Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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Four members of a boy band were killed after they were hit by a tsunami while playing onstage in Indonesia in a devastating natural disaster which was captured on film, Saturday evening. The two band members and two members of crew died after they were swept away by a 20ft wave,…
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Outdoor music festivals are more popular than ever before. Concertgoers drive out to a secluded, scenic area, pitch a tent and watch four days of bands (or rappers or DJ's). And maybe, just maybe, they'll use certain substances. (Don't worry, I won't tell, I'm not a narc.) Everyone goes to…
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Looking in from the outside, Dan Saunder's life looked incredible, with private jets, caviar, champagne and nights with escorts being a regular occurrence. But the 29-year-old had a secret: none of the money paying for it was his. Instead, he was getting his supply from a broken cash machine, which…
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Grab some balut, hop in a jeepney and pull out your barrel man, because Miss Philippines just won the 2018 Miss Universe pageant! Catriona Gray, 24, became the fourth Filipina woman to receive the prestigious crown, defeating Miss South Africa and Miss Venezuela in the final round. It's a huge victory…
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An Australian man with Down's syndrome, who has worked at the same McDonald's restaurant for 30 years, has finally retired at the age of 50. Russell O’Grady was 18 years old when he first began his work experience at his local McDonald’s restaurant: a branch situated in Northmead branch in Australia.…
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A delivery driver out in India who was filmed eating his customer's food in a viral video has lost his job after the delivery company employing him caught wind of his behaviour, but the internet is split on whether or not the man deserved the punishment he got. Out in…
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Law enforcement doesn't expect for the offenders behind the most horrific crimes to confess out of nowhere - and they especially don't expect them to turn up to the station to hand themselves in. But that's exactly what a man in South Africa did, confessing that not only was he…
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In November 2018, John Chau's voyage to North Sentinel Island ended in tragedy when he was shot dead by the Sentinelese, an indigenous group who refuse contact with the outside world. But a new account from an anthropologist has shed light on the completely different experience she had with the uncontacted tribe. Dr. Madhumala…
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People are divided on beauty pageants. Some believe them to be harmless fun, while other people see them as sexist and demeaning festivals that only serve to objectify women further. But there's no denying that the big beauty pageants, such as Miss World and Miss Universe, for example, are an important…
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Many people in India do not have access to toilets, including Hanifa's family - who live in Ambur, a town in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India. Hanifa Zaara, seven, said that she felt "ashamed" to go outside, so asked her father to build a toilet for them.…
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Hey guys, remember Salt Bae? In the social media age, internet celebrities are a dime a dozen and forgotten in a minute, but Turkish professional chef and meat tenderiser Nusret Gökçe has been burned into our collective consciousnesses after he went viral for a series of mesmerising, weirdly sexual videos of…
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Beauty pageants are pretty divisive. Some folk think they're just harmless good fun, while others regard them as being sexist and patronising festivals that only serve to objectify women. However, there's no denying that the big beauty pageants, such as Miss World and Miss Universe to name but two, can…
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Mikhail Popkov is a former policeman, but after his numerous crimes came to light, he became better known as 'the werewolf'. He's currently serving a life sentence in jail, but his tally has recently been convicted of carrying out 56 more murders than initially thought. These latest convictions mean that…
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It could soon be illegal to use the pronouns 'he' and 'she' in Australia, under controversial new transgender rights reforms. A new bill, put forward by the Labor and Green opposition in Tasmania, could make it against the law for people to refuse to name others by their preferred pronoun.…
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A transcript of a harrowing audio recording has revealed the last words spoken by deceased Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi's possible murder by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman created shockwaves around the globe, and has made relations between Saudi Arabia and its longtime ally the United States extremely tense.…
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The world's tallest land mammal may be facing extinction. Two subspecies of giraffe - out of the nine in existence - have been added to the "critically endangered" list for the first time, according to the latest report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN). The Kordofan and…
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A popular Australian true crime podcast has led to an arrest in the case of a 37-year-old missing person's case. The podcast Teacher's Pet, which is hosted by journalist Hedley Thomas, was at one point the number one downloaded podcast in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada, boasting approximately 11.6 million…
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The princess daughter of Dubai's ruler has gone missing, and hasn't been heard from since March, when she was reportedly kidnapped by armed men during a bid to escape the UAE by boat. 33-year-old, Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum - who is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Dubai's…
