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Bonfire of the Vanities author Tom Wolfe has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed by his agent, Lynn Nesbit, who told Reuters that he had passed away from an unspecified infection in a New York City hospital. Wolfe was perhaps best known for The Right Stuff,…
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The first trailer for the upcoming movie Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic based on the band Queen, and starring Rami Malek as the great Freddie Mercury, has just been released. The full-length trailer features a mash-up of many of the classic Queen hits, including "Another One Bites the Dust," "Bohemian Rhapsody,"…
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Multiple people are feared dead after a bridge under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Varanasi on the afternoon of Tuesday May 15. The disaster took place during rush hour traffic. According to initial eyewitness reports distributed by the Times of India, a "huge concrete slab" fell from the flyover…
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Employees at a Cheesecake Factory in Miami have allegedly attacked a black man for wearing a 'Make America Great Again' hat. Eugenior Joseph, 22, was reportedly dining with his girlfriend's family at the Dadeland Mall Cheesecake Factory on Mother's Day when his MAGA hat attracted the attention of a female…
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A debate has erupted on social media this week about the use of the word 'gammon' in political discussions, with some detractors accusing the term of being a racial slur. If you've never heard the term before, allow me to elaborate. "Gammon" is a colloquialism used to describe a particular…
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Germany has reportedly failed to meet the NATO defence spending target, with its defence minister hinting that it would likely be asking for the target to be lowered at the next summit. Angela Merkel had previously pledged to meet the spending goal of two per cent of GDP after being singled out…
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Former Fox News anchor and pundit Bill O’Reilly could be returning to cable TV. The ex-host is reportedly in "advanced" talks with Newsmax TV, a conservative network owned by Newsmax Media, to host a new show at his old time slot of 8pm. Newsmax media is owned by Christopher Ruddy; a prominent…
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On Tuesday, May 15, an asteroid roughly the same size as the Statue of Liberty is expected to whizz by planet Earth, with scientists and astronomers eagerly anticipating its appearance. The celestial object, which has been named '2010 WC9' will fly past our planet at an estimated distance of 126,000 miles…
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Meghan Markle's father will "not be attending" the royal wedding after reportedly admitting that he doesn't want to embarrass his daughter. Thomas Markle allegedly told celebrity news website TMZ on Monday that he would not be flying to London to walk his daughter down the aisle, as planned, at the…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments and food manufacturers around the world to ban of the use of industrially-produced trans fats in all food products by 2020. Launching REPLACE, a plan to eliminate trans fats from the global food supply, WHO said that the move was crucial…
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A salmonella outbreak has forced a massive recall of more than 200 million eggs across the East Coast of the United States this month. According to a report by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 35 people across nine states in the US have been infected by…
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Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and 1,200 more wounded by Israeli troops, after tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest President Donald Trump's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. On the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza war, the Palestinian Ministry…
