Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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A nine-year-old girl has tragically lost her life after she ate an ice cream while she was on holiday, local news outlets have sadly reported. The Spanish newspaper Diario Sur reported that Habiba Chishti, who it is believed came from Halifax, Yorkshire in the north of England, had been visiting…
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A pastor in South Africa has recently bred controversy after claiming to bring a man back from the dead. Pastor Allph Lukau was filmed performing the rite amidst a crowd of people outside his church near Johannesburg. In the viral video, a man can be seen lying down in a…
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A woman has tragically died after eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain, local news outlets have reported. María Jesús Fernández Calvo, a 46-year-old who worked as an optician, was one of several people to eat mushrooms at RiFF, a restaurant in Valencia, Spain which was awarded its first Michelin…
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Burberry has been forced to apologise after being slammed for featuring a hoodie with a noose around the neck at London Fashion Week. The upmarket brand came under fire on Monday after one of its own models called them out for glamourising suicide through fashion. Liz Kennedy, who was part…
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A dying mother with days left to live was taken to the beach in her hospital bed and gown so that she could watch the sun set for the last time. Carmen Leon de la Barra passed away after a battle with bowel cancer last week, but before she died, a…
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The things people will do for followers on social media these days never ceases to amaze me. As you scroll down your Instagram feed, you'll eventually find somebody doing something stupid. It'll be there - right in between your ex's bikini shots from the vacation she took to Thailand a…
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On Tuesday, February 12, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was found guilty on 10 counts of various drug trafficking charges, and now faces spending the rest of his life in the only "supermax" prison in the United States. The 61-year-old Mexican kingpin had previously been the leader of the world's largest drug…
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Kashgar, in China, is closer to Baghdad than Beijing. It is located in Xinjiang - an autonomous region of the country where almost half of the inhabitants are Uighurs. Muslims who speak a Turkic language, Uighurs have recently been subjugated by an oppressive government and incoming migrants from eastern China.…
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Gucci has publicly apologised after receiving an online backlash over a jumper some believed resembled blackface. The black balaclava sweater, which was from their 2018 Fall Winter collection, caused an uproar on social media, with one user describing it as "Haute Couture Blackface for millennials". The $900 sweater featured big…
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Pope Francis has been offered a sum of $1 million to a charity of his choice if he goes vegan, following a campaign by an environmental rights group. The Million Dollar Vegan campaign, backed by celebrities such as Paul McCartney and TV presenter Chris Packham, aims to tackle climate change…
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A man in China has been arrested after killing and injuring several people in his neighbourhood on Wednesday. Police in Baiyin, a city in Gansu province, said that the man suspected his wife had been cheating on him, and is now accused of killing eight people with a knife in…
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A European teenager faces jail time for attempting to walk out of a store having paid a tiny amount for a Playstation, according to local news reports. The 19-year-old only described as Adel, who lives in Monbéliard in France, was able to walk out of a supermarket with a Playstation 4…
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A new study has discovered that meat from sharks on the verge of extinction is increasingly making its way to plates in restaurants all across the United Kingdom. Reports from British scientists say that shark products ordered at restaurants may not be from a sustainable population, and reveal that consumers…
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A restaurant has come in for immense criticism on social media after serving burgers decorated with a line of white powder, seemingly made to resemble cocaine. The eatery, which goes by the name of Pablo Escoburgers, is located in Australia, and after posting a photo of the burger in question,…
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New medical research has declared that a regular sore throat, combined with shortness of breath, trouble swallowing or earache, could be a sign of larynx cancer. General practitioners have reportedly been told that hoarseness that is severe enough to prompt a patient to book an appointment should make them think seriously…
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An American missionary who has visited an isolated Brazilian tribe has potentially exposed them to fatal diseases to which they have no immunity. Now a charity claims that the missionary in question could be charged with genocide if the pathogens he has exposed the indigenous people to end up wiping…
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Ladies and gentlemen, creating a business is super hard. Not only do you have to find a niche in your chosen market, construct a business plan and figure out how to get the whole thing together, but you have to put a name to the entire organisation that's not only…
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A 28-year-old Bangladeshi man named Abul Bajandar, also known as the "Tree Man," who suffers from an extremely rare genetic disease, is facing more surgery after a relapse in his condition. Abul has been living with a curious dermatological phenomenon for almost 30 years: the uncontrollable growth of large, bark-like…
