My son is dead because his attacker smoked cannabis, says father
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 14-year-old schoolboy was murdered in a sword attack because his killer smoked cannabis, his heartbroken father has said. Read More
Rising poverty in conflict zones ‘causes a billion people to go hungry’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteExtreme poverty is accelerating in 39 countries affected by war and conflict, leaving more than a billion people to go hungry, according…
Four people arrested after aircraft vandalised at RAF Brize Norton
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence after two aircraft were damaged at RAF Brize…
Thai teen says he threw himself out of a window to escape Cambodia’s brutal scam farms
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLured to Cambodia, tortured and forced to defraud strangers online, a Thai teenager said he barely survived after he threw himself from…
Nigerian national arrested in multimillion-dollar email and money laundering scam
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 33-year-old Houston man has been taken into custody for his role in a large-scale business email compromise and money laundering scheme,…
Death toll from this month's flooding in South Africa rises to over 100
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two weeks ago has risen to 101,…
American gang arrested in South Korea for trying to send Bibles and rice to North Korea by sea
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group of Americans have been arrested in South Korea, accused of trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles stuffed with rice, US dollar…
A tub a day: might eating yoghurt help you live longer?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSupercentenarians – humans who live beyond 110 years of age – are objects of great fascination in our death-fearing culture. Read More
The six least survivable cancers – and how to protect yourself against them
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor the more than 90,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with cancer of the lung, liver, brain, oesophagus, pancreas…
Three-quarters of parents have bought children beauty products in the last year
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree-quarters of parents have bought their children beauty products in the last year, a survey suggests. Read More