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January 8, 2020 No Responses

How fake bushfire images and misleading maps of Australia are spreading on social media

Photos from old bushfires and fake maps have been shared on social media during the bushfire crisis. There has been no shortage of terrifying images showing the devastation wrought by Australia’s bushfire crisis, but some of the most widely shared...

January 6, 2020 No Responses

Joaquin Phoenix drops several F-Bombs in his Golden Globes speech, blasting Hollywood hypocrisy

Joaquin Phoenix drops several F-Bombs in his Golden Globes speech, blasting Hollywood hypocrisy Joaquin Phoenix took home the Golden Globe on Sunday night for his role in “Joker,” but not without some drama. After acknowledging his fellow nominees, Phoenix...

December 17, 2019 No Responses

Use of death penalty in US this year was “near historic lows”, report says

The use of the death penalty across the United States remained near “historic lows” this year, a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center says. “Capital punishment continued to wither across the United States in 2019, disappearing c...

December 6, 2019 No Responses

Macron pension reform: France enters second day of strike

A strike over planned pension reforms that paralysed France on Thursday has entered its second day. Several unions, including rail and metro workers, voted to extend the strike action, meaning another day of major disruptions to key services. It comes...

November 26, 2019 No Responses

Indian doctors remove giant 7.4kg kidney from man

Organ nearly 45cm-long was cut from 56-year-old suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Indian surgeons have cut a kidney weighing the same as a bowling ball out of a man with a life-threatening genetic condition, a surgeon has said....

November 21, 2019 No Responses

White supremacist manifesto at Syracuse University ignites some tension after recent racist incidents

An investigation is under way after US officials received reports a “white supremacist manifesto” was sent to students at Syracuse University. The school said it has added security as the reports are investigated. “People need to understand t...

November 15, 2019 No Responses

Plague in China was confirmed as 2 cases of highly-infectious disease treated in Beijing

Two people in Beijing have been diagnosed with the pneumonic plague, a rare instance of the highly-contagious disease that is fatal if left untreated. The two individuals were being treated Tuesday at a hospital in China’s capital city, which is...

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