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Honestly, this is a sentence that I never thought that I would read or write in my life: Kim Kardashian is set to visit the White House and discuss prison reform with US President Donald Trump. Yes, it seems like America cannot get enough of TV personalities meddling in politics.…
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Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reportedly shot dead outside his home in Kiev, is apparently still alive. He allegedly showed up alive at a news conference on Wednesday May 30. Vasily Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, has stated that his agency faked Babchenko’s death to catch a…
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A high-profile critic of Vladimir Putin was arrested in Spain this morning on an Interpol Russian arrest warrant, but was released just hours later. Outspoken British businessman Bill Browder tweeted on Wednesday morning that he had been apprehended by Spanish police in Madrid and was headed to a police station "right…
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When a new baby is born, it is generally recommended that the mother breastfeed the infant until it is at least six months old. Not all mothers choose to follow this practice, but, of the 73 per cent that do, the vast majority switch to formula milk and other liquids…
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US researchers have claimed that Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official death toll. According to a Harvard University study, an accurate count of those killed was complicated by the widespread devastation that occurred after the powerful tropical cyclone, regarded as the worst natural disaster…
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Over 8,000 Starbucks coffee shops in the United States have closed today in order to accommodate "anti-racial bias training", at a cost of an estimated $12 million in lost profits. The training scheme was launched in response to an alleged case of racial profiling which occurred in Pennsylvania. A Starbucks…
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A man who was forced to change his eight-month-old daughter on a "disgusting" public bathroom floor has slammed the facilities that are available to men, claiming it's time to recognise that fathers take care of their children too. Chris Boneyard Mau, from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, took to Facebook in anger after…
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A gunman has killed two female police officers and one civilian in the eastern Belgian city of Liège in a suspected terror attack. The assailant, named as Benjamin Herman, reportedly seized the police officer's own service weapons and stabbed them before shooting them near Cafe des Augustins on Boulevard d'Avroy. After, he…
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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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American veterans have blasted Donald Trump's self-congratulatory Memorial Day tweet as the "most inappropriate" one ever, taking to social media to express their disgust at his "appalling" attitude. The outrage comes after the president wrote a post that was meant to honour Memorial Day, remembering the millions who have died while…
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The government of Papua New Guinea has announced that the Oceanic nation will completely ban its population from using Facebook for four weeks, in an attempt to crack down on bot farms and other "fake users", and to study the sociological effect of social media influence. During the course of the…
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Over the years, the world of high fashion has turned out some pretty bizarre spectacles. These are clothes that designers and critics gush over, which sculpted models flaunt with pride on the catwalk. But on the other hand, most of the big showstoppers are so loud, garish or outlandish that…
