Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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There's no question about it that mothers do all the hard work when it comes to giving birth. But what if you could give birth to your child and deliver it via caesarean yourself? Amazingly, that's exactly what Carley Valkoula did last year. The 36-year-old literally pulled her own baby…
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"I am not the first woman to multitask," New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said in January in response to criticism that she was "betraying [her] voters" by getting pregnant. "I am not the first woman to work and have a baby; there are many women who have done this before." Now,…
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Dellen Millard, a 33-year-old man from Canada, appeared to have it all. His father ran a multimillion-dollar aviation business, the profits from which allowed him to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, and there didn't seem to be anything in his life that was causing him any major problems. However, it seemed…
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A teenager from Indonesia has been found alive and well after being lost at sea for 49 days. Aldi Novel Adilang, who is only 18 years old, became stranded in the open ocean after the "rompong" (floating fishing hut) he was working on became unmoored just over two months ago. Adilang was…
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An anorexic woman who weighs the same as a four-year-old has reportedly been told by her doctor that she could play a "living corpse in a horror movie". Kristina Karyagina, from Barnaul in south-central Russia, weighs just 2st 7lb (17kg) and has spent years surviving on a diet consisting mainly of…
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A heartbreaking photograph of a young Indian boy crying next to his father's dead body has spurred people on social media to raise more than $43,000 in a single day. The picture, which was shared on Twitter more than 7,000 times, shows the weeping son of a sewer worker named…
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Passengers were left bleeding from their ears and noses after a cockpit crew reportedly "forgot" to switch on the cabin pressure system during a flight to India. An unsettling video from the Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur shows passengers wearing oxygen masks, with one alleging that the safety…
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Earlier this month, several people in the nation of Australia were mortified to discover sewing needles located in grocery store-bought strawberries. In all six states of Australia there were reports of this horrifying fruit contamination, and at least two people have been taken to hospital after suffering from abdominal pain. Then,…
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A man in India has undoubtedly caused a stir at Uber HQ this week, after tweeting customer support with one of the worst complaints imaginable for a globally renowned taxi firm. Surya Oruganti booked a taxi to pick him up at Bengaluru International Airport in India, but was immediately suspicious…
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For people who have lost a loved one, it's always the things which were left unsaid that make grief all the more painful. Even worse is someone who imagined that they would be able to relay one last message of trust and care, only for the moment to be cruelly…
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Two members of the Colt clan, the incestuous Australian family that shocked the nation, have been found living together after being separated. The Colts were a family of immigrants from New Zealand who moved to New South Wales, in Australia in the 1970s. They lived in a remote, rural part of…
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What would you be prepared to do to save your own life in the event of a brush with death? Some people able to suddenly perform feats of bravery that they never would have thought themselves capable of in a crisis. One such person is Nadine Crabtree, who narrowly escaped death…
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Robberies, even small-time petty thieveries, are usually something we hear about in the news, rather than actually witness in person. Most of the time, this is because any thief with a little common sense knows to do it in the dark of night, or in an area without any witnesses.…
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How well do you really know your partner? That's a question few people would want to answer. If you've been in a relationship with someone for some considerable time, then you might well assume that you know them better than anyone else. But the fact is that there are many,…
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It's not often that you get to witness a scene from what looks like a real-life action movie. Probably because the situation that kind of scene would entail would be highly dangerous and probably life-threatening. Explosions, gun-fights and car-chases would be pretty horrifying, not exciting or thrilling if you had…
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It's September - a sad time for millions of kids around the world, because it means that summer vacation is finally over. Yes, after weeks of glorious freedom, children everywhere are now going to have to trudge sadly back to the classroom and prepare for the boring drudgery of exams, homework and…
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Yesterday, in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, Mexican investigators announced that they had uncovered a mass grave containing 166 human skulls. For security reasons, the exact location of the site cannot be disclosed, but detectives have implied that it is most likely a clandestine pit used by a drug cartel…
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Fiction is filled with stories of people avenging their parent's death, and to be honest, it's a pretty relatable concept. I think most people would want to seek justice and retribution if a parent was killed by someone else. Think how short-lived Batman's comic book adventures would have been if…
