Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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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…
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According to new research from the University of Canberra, millennial men are leading a backlash against women's rights. The cohort of men, born between 1982 and 2000, are backed by their older Generation X brothers in the belief that they are being left out of the conversation about gender equality,…
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Elon Musk has launched another unprovoked attack on a rescue diver who helped to save 12 Thai boys who became stuck in a flooded cave back in July. In an email to Buzzfeed, the Tesla CEO named Vernon Unsworth "a child rapist" and claimed the diver had married a child bride who "was…
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Looking after your nails is a bit of a chore, especially if you're a woman. People expect your hands to look pristine at all times, but it takes a lot of hard work, maintenance, and plenty of polish. All that clipping and filling, or chewing if you like that bad…
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Yesterday, news broke that 20-year-old Instagram model, Sinead McNamara, had died while aboard a superyacht in Greece. The young woman, who was from Australia, was reportedly discovered "twisted in rope" at the rear of the boat last Friday at 1.45 am, with no immediate explanation as to how she had got…
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Sinead McNamara, an Australian Instagram model, has passed away while on a trip to Greece. The 20-year-old social media star was discovered unconscious and "twisted in rope" at the rear of a yacht last Thursday, according to The Australian. She was reportedly still alive at the time she was found, but…
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People who are easily disturbed might be alarmed by the following image. If you didn't know any better, you might accuse us of exploitation, by showing what appears to be the half-naked corpse of a man lying in a shallow grave, blood-dribbling from a gunshot wound to the head. But…
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The African Ebola outbreak has undoubtably been one of the worst epidemics of the 21st century. Between 2013–2016, the World Health Organisation has estimated that there were a total of 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths as a result; but the true scale of the contagion is still unknown. However, statistics only tell…
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Watch out, Model With Striking Unibrow and Foul-Mouthed, Flexin' Lil' Tay. There's a new Instagram star on the rise: Mia Aflalo from Tel Aviv, Israel. She's only five years old, but she's got over 50,000 followers on The Gram, and has already appeared in British Vogue. All it takes is…
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A 21-year-old woman from Hong Kong has recently claimed that she was "tricked" into marrying a man while she was working in China. The unwitting bride - who has not been named - says that she did not even know that she was married until she returned home from the…
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Nowadays, more and more parents are raising their children in a gender-neutral environment, where they decline to assign their offspring a gender and allow them to pursue whatever style of dress or type of hobby takes their fancy. However, this liberal approach to child-rearing has often proved to be controversial,…
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Last month a disturbing video spread across the internet. CCTV footage from outside a cafe in central Paris showed a man hitting a woman, moments after catcalling her. 22-year-old Marie Laguerre was walking when she bumped into the offender and later explained that he insulted her, wagged his tongue and made…
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Who are the celebrities that most people look up to? The top influencers on social media who boast millions of fans, and whom the public emulates ardently. You'd expect the answer to probably be the Kardashians right? Or someone very much like them; some reality TV stars who are famous…
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On Sunday night, Ōhope Beach, located on the northeast coast of the North Island of New Zealand, was struck by a severe storm. At the height of the stormy weather, a tornado rocked through the area, according to the Whakatāne District Council. Six properties had minor-to-moderate damage, two buildings received significant…
