Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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Hundreds of people have slammed an Austrailian TV show for "exploiting" the story of a man who died after injecting his scrotum with silicone. The Project, a news and current affairs talk show, aired a segment which saw mother Linda Chapman confront a 'bondage master', accusing him of coercing her…
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An 18-month-old baby boy was recently saved from near-certain death after being pulled out of the ocean by a fisherman. The miraculous incident happened at 6.15am on October 26th when Gus Hutt, a fisherman who was camping on Matata Beach on North Island, New Zealand, spotted what he thought was a toy…
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A bus driver in France has been hailed by many as a hero after sticking up for a wheelchair user who was neglected by other passengers. On October 20th, the driver (who has not been named) stopped in a rural area to pick up Francois Le Berre, who has multiple sclerosis…
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On Monday of this week (29th October), reports emerged that Abu Moaaz - a bomb maker for the terrorist group, ISIS - accidentally killed himself. According to a source speaking to Baghdad Today, "An Islamic State bomb maker lost his life Monday while trying to manufacture explosive charges in Diyala province." The source…
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When Julie Keith’s five-year-old daughter asked for a Halloween-themed birthday, little did they know that this would start a chain of events culminating in the release of some 160,000 people from forced labour camps on the other side of the world. Remembering a $29.99 box of Halloween decorations in her…
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It's a fact that sometimes people on social media overshare things. I'm sure it's something that we've all experienced at one time or another. For the Instagram followers of Swedish naturist Maxinne Bjork, this moment might have come when she made the controversial decision to upload a nude selfie, in which she'd…
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A would-be passenger is lucky to be alive after heavy traffic reportedly made him miss the doomed Lion Air flight that crashed into the sea off Indonesia today, with 189 people onboard. Sony Setiawan, an official in Indonesia's finance ministry, was supposed to be onboard flight JT 610 when it…
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China has long been known as a country whose governance borders on the tyrannical. Stories of corruption, police brutality and mass surveillance have made headlines recently. However, the Chinese government now stands accused of imprisoning a million Muslims in a state-sponsored brainwashing programme. Furthermore, many of the newsworthy security measures…
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When you're in a bad mood, all it takes is a simple act of kindness from a stranger to restore your faith in humanity. It could be an act of profound heroism, like someone rescuing someone else from certain death; or it could be something totally mundane - somebody reaching…
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Smartphones are amazing, giving us instant access to everything we could possibly want. Whenever you have a spare second, you can check your messages, play a stupid game, browse matches on a dating app, and read the latest news on awesome websites like this one. But on the downside, we…
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A furious father has been caught on camera battering the teacher accused of sexually abusing his teenage daughter in Argentina. CCTV captured the dad as he seemingly threw 22 punches in about 15 seconds, before walking away with his 15-year-old daughter. In the footage, the teacher, identified by the local…
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There are a lot of reasons not to smoke, and plenty of methods to cut down the amount of cigarettes you get through every week. Saying that, it's not as if you have to do it all at once. Like any change to your lifestyle, it's something you can find…
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Almost three weeks ago, journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey - and never returned. The 59-year-old had fallen out of favour with his home nation of Saudi Arabia last year after criticising the policies of the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and had subsequently exiled himself to the…
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More and more jaded Americans are indignantly announcing that they want to move to Canada these days, and indeed, the country has a bit of a stereotypical reputation as a liberal's safe haven, far removed from the partisan strife of Trump's United States. Now that marijuana has been fully legalised,…
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The world's longest sea-crossing bridge has been opened in China by President Xi Jinping, nine years after construction first began. Spanning 55km (34 miles), the bridge, which cost about $20 billion (£15.3 billion), connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. Designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, it…
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Dating is hard. You have to craft the perfect online profile, because one off-putting line or unattractive photo could lead to instant rejection. And let's say you do match with someone. Now you have to strike up a scintillating conversation, and pivot to asking them out, without getting ghosted. The…
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After starting from the bottom of the Guadalajara Cartel, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán created his own notorious empire. He became the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar, the boss of the dangerous Sinaloa Cartel. El Chapo - which means "Shorty" in Spanish - is accused of killing thousands of people…
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Joachim Ronneberg - a Norwegian resistance fighter who sabotaged Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons ambitions during World War Two - has died aged 99. In 1943, Ronneberg led a top-secret raid on a heavily-guarded plant in Norway's southern region of Telemark, earning him the title of the "last hero of Telemark". Speaking…
