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Every day, we encounter potentially life-threatening hazards without even noticing. Crossing the street, using electrical devices, or even simply traveling on the subway could land you in some serious trouble - but we just have to go along with life and hope that a freak accident doesn't happen. Unfortunately, incidents…
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Last night, CBS aired an interview with porn star Stormy Daniels about her alleged affair with Donald Trump. (And I can't believe I just typed that sentence.) Daniels says that she and Trump had a sexual liaison in 2006, when she was 27 and he was 60. (Hey, age ain't…
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In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, it is teenagers, rather than politicians, who are leading the way for increased gun control. This past weekend, two million people marched across America, in what was the largest student protest in US History. The anti-gun protest, March for Our Lives, galvanised a…
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The rise of YouTube has gone hand-in-hand with the rise of pranksters. Whether it's small things such as simply tickling people in public or couples doing prank wars on one another, people can't get enough of pranksters and their videos. However, sometimes, these things can go too far - and this story…
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It's not a very well known fact that thousands of pilots in the US carry guns in their cockpit. While it may come as a shock to some, there's a clear and obvious reason behind the equipping of the pilots: hijackers. Ever since the 11 September 2001, hundreds of American…
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Politics isn't exactly a career where people end up being loved and in fact, it often feels like anyone who works for the government or civil service is condemning themselves to the ire and scorn of the public. Yet one statesman who's managed to avoid this unfortunate fate is Canadian…
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In recent years, the UK and USA have seen a rise in extremist behavior in both religious and political contexts. Oftentimes, demonstrations or attacks from either side have been reactionary, with each responsible party claiming that they are only countering the other's movements. Unfortunately, this constant back-and-forth has stirred up…
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It is always a tragedy when a young person dies, especially when their death could have been prevented. Victoria Hills, a 20-year-old music and sound production student at Bournemouth University in the UK, passed away on February 4th of this year as a result of an ear infection. The young…
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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…
