religion. As a result, every year during the month of Ramadan, a huge influx of pilgrims…
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A woman who was just four months shy of her third birthday when the 1986 Chernobyl disaster occurred, is opening up about the reality of surviving the worst nuclear reactor disaster in history. Janina Scarlet was a toddler when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, ultimately claiming thousands of…
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The right for women to seek an abortion has been a constitutional right for 46 years, but you wouldn't know it by looking at some red states in America. Recently Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, and North Dakota passed so-called "heartbeat bills," forbidding abortion after the detection of a…
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Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin made an announcement on Tuesday, in which she claimed that Malaysia will be sending back 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Yeo said that her country and others have become new dumping…
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All over the world, nations and companies are making more of an effort to counteract the devastating effect climate change is having on our planet. From driving electric cars to correctly recycling waste - every individual is capable of making a switch that can positively impact climate change. As author…
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Will Connolly made a name for himself earlier in the year when he went viral for egging Queensland senator Fraser Anning - but now, the teenager, widely known as 'Egg Boy', is using his newfound fame for good. This week, the 17-year-old donated nearly $100,000 AUD to the victims of…
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MacKenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has promised to give half of her $36 billion fortune to charity. After divorcing Bezos last year and gaining four per cent of the company in the settlement, MacKenzie has now joined the Giving Pledge - an initiative started by Warren…
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Last week we heard the wonderful news that Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Asia to take this pivotal step. In 2017, the constitutional court ruled that these couples would have the right to marry, giving the government two years to pass these changes. The bills…
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A couple who raised their baby on a vegan diet have been jailed after the baby was brought to the brink of death due to malnourishment. Swedish outlet The Local report that a court in Gothenburg have ruled that two parents have been sentenced to three months in jail for…
