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Powerful earthquake kills hundreds in Turkey and Syria
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area. On both sides…
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I got herpes on my face at a concert — and ended up in a hospital
For this fan, the memory of attending the Falls music festival in Australia will stick with her for life — unfortunately. Taneesha Crowe, 23, warned her followers on TikTok about the perils of concertgoing after she contracted herpes on her forehead at the Melbourne event, according to a report. “So five years ago I finished…
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Couple facing up to 10 years in jail for dancing in the street of Iran
An Iranian couple in their 20s has been given jail sentences totalling 10 years after a video of them dancing in the street circulated on social media, according to reports. According to CNN News, Astiazh Haqiqi, 21, and her fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22, are said to be convicted of “promoting corruption and prostitution, colluding…
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Artificial blood may soon save lives
This is bloody good news. Scientists are one step closer to making faux blood a reality with funding of more than $46 million. The potentially life-saving technology will be designed by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and in collaboration with the university’s School of Pharmacy, for the next four years. “We…
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Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties
Three centuries ago, an enslaved person in Virginia wrote to a leader of the Church of England, begging to be released from “this cruel bondage.” There was no reply from the church, which at the time was accumulating a tidy profit from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The handwritten letter from 1723 — whose author says…
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Here’s How Much Money You Should Save by Age 30, According to Experts
Just incase you’re not already depressed enough about the state of your finances, check out this well meaning but quietly devastating advice from finance expert Kelly Smith. A writer for The Penny Hoarder, Smith told ATTN that by the time you’re 30 you should have six months worth of expenses saved up. “I think the…
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Brazilian woman gives birth to 16-pound baby
A Brazilian woman has expressed shock after she gave birth to a 16-pound, two-foot-tall baby boy recently. Cleidiane Santos dos Santos said she “didn’t expect this surprise” when she gave birth to her sixth child, baby Angerson, via cesarean section on January 18 at Hospital Padre Colombo in Parintins, Brazil. “I thought he would be…
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WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing ‘inflexion’ point
The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths. Speaking at the opening of WHO’s annual executive board meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “there…
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Video shows police beating and kicking Tyre Nichols while he was restrained
Footage of a traffic stop that has seen five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder shows them kicking and punching a motorist for several minutes as he cries out for his mother. Officers are seen beating Tyre Nichols, 29, in the videos from the January 7 arrest, with no signs of him resisting. US President…
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Being homosexual is not a crime – Pope Francis
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) “Being homosexual is not a crime. We are all…
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Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities
By Erika Schelby With oceans, countries, populations, and governments inundated by a plague of plastic worldwide, it may be useful to focus on the single-use plastic bag choices made by two cities, in the same U.S. state, located at a distance of only 64 miles (104 km) from each other. Both Santa Fe and Albuquerque share many qualities and…