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It's pretty hard to imagine the richest one per cent ever worrying about money. When you think about the lives of the seriously rich (multi-millionaire or billionaires that is) the idea that they could ever struggle financially, or even lose money at all, seems preposterous. When you have that many…
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The affectionately named "Beast from the East" that is sweeping continental Europe and the UK is causing temperatures to plummet lower than they've been in decades and see cities receive huge dumpings of snow they're not usually accustomed to. And while it's making transport stop and people to whine persistently as…
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There have been plenty of mass shootings before, and with each death toll comes the usual platitudes of 'thoughts and prayers' issued by politicians to the victims' families, with no changes to gun control laws to prevent massacres like this from happening again. In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, in…
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Last year, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement, kicking off a flurry of excitement from the British public - and a few grumbles from various family members and celebrities who found out they weren't invited to the big day. Their wedding is due to take place on May 19th…
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White House communications director Hope Hicks announced that she is resigning from the position within the next few weeks. The 29-year-old former model is one of Donald Trump's longest-serving aides, his right-hand woman, having joined his presidential campaign at the very beginning. The timing of her resignation is a bit…
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On the surface, Taylor Muhl seems like a perfectly average person. She lives in California, works as a singer and a model, and has a lot of selfies on her Instagram page - many of which show the interesting birthmark on her torso. However, unlike most people, Muhl knows exactly…
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Timothy Jerrell Cunningham worked as an epidemic intelligence officer at the Center for Disease Control (CDC). On February 12th, he reported for work, and then asked to leave because he was sick. Nobody has seen him since, and it's been over two weeks. The Atlanta police have offered a $10,000…
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One of the biggest suppliers of sporting goods in the United States has revealed that it will no longer be selling assault-rifles in its stores. Dick's Sporting Goods made the announcement on Wednesday, with the company saying that the decision was made in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
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Jake Cody, a 29-year-old professional poker player from England, is pretty damn good at what he does. He made his name on the European tournament scene when he won €857,000 at the European Poker tour event in Deauville in 2010, following up that success by winning a further £273,783 at…
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In April 1985, police officer Julius Schulte was shot and killed. The police account stated that Schulte was responding to a domestic disturbance call at the time. He asked the culprit, Vernon Madison, to leave the property as he looked after the woman he was living with, Cheryl Ann Greene, and…
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We've all had a moment, most of the time in our childhoods, when we have the temptation to break the rules. The one thing you tell yourself is that you can probably get away with it, but this isn't always the case. Last week the Chinese news outlet CGTN shared…
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If anyone was in any doubt as to whether the current President of the United States would try his hand at getting re-elected, it is now known for definite: Donald Trump will be running for office in 2020. In addition to this, he has also announced the appointment of a…
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The US government's "war on terror" was launched in 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks. The international military campaign was first alluded to by former US President, George W. Bush, and its initial focus was on countries affiliated with al-Qaeda. While the "War of Terror" was thought to have culminated…
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I know very little about advertising, but there are plenty of commercials out there that are, frankly, ridiculous. Especially when it comes down to fashion and perfume ads, often the visuals have very little to do with the brands being sold to you. After all, there are only so many…
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There are shadowy and secretive parts of the internet, in the so-called dark web, where monsters convene. Although it's often exaggerated, it is true that this part of the internet is a separate beast from the world wide web. Here you can expect to find anything illegal: drugs, weapons, hitmen…
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Two weeks ago, a 19-year-old man armed with a semiautomatic weapon shot and killed 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The incident sparked new debates on gun control, with many pro-gun supporerts dragging out the old "if only there had been a good guy with a gun" argument -…
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Optical illusions are something which we will always struggle to get our heads around and, much like Dr. VS Ramachandran once said, the human visual system is a "bag of tricks." While this may sound like a fairly simplistic way of defining what is an incredibly complex and confusing system that…
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We've seen thousands of people throw marches to raise awareness for issues such as women's rights, police brutality and gun control. There's power in numbers, and when all those voices combine as one, it can have a serious impact. And now people are gathering together for another important cause: to…
