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A bill to legalize recreational cannabis has been approved by lawmakers in Mexico. As per the New York Times, this marks a huge milestone for the country, which is in the throes of a drug war and could result in Mexico becoming the largest cannabis market in the world. The…
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A recent YouGov poll found that 97% of women in the UK between the ages of 18-24 have experienced sexual harassment. With the tragic death of Sarah Everard sending shockwaves throughout the UK and beyond, people are now speaking out about the importance of the '#NotAllMenButAllWomen' movement on social media.…
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A man who spent almost five years behind bars is suing a car rental company for failing to produce a receipt that would have exonerated him, after he was convicted of a 2011 murder. Herbert Alford, who hails from Michigan, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2016 for the shooting…
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Best friends who were separated while fleeing the Holocaust in Nazi Germany have been reunited after 82 years apart. Betty Grebenschikoff and Ana María Wahrenberg, both 91, grew up together in 1930s Berlin, according to a release from the USC Shoah Foundation. However, after the war ended, they both assumed…
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Police have confirmed that the human remains found amid the search for the missing Sarah Everard are those of the missing 33-year-old. Per BBC News, the announcement was made by Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave, who confirmed that the remains found in woodland near Ashford, Kent, are those of Everard. Speaking…
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President Joe Biden has condemned the surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the Covid-19 pandemic. On Thursday night, Biden, 78, spoke about the harassment and scapegoating endured by the Asian community in the US over the past year in his first national primetime address as president. The speech…
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The disappearance of Sarah Everard has resonated deeply with women in the UK and around the world because it could have happened to any one of them. Writing as a woman living in the UK, I have lost count of the number of times I've crossed the road to get…
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A judge has reinstated a charge of third-degree murder against the fired police officer who was filmed with his knee on George Floyd's neck. As reported by The Independent, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is currently being prosecuted for the death of Floyd, after he was recorded kneeling on…
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British journalists of color have rejected the claim that the press in the United Kingdom isn't racist in the wake of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's recent interview with Oprah Winfrey. In the widely-publicized interview, which aired on CBS on Sunday, March 7, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke…
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Prince William has made his first comments in response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey. During a visit to an east London school with wife Kate Middleton on Thursday morning (March 11), the Duke of Cambridge said that the royals are "very much not a racist…
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Tarrare, widely known as the hungriest man in history, is a real medical anomaly who still perplexes experts to this day. The Frenchman, born near Lyon in 1772, had an insatiable appetite. He also consistently defied social and ethical norms by devouring live animals and even human flesh – seemingly…
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Prince Charles has been asked about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Oprah interview after they alleged that a member of the Royal Family was racist. Queen Elizabeth's eldest son was visiting a London COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday (March 9) when a reporter stopped him to ask for his reaction…
