Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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Yesterday, the story of a young man who scaled a Paris building in order to save a child went viral after footage of his superhuman abilities hit the web. The hero was later identified as Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old originally from Mali, who had only moved to France a few months…
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Although burgers are brilliant and pizza is pretty much perfect, there's nothing that quite hits the spot like a good bit of Mexican food. Whether you're talking tacos, burritos, quesadillas or even the bizarrely glorious enigma that is Tex-Mex, you're in for some delicious food, and a lot of it…
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It is often said that "not all heroes wear capes", and that was proven to be true this weekend when a seemingly ordinary man scaled a building in order to rescue a boy that had somehow become stuck hanging over the balcony. Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old originally from Mali, was…
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On the whole, McDonald's can say that they've had a positive effect in the global progress of humanity over the last 70 years or so. While they've taken the brunt of the blame for the childhood obesity epidemic and their food isn't exactly helpful for weight loss or anything, the…
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So, you've been told you shouldn't eat pineapple pizza because those who do will be subject to eternal damnation in the afterlife - but you ate it anyway. Maybe you were trying to be cool and anti-establishment; maybe your crush is a fan. Maybe you were with your friends and…
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Irish citizens living around the globe have been sharing their #HometoVote stories, as they travel back to Ireland ahead of the country's historic abortion referendum on Friday. Tomorrow, voters will take to the polls to decide whether the Eighth Amendment, which bans access to abortions, should be repealed. At present,…
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The poisoning of former Russian military intelligence officer and British double agent Sergei Skripal has led to extreme tension between Russia and the west, particularly the United Kingdom. On 4 March 2018, Sergei and his daughter Yulia - who was visiting him from Moscow - were both poisoned by unknown assailants carrying…
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Up until his deposition in April 2003, Saddam Hussein served as the president of Iraq. During most of that time, he was viewed as a man who cared greatly about his personal image, and indeed much of the country was littered with posters, portraits, and statues of the leader. After…
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The missile launcher used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines flight over Eastern Ukraine back in 2014 belonged to the Russian armed forces, an international team of investigators has confirmed. Detailed analysis of video images led the Dutch-based team to establish that the missile came from Russia's 53rd brigade located…
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The missile that downed flight MH17 was fired from a Russian military system, an international team of investigators have said. Travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew on…
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Yeah, I know guys. Another day, seemingly another article about the Royal Wedding; but there's just so much drama, spectacle and gossip to delve into that we can't help but to soak up as much as humanly possible about the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. From gossip and untold…
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The ocean is so monumentally big that we have only explored approximately five percent of it - so when ships go down, it's likely they won't be found for years, if at all. It has taken hundreds of years for some sea vessels to be found, and usually, that's because…
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A Russian cruise missile designed to have a virtually unlimited range has reportedly crashed just two minutes and 22 miles after take-off, according to US intelligence sources. Speaking to CNBC, these sources said that the same missile design had undergone testing four times between November and February, but had crash-landed…
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As a trans person, coming out to anyone can be difficult, but what if the person you were coming out to was your 86-year-old devoted Catholic grandmother? That's exactly the situation that Leah Hintz from Florida found herself in last week when she decided to reveal her secret to her…
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Thanks to the internet and the smartphone age, there's terabytes upon terabytes of information at our fingertips whenever we like, and for the most part, that's a good thing. But no matter how hard we try, there are things we may never know, regardless of how gratuitously we Google them.…
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So I don't know, guys: apparently there was a Royal Wedding or something this weekend? If, by some miracle, you had no idea that Prince Harry was getting married to Suits star Meghan Markle last Saturday, then congratulations on getting WiFi to work from that rock you're living under. Really.…
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A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran is facing fresh charges, despite having been in prison in the country for over two years. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is from London, is currently serving a five-year sentence in Tehran's Evin prison, having been convicted of spying. Now, her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, says that she has…
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Despite its message of peace and goodwill, the Catholic Church has encountered a number of scandals during its long and restless history. In more recent years, it has certainly tried to atone for its former errors, and the current head of the Church, Pope Francis, has been a key figure in…
