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By now, you have likely heard various reports of a 'migrant caravan' on its way to the United States. Depending on who is reporting, the estimates have varied from around 3,500 to 7,000, with some claiming that the group have little intention of entering the States, while others claim its…
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As adults, we celebrate Halloween by donning skimpy costumes, getting wasted at a party, and perhaps doing the walk of shame home at two in the morning. But as a kid, Halloween was a more wholesome time. We got to wear real costumes of our favorite characters, be they superheroes,…
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On Monday of this week (29th October), reports emerged that Abu Moaaz - a bomb maker for the terrorist group, ISIS - accidentally killed himself. According to a source speaking to Baghdad Today, "An Islamic State bomb maker lost his life Monday while trying to manufacture explosive charges in Diyala province." The source…
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Today is October 31, which means that it's finally Halloween again! This is the season for watching scary movies, going out trick-or-treaters, and best of all, going to costume parties. Yup, if you're a fan of dressing up like a superhero, monster, or even a celebrity, then Halloween is the best…
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The phrase 'ghosting' is a fairly well-known one on the dating scene these days, but for 27-year-old spiritual guidance counsellor Amethyst Realm it has a very different meaning. Amethyst, who hails from Bristol, England, has a supernatural sex life, and claims that she's been physically intimate with more than 20 different…
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James 'Whitey' Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who was serving two life sentences for murdering 11 people, was killed Tuesday morning at a West Virginia prison. The death occurred just one day after his transfer. Officials at the US Penitentiary Hazelton say him unresponsive at 8:20am, and pronounced him dead after…
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When Julie Keith’s five-year-old daughter asked for a Halloween-themed birthday, little did they know that this would start a chain of events culminating in the release of some 160,000 people from forced labour camps on the other side of the world. Remembering a $29.99 box of Halloween decorations in her…
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A death row prisoner cracked a joke just moments before he was put to death for murdering a prison guard. Rodney Berget was killed by lethal injection last night for the 2011 murder of prison guard Ronald 'R.J.' Johnson. His execution was delayed for more than six hours as a last-ditch…
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It's a fact that sometimes people on social media overshare things. I'm sure it's something that we've all experienced at one time or another. For the Instagram followers of Swedish naturist Maxinne Bjork, this moment might have come when she made the controversial decision to upload a nude selfie, in which she'd…
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Halloween is a well-loved holiday in America, and yet it's also one that is tinged with anxiety. We're used to seeing movie monsters terrorise teenagers and stalk children, but these are fictional dangers; harmless phantasms on the silver screen. But is there a real and urgent danger out there which…
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On Halloween, kids and adults have an excuse to dress up as whatever their heart desires. Be warned: just because you have the freedom to dress up as something offensive, doesn't mean you get freedom from criticism. For example, one 'racist' train passenger in London got caught dressing in blackface,…
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Cesar Sayoc, 56, is accused of sending 14 pipe bombs in the mail to prominent Democratic figures, including the Clintons, the Obamas, Joe Biden, billionaire George Soros and actor Robert De Niro. President Trump frequently attacks these figures at his rallies, and on social media, so you will not be…
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A would-be passenger is lucky to be alive after heavy traffic reportedly made him miss the doomed Lion Air flight that crashed into the sea off Indonesia today, with 189 people onboard. Sony Setiawan, an official in Indonesia's finance ministry, was supposed to be onboard flight JT 610 when it…
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On Saturday morning, a lone gunman stormed into Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue and killed 11 people. Six people were injured, including four police officers who responded to the situation. The suspect, identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, reportedly made anti-Semitic statements during the shooting, and frequently targeted Jews on the social…
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China has long been known as a country whose governance borders on the tyrannical. Stories of corruption, police brutality and mass surveillance have made headlines recently. However, the Chinese government now stands accused of imprisoning a million Muslims in a state-sponsored brainwashing programme. Furthermore, many of the newsworthy security measures…
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Gun-related deaths happen at an alarming rate in America, and it's particularly disturbing when the tragedies involve children. After the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School, in which 17 students and teachers were killed by a lone gunman, the survivors became outspoken advocates to stop the epidemic of gun violence.…
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At 6pm on June 1, 2014, two children walked into an elevator. Prince Joshua Avitto and his friend Mikayla Capers were excited and chattering loudly. It was a hot summer day, and they were returning home after a day of fun and games at a nearby playground in Brooklyn, NYC. A large,…
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Meghan Markle made sure a group of schoolchildren didn't go hungry today, when she rushed back into a cafe to fetch them some leftover cake - as if we didn't already love her enough, eh? The Duchess of Sussex was chatting to youth workers at the Maranui cafe in Wellington, New…
