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UK Prime Minister resigns after only 6 weeks, leaving global concerns

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Liz Truss is not alone. These are other high-profile figures with short-lived jobs – CNN Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned and will step down following a week-long search for her successor, she announced outside Downing Street today. After a turbulent 45 days in office, during which Truss’s mini-budget crashed the markets, she lost two key ministers, and almost all her own legislators lost confidence in her, Truss has resigned. The statement was made after …

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Woman lost her eye after taking a shower while wearing her contacts

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Woman loses eye after it became infected while she was having a shower – Independent An English woman who wore her contact lenses while showering contracted a parasite and had to have her eye removed. According to the woman, an amoeba got between her contact lens and cornea, causing an eye infection. According to an interview with the BBC, Marie Mason from Leicestershire began feeling discomfort in her eye in 2015. Despite several unsuccessful attempts …

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Young girl’s body found in suitcase with random numbers on her

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Missing Paris girl, 12, found dead in suitcase; numbers ‘placed’ on body with ‘device’: report – Fox News The body of a 12-year-old girl was discovered inside a suitcase in Paris. It was found that she had been tied up, her feet and wrists bound with unexplained numbers on her body, and her throat had also been cut several times. There has been a murder investigation launched into the death of the girl. A plastic …

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VIDEO: Boeing 747 has wheel fall off seconds after takeoff

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Footage captures moment Boeing 747 Dreamlifter loses a wheel after take-off – AeroTime Following Tuesday morning’s takeoff from Taranto in southern Italy, a wheel fell off a giant Boeing Co. cargo jet.  The video posted on Twitter shows black smoke billowing out of the Dreamlifter’s undercarriage at high speed and a wheel like a giant bowling ball bouncing as it flew towards the runway before bouncing away again.  The aircraft, operated by Atlas Air Worldwide …

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Landslide kills at least 25 people, over 50 missing

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A landslide in Venezuela has killed at least 22 people and 50 others are missing – CNN At least 25 people have been killed in a landslide in Venezuela’s Aragua state, according to officials. More than 50 people are missing. After days of heavy rains, the five streams of the Las Tejeras river overflowed, causing a landslide in the Santos Michelena municipality, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said. As a response to the emergency, Venezuelan …

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Gas station explosion, at least 10 dead

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Donegal explosion: Young girl and two teenagers among 10 confirmed dead in Creeslough tragedy – Independent  An explosion at a gas station in Ireland killed ten people, including two teenagers and a young child. The blast in Donegal killed four men, three women, a teen boy, a teen girl, and an elementary-aged girl, according to Irish police. The explosion took place in County Donegal shortly after 3 p.m. local time on Friday at Applegreen petrol …

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18 dead, including city mayor, in terrifying town hall massacre

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Gun attack in Mexico leaves at least 18 dead, including town’s mayor – CBS News According to state attorney general Sandra Luz Valdovinos, 18 people were killed in San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero, Mexico, and two were wounded. Among those targeted and killed were Conrado Mendoza Almeda, the mayor, and his father, Juan Mendoza Acosta, the former mayor. The city hall, as well as a private residence, were attacked. An armed group of men broke into …

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24 children murdered during childcare center massacre

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Thailand massacre: ex-cop kills 24 children in knife and gun rampage – Reuters At least 36 people, including 24 children, were killed Thursday in a massacre at a child care center in northeastern Thailand, believed to be the country’s deadliest event of its kind. Authorities immediately launched a manhunt for the suspect, later identified by Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) as Panya Kamrab, a 34-year-old former police officer. He was suspended from police duty earlier …

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China has set up police stations in New York City, 30 other countries

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China setting up overseas police stations, including one in US, to bring back ‘fugitives’ – WPDE As part of its efforts to monitor its citizens living abroad, China has opened dozens of “overseas police service stations” around the world, including three in Toronto and one in New York City. “Earlier this month, Safeguard Defenders, a human rights watchdog, released a report that criticized the absence of official bilateral police and judicial cooperation, as well as …

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Stadium tragedy: At least 127 dead at soccer match

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Indonesia stadium tragedy: At least 127 people reported dead following soccer match, police say – CNN There are at least 127 dead and dozens more injured after chaos and violence broke out late on Saturday following an Indonesian league soccer match between two of the nation’s biggest clubs. During a match in Malang, East Java, fans of Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya clashed after Arema FC lost 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya. The losing team’s supporters …

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