Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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During WWII, the Nazis slaughtered approximately six million Jewish people - around one-and-a-half million of whom were only children. While the holocaust waged on, however, a few daring individuals were brave enough to risk their life for the sake of others. Johan van Hulst, a Dutch seminary leader and schoolteacher, was…
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As the fallout of the Facebook privacy scandal continues to rumble on, a warning from Steve Jobs to the companies of Silicon Valley has resurfaced online and has gone viral. Facebook is currently going through an incredibly difficult spell, with stock prices falling and many people taking part in the…
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The death count for Friday's supermarket siege in south-east France has risen to four. An attacker hijacked a car – killing one and wounding another – before opening fire on police and then taking hostages inside a supermarket in Trèbes. Around 50 people were inside the Super U supermarket, and two…
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An attack has taken place in Trèbes, France, this morning, with at one already dead with an unconfirmed report suggesting another individual had died. One is believed to be injured. One of the deceased was a butcher at the store where the attack took place, while the other was believed to…
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Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke towards the end of last year, more and more victims of sexual misconduct have found the courage to speak out about their own traumatic experiences. As a result, the #MeToo movement has seen a resurgence, the Time's Up initiative has been born, and allegations…
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"The Fat American" is a typical stereotype, but the United Kingdom is catching up quickly. Last November the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published a report declaring the UK to be the most obese country in Western Europe. They predicted that by the year 2030, 40% of British people will…
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In 2016, it was revealed that there were only 10 countries in the world that could be considered completely devoid of conflict by the 10th annual Global Peace Index. It was a statistic that almost seemed inconceivable at first. How could so few places across the world be at complete…
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Last week footage of an orgy in a hotel room went viral on Chinese social media. (There's a sentence you don't get to write every day!) The videos were posted on the popular Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, and although China has tried to scrub it from the Internet, it's like…
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We all rate people in our heads. You’d be lying if you said you didn’t. When an idiot driver speeds past you on the motorway, or when a parent sits back and lets their kid wreak havoc in a public area, these people immediately plummet in your estimations. But what…
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The case, or indeed cases, against Donald Trump, seem to be growing by the week. It would be safe to say that the 45th President of the United States has courted controversy since he first decided to run in the 2016 Presidential election against former First Lady and Secretary of…
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We all know that smoking is bad for our health; it rots your lungs, gives you cancer, and can even damage fertility. Every year, five million people die as a result of tobacco-related illnesses. And yet, across the world more than a billion of us globally still have a weakness for…
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We have all been in the position at some point in our lives where we've majorly messed up at work. A lot of the time, this is during your first few weeks and ends up being something that is easily sorted out, but sometimes you can royally screw up and…
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The Russian hacker has become the perfect boogeyman for the digital age and much of the west's current anxiety about the state of modern politics can be linked its fear of outside influence, or of the manipulation of the media. On social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit, troll…
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If there's anyone we should be able to rely on to be an upstanding citizen, it's a police officer. We're supposed to trust them to take care of us, to uphold the law to protect us, and to set an example of how to behave. But, just like everyone else,…
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In the wake of the Parkland shooting, there was one sentence on the tip of many people's tongues. It went something like this: "America should just give all teachers guns - that’s what Israel did after a school shooting and they don’t have any school shootings now." The fire was…
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There are undoubtedly many disasters happening each week that forever change the lives of those affected. However, there are some events that are so tragic that they catch the attention of people all over the planet. In this case, a catastrophic plane crash took the lives of a bachelorette party.…
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We all like to think that in an emergency we would be the calm and collected person whose quick-thinking saves the day. But the truth of the matter is that, when it comes down to it, no one knows exactly what they would do when a case of life or death…
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Short-term memory loss is a rare but devastating condition. It can be caused by a number of factors, from drug and alcohol abuse and head injuries to chronic medical disorders or developmental diseases; and, unfortunately, it is often incurable. Porphyria is just one cause of short-term memory loss, and it…
