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Wednesday, 04 November 2020 05:21

'Our miracle': Girl rescued four days after deadly quake

A young girl was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Tuesday, more than 90 hours after a deadly earthquake which killed at least 113 people. Rescuers heard Ayda Gezgin’s screams from under the rubble and managed to free her hours later, taking her out on a stretcher as emergency teams continued to search five destroyed apartment blocks for survivors. As the child was pulled from the rubble, covered in dust but unhurt, one rescue worker hugged and kissed her, and some called “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest). There was applause…

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 05:32

Trump's worshipper dies 'depressed' over president's Covid-19 illness

An Indian man who worshipped Donald Trump and was upset by the news of the U.S. president contracting COVID-19 died of a cardiac arrest on Sunday, an official from his village and police said. Bussa Krishna, who had said his devotion for Trump began more than four years ago when the leader appeared to him in a dream, had days ago posted a tearful video on his Facebook page wishing for his idol’s recovery from the viral disease that has killed more than 1 million people worldwide. Trump revealed on Oct. 2 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and…

Sunday, 04 October 2020 05:38

Former GOP candidate suggests Trump was deliberately infected at debate

A former GOP congressional candidate in California has claimed that the Democrats deliberately infected President Donald Trump with Covid when the microphone and podium were set up for the president at Tuesday's presidential debate. Newsweek subscription offers > DeAnna Lorraine, who is also conservative commentator, tweeted her statement providing no evidence to support her claims on early Friday morning. The president announced that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday evening and would sequester themselves in the White House. Both were tested after Trump confirmed that Hope Hicks, a top aide who travelled…

Wednesday, 30 September 2020 04:29

Her last post on Facebook caused her death

Courtney Sanford was a young woman who had two university degrees. She is a healthcare specialist. She passed away at the age of 32 while on her way to work. She was driving her car when her favorite song 'Happy' played on the car's radio. She wanted to share the beautiful moment on her Facebook timeline. She took out her mobile phone to take a selfie - at that time she had the tragic accident that took her life. Screenshot of Courtney Sanford's Facebook Post Seconds before her death The Facebook post was captioned alongside her selfie the saying 'The…

Sunday, 27 September 2020 04:47

Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines

A rat has for the first time won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, was awarded the PDSA’s Gold Medal for his “lifesaving bravery and devotion” after discovering 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordinance in the past seven years, according to the charity. First known as the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, PDSA started as a free veterinary clinic in 1917 and has honored heroic animals since 1943. Magawa was trained by a Belgian organization that has taught rats…

Thursday, 24 September 2020 05:31

Cult leader who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested

Russian authorities mounted a special operation to arrest a former traffic police officer who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus and has run a cult based in the depths of Siberia for the past three decades. Helicopters and armed officers stormed communities run by Sergei Torop, known to his followers as Vissarion, and arrested him and two of his aides. Russia’s investigative committee said it would charge him with organising an illegal religious organisation, alleging that the cult extorted money from followers and subjected them to emotional abuse. Torop, 59, with long grey hair and a beard, was led…

Monday, 21 September 2020 05:20

Thunder kills 15 cows in Ekiti

Thunder struck on Saturday evening and reportedly killed 15 cows in Ikogosi community in Ekiti West Local Government area of Ekiti State. Asaoye of Ikogosi-Ekiti, Mr Ayo Ademilua, described the incident as a natural occurrence, which he said was strange in the town. Narrating the incident to journalists via telephone on Sunday, Ademilua said the incident happened at the Ikogosi Warm Spring site along Ipole – Ekiti Road. Ikogosi Warm Spring is a notable tourism and recreational centre where warm and cold streams met in Ekiti. The Ikogosi high chief said that the thunder struck during a torrential downpour between…

Wednesday, 16 September 2020 04:58

The billionaire who wanted to die broke ... is now officially broke

It took decades, but Chuck Feeney, the former billionaire cofounder of retail giant Duty Free Shoppers has finally given all his money away to charity. He has nothing left now—and he couldn’t be happier. Charles “Chuck” Feeney, 89, who cofounded airport retailer Duty Free Shoppers with Robert Miller in 1960, amassed billions while living a life of monklike frugality. As a philanthropist, he pioneered the idea of Giving While Living—spending most of your fortune on big, hands-on charity bets instead of funding a foundation upon death. Since you can't take it with you—why not give it all away, have control…

Saturday, 12 September 2020 05:20

How simple Chinese word caused suspension of university professor, sparked racial senstivity debate

A US university investigation into one of its professors has ignited a debate over the use of a seemingly innocuous Chinese word. Mr Greg Patton, a Professor at University of Southern California (USC) was telling students in a communications lecture last month about filler, or pause words, such as 'err', 'umm' or 'you know' in English. Footage of his lecture, which has now gone viral, shows Patton saying: "In China, the common pause word is 'that, that, that'. So in China, it might be na-ge, na-ge, na-ge." Enunciated, na-ge sounds like the N-word, which led several of the professor's students…

Saturday, 05 September 2020 04:40

Once seen as loners, male elephants shown to follow elders

A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low shrubbery, photos record the presence of each elephant. What’s special about this group? It’s only males. Female elephants are known to form tight family groups led by experienced matriarchs. Males were long assumed to be loners, because they leave their mother’s herd when they reach 10 to 20 years of age. A new study shows that teenage males aren’t anti-social after all. Younger male elephants were seen tagging along behind older…

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Wednesday, 02 September 2020 05:13

What's 869,463,853 times 73? How a child with a fractured skull grew up to become 'world's fastest human calculator'

What's 869,463,853 times 73? While the average person would still be reaching for their calculator, 20-year-old Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash already has the answer. It's 63,470,861,269 and it takes just 26 seconds for Bhanu, known in India as the "world's fastest human calculator," to work it out in his head. According to the Limca Book of Records -- India's equivalent to Guinness World Records -- Bhanu's mind processes numbers at an average speed of 12 per second, around 10 times faster than a regular brain. Bhanu says he's able to make such complex calculations at breakneck speed through "structured practice." "Let's…

Tuesday, 01 September 2020 05:00

A family rode out and survived hurricane Laura. Then their generator killed them

Everyone knew Rosalie Lewis as the first Black woman postal service supervisor in Louisiana. Her husband, John Lewis, was a Kroger truck driver who knew every bayou backroad. On Thursday, they hunkered down with three other family members to ride out the historic Hurricane Laura, with winds so powerful it shredded nearby homes. They survived; their house did too. Hours later, four of them were dead from generator fumes. “It’s an awful reminder that even when you do everything right, these things can happen,” Frances Spencer, a cousin who’d heard her relatives were fine right after landfall, told BuzzFeed News…

Friday, 28 August 2020 14:41

Lightning kills 10 children in Uganda

Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike in a remote Ugandan town near Congo border, Ugandan police said Friday. The children, whose ages ranged from 9 to 16, were sheltering from the rain in a grass-thatched house when the lightning struck. They had been playing soccer in a nearby field, said Ms Josephine Angucia, police spokeswoman in Uganda’s West Nile region. Four other children were injured, she said. Deadly lightning is commonly reported in the East African country during the wet seasons. In some cases, children have been struck while in their classrooms. Many classroom blocks, especially in…

Thursday, 27 August 2020 04:37

Man with five-metre hair says lifelong grow-out is divine calling

While coronavirus lockdowns caused many men across the world to grow their hair longer than usual, none compare with Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Chien who has gone almost 80 years without a trim. The 92-year-old from the southern Mekong Delta region is the proud owner of five-metre long dreadlocks, owing to his belief in a faith that prescribes leaving untouched what a person is born with. “I believe if I cut my hair I will die. I dare not to change anything, not even combing it,” Chien told Reuters in his village about 80km (50 miles) west of Ho Chi Minh…

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