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French firm under fire for gay-detecting spyware

A French company has come under fire after advertising that its spyware can 'find out if your son is gay.'Fireworld - which creates 'invisible PC spy software' - posted an article [...]

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Baby found dead in car parked in P&G parking lot in Ohio

A baby girl who was found dead in a car parked in a Procter & Gamble employee parking lot in Ohio was left there by her mother while she was at work, authorities said Wednesday [...]

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North Korea opens its doors to Russian tourists

North Korea has opened its doors to Russian tourists.The Stalinist autocracy has issued a licence for the first travel agency in Moscow to promise clients 'full immersion' in the [...]

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Coconut the dog from San Fran sounds like Scooby Doo

Coconut, a Samoyed, barks back excitedly at the sound of people talkingThe San Francisco-based pooch responds to her owner's command of 'rao rao'Footage shows her 'chatting' in ton [...]

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Russian mother in babyswap given £13k compensation

A Russian woman has tracked down the baby she lost when it swapped at birth 30 years ago with another child and was raised in appalling poverty by an alcoholic mother and a murdere [...]

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Matt Lauer is swaddled by Savannah Guthrie on Today show

Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer are as close as two co-anchors can be, but the two took their friendship one step further on Thursday when she swaddled him like a baby while live o [...]

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Health Minister demands review of gay health site Emen8

The Health Minister has calling for an urgent review of a taxpayer-funded health website for gay men that has become a community for people to discuss sexual fantasies.Emen8 was l [...]

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Stunning footage of sand tiger shark in North Carolina

Breathtaking footage shows a group of sharks glide their way through gigantic bait balls.Photographer Tanya Houppermans described one of the images she was able to capture as a 'on [...]

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Man speeds down iceberg on inflatable pizza in Greenland

Footage shows Ethan Pringle, 31, from San Francisco, running up the block of ice in Greenland He whizzed down the ice on an inflatable pizza slice before crash landing in the free [...]

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Hull takeaway customer gets x-rated reply after bad review

A takeaway customer was left stunned after being told to 'get off her a***' when she complained to a burger restaurant that it had taken an hour to deliver her order. Hanna's Gour [...]

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Trump defends his wildly different speeches on Twitter

President Donald Trump sent out a flurry of tweets on Thursday morning defending himself against media critiques of his disjointed speeches that have varied wildly in tone in the l [...]

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NBA star Nick Young sells home he shared with Iggy Azalea

NBA star Nick Young has sold his California home that he used to share with rapper Iggy Azalea for $3.25million.The Golden State Warriors shooting guard bought the house from Selen [...]

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Woman, 26, nearly dies while having sex with her husband

A woman nearly died after having sex with her husband because the couple's passionate moves had caused her ovarian cyst to break, according to media. The 26-year-old from China, [...]

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Italian religious festival bans selfies

Selfies have been banned from an unusual religious festival in Italy in which penitents in white hoods and robes flagellate themselves until they bleed.Hundreds of locals in the me [...]

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China removes loudspeakers from hundreds of mosques

A Chinese county has removed loudspeakers from over 300 mosques after getting noise complaints from neighbours about the call to prayer. Hualong Hui Autonomous County in China's Q [...]

Health

Concussed athletes allowed to return before healed

College athletes who suffer head injuries are being given medical clearance to return to play before their brains are fully healed, a new study warns.Brain scans revealed that vars [...]

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Woman tracks Omaha couple who got engaged during eclipse

A Lincoln, Nebraska, woman filmed Monday's eclipse in a time-lapse videoBut along with the phenomenon she witnessed a stellar proposal She wanted to share the video with the newly [...]

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Fatal shooting at gender reveal party was drug-related

The fatal shooting that took place at a gender reveal party for a woman who wasn't even pregnant, was drug-related, according to Ohio police. Colerain Township police spokesman Ja [...]

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North Korea faces worst famine in two decades

North Korea is facing its worst famine in decades as Kim Jong-un obsesses over his nuclear program, it has been claimed.Millions of North Koreans are believed to be suffering as a [...]

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Coonamble teacher taught the wrong HSC maths course

The blundering teacher who taught his students the wrong HSC maths course was in his first year of teaching maths, it has been revealed.Paul Withers was working as a permanent casu [...]

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Owners share hilarious photos of their cats wearing hats

Owners have been sharing hilarious photos of their cats posing in hats People have created feline headgear from vegetables, slippers and chickens Other humans have managed to sou [...]

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Baby koala emerges for first time at Edinburgh Zoo

The joey was seen for the first time after climbing out of its mother's pouchThe koala was born in January to Alinga and Goonaroo at RZSS Edinburgh ZooWhen it reaches sexual mat [...]

Science & Technology

Google stitches together footage of solar eclipse

After weeks of anticipation, the sight of the moon's silhouette blotting out all but a halo-like corona of the sun drew whoops and cheers from onlookers when it began over the West [...]

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South African man batters dog with a stick

A man has been filmed horrifically beating a small dog in Johannesburg He hits the animal with the length of a rope as it wails and winces in pain He then strikes the pooch with [...]

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Durham scratch card thief ordered to pay back gains

Shady: Lisa Johnston nearly drove a family business to the wall after stealing £25,830 worth of lottery scratch cards over the space of six monthsA shop assistant who nearly drove [...]

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Human trafficker busted by train worker in China

A newborn boy has been saved from the hands of an alleged human trafficker on a Chinese train thanks to a thoughtful worker on board.The female suspect claimed she was the mother o [...]

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Bicycle ridden with a thousand fireworks blasts off

A bicycle carrying 1,000 rockets blasts off and lights up the sky in LincolnshireVideo shows British inventor Colin Furze, 37, building his custom rocket bikeHe's made a button on [...]

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Amazon’s AI uses machine-learning to find what suits you

Move over Versace. Amazon could be getting its own in-house fashion designer that uses algorithms to work out what looks good.Researchers at the retail giant are working on machin [...]

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All charges against BBC journalist Jonathan Head dropped

A Thai lawyer has dropped a criminal defamation suit against a BBC journalist over his investigation into foreigners being scammed out of retirement homes in the country, the broa [...]

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York races: Ladies Day sees glamorous ladies don rain macs

Glamorous racegoers didn't let the poor weather affect their sartorial choices as they descended on the Ebor Festival in thigh skimming dresses, plunging blouses and some serious [...]

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Hull boy died after choking on a sausage roll

Theo Silvester died after choking on a sausage rollA young boy died after choking on a sausage roll while eating his packed lunch at school, an inquest has heard.Theo Silvester, ag [...]

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No students at NSW school speak English as first language

An entire Sydney school is made up of students who did not grow up speaking English, it has been revealed.All of the students at Wiley Park Public School in Western Sydney have a ' [...]

Health

Minnesota girl with no arms learns to ride a bike

A five-year-old girl with no arms has defied all odds by learning how to ride a bike.R.E. Pranke was born with bilateral phocomelia, which is a birth defect that meant she has no a [...]

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Trump’s director of ‘rapid response’ leaves White House

The White House's director of 'rapid response' left his job on Monday in what the White House says was a 'mutual decision' – leaving it an open question whether he quit or was fi [...]

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Tian Tian, UK’s only female giant panda, ‘is pregnant’

By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 17:02 BST, 24 August 2017 | Updated: 17:02 BST, 24 August 2017 Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, is believe [...]

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Bride and bridesmaids play Truth or Drink in Cut.com video

Your wedding is a wonderful day for many reasons, but one of the top ones is being surrounded by all the people that know you the best - for better or worse.This includes, of cours [...]