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In the days that have followed the royal wedding, it would be safe to say that the whole world has become infatuated with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The couple tied the knot during a stunning ceremony in Windsor Castle on Saturday, with the event reportedly being watched by billions…
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Over the years, Spiderman used his powers for good, fighting off villains like the Green Goblin, and saving the people of New York. But one thing we never got to see him use those special Spidey reflexes for? The perfect promposal. However, there was no need to worry, as 17-year-old…
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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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When Chris Scott decided to make some renovations on his house a short while back, he only intended on sprucing up the interior and doing a little light decorating. However, after a neighbor mentioned something about a long-lost bunker under a drain cover in his garden, his project soon went…
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No matter how you look at it, the justice system in the USA is incredibly flawed. All too often we hear cases in which violent and dangerous offenders get away with relatively light sentences (take Brock Turner, for example, who only served three months after being reportedly found guilty of…
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A video has gone viral on social media this week, which appears to show a Border Patrol agent unjustly detaining two women, simply because they were speaking Spanish. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning of Wednesday May 16, outside a gas station convenience store in the…
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I've never been mugged by an armed robber before. Sometimes I imagine being stuck up, and refusing to give away a valuable possession, like my laptop. After all, it's unlikely the cops will ever recover it, let alone investigate the crime, in a busy city like LA. And really, is…
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Muslims in China detained in "re-education camps" have been forced to drink alcohol and eat pork, and have been made to perform other demeaning practices, a former detainee has alleged. Since spring 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang region have arrested thousands of Muslims, including foreign nationals, often without trial or charges. A United States…
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Actress Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she is battling alopecia, opening up about her struggle with the condition in an episode of her Facebook chat show, Red Table Talk. The 46-year-old said that she first suspected it might be the case that she was suffering from the condition when she…
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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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Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with the leaders of the European Parliament to discuss the Cambridge Analytica data leak ended in acrimony, with complaints that the Facebook founder didn't answer a single question. Zuckerberg arrived in Brussels on Tuesday to be questioned by leaders of the parliament’s eight main political groups about how…
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A black trans woman has claimed that no major modelling agency will give her a contract because someone like her is "too much of a gamble". Leyna Bloom, took to Instagram this week to tell her 125,000 followers of the difficulty she has been experiencing in her attempts to break…
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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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Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a deal with Netflix to produce films and documentaries, but the announcement has led many people online to threaten to cancel their subscriptions, with a boycott Netflix hashtag trending. In a Netflix press release, it was announced that the former US president and former…
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On Saturday, the eyes of the world were on the UK. But, while they had previously been on the country due to its questionable political decisions (*ahem* Brexit *ahem*), this time it was for a more joyous and heartwarming reason. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married at a beautiful ceremony…
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One year ago today, the Manchester Arena in the UK was targeted by a suicide bomber during an Ariana Grande concert. 22 people lost their lives that night and a further 139 suffered injuries, with more than half of the victims being children. In the wake of the attack, which…
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Last week, the internet became divided after Twitter user Cloe Feldman posted a surprisingly controversial clip to the social media platform. It was titled, simply: "What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel" - and, given that all one had to do to answer the question was listen to a voice clip,…
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It's now been a few days since the curtain closed on the royal wedding, and while we're not back to normal just yet, the world does seem to be restoring itself to its former state before all the celebrations and street parties. The ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle…
