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Throughout history, there have been very few successful criminals. Sure, there are probably one or two examples of people who got away with murder, or managed to head up an illegal organization without ever being detected; but for every one criminal mastermind, there are probably a thousand or so idiots…
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In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. famously gave his "I have a dream" speech during a march on Washington. He was, of course, talking about the injustices faced by black people at the hands of white people, and called for a change in the way America was governed. Now, more…
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For thousands of years, most of us have taken the roundness of our planet to be a fact of life - much in the same way that we know the Earth orbits the sun, or that pizza is the greatest invention to ever grace mankind. However, not everyone is so…
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The March for Our Lives kicked off on Saturday, with hundreds and thousands of marchers descending on Washington DC to protest the inaction of Congress to tighten gun laws in the US. The gun violence protest came about following the devastating shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,…
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The death count for Friday's supermarket siege in south-east France has risen to four. An attacker hijacked a car – killing one and wounding another – before opening fire on police and then taking hostages inside a supermarket in Trèbes. Around 50 people were inside the Super U supermarket, and two…
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Job hunting can be rough. Trawling through page after page of job listings, trying to imagine yourself in different roles and wondering if you could convince potential employers (and also yourself) that you'd be right for the job. We spend hours toiling over our CVs, making sure to list all…
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In 2018, one would hope that gay conversion therapy is something that is long behind us. Unfortunately, that assumption would be wrong. Despite numerous studies asserting that you can't change a person's sexuality and medical, scientific, and governmental organisations all expressing concern, "reparative therapy" remains a dark reality for some homosexual…
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An attack has taken place in Trèbes, France, this morning, with at one already dead with an unconfirmed report suggesting another individual had died. One is believed to be injured. One of the deceased was a butcher at the store where the attack took place, while the other was believed to…
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These days, reading the news sometimes feels like watching a TV show. Kids are standing up to adults about gun control in order to become the heroes of their generation, world leaders are threatening nuclear war in a classic good-guy/bad-guy standoff sort of way, and, to top it all off, the president manages…
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Twitter is probably the best website in the world. The social media platform is incredibly useful when it comes to breaking news being reported from an unbiased view but, unfortunately, it also has its fair amount of trolls. One of the major problems facing companies such as Facebook and Twitter…
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America has more mass shootings than every other civilized country. After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed, the surviving students have ignited a movement. They're demanding adequate legislation to stop the epidemic of gun violence, such as by banning the AR-15, enforcing universal background…
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It seemed like life was getting easier for redheads. In January, they celebrated International Kiss A Ginger Day, a novelty celebration that's turned into a real expression of pride. In February, the new emoji list was published, and finally included cartoon characters "kissed by fire." And in pop culture, redheads…
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When you hear "Pirates Of The Caribbean," you probably think of the movies, starring Johnny Depp as the shrewd, eccentric and very drunk Captain Jack Sparrow. But before it was a blockbuster movie franchise, it was a ride at Disney World. In fact, it was the last attraction Walt Disney…
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Bullying in high school is an enduring problem all over the world and affects millions of teens every year. Despite the many initiatives which have tried to curtail abusive behaviour in the classroom, the issue is still pertinent. In fact, evidence suggests that the rate of bullying has actually increased.…
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The case, or indeed cases, against Donald Trump, seem to be growing by the week. Certainly, the former Apprentice star has courted controversy since he first decided to run in the 2016 Presidential election against former First Lady and Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. And from his ways on Twitter,…
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Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke towards the end of last year, more and more victims of sexual misconduct have found the courage to speak out about their own traumatic experiences. As a result, the #MeToo movement has seen a resurgence, the Time's Up initiative has been born, and allegations…
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According to The Guardian, young black men are nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by police officers, and last year, 23 per cent of all people who were fatally shot by police were black. To humanise such statistics, we have yet another report of a life…
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Last Thursday, the 950 ton pedestrian bridge at Miami's Florida International University collapsed, killing six people. One of them, Navarro Brown, 37, was working on the bridge at the time, as an employee of Structural Technologies. The other five victims had the unfortunate luck to be driving in cars underneath…
