February 2018
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The body of a Filipino housemaid found stuffed in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait was flown home to her grieving family Friday, as attention focused on the plight of millions of mostly poor Filipinos toiling abroad. As Joanna Daniela Demafelis’ remains were wheeled to the Manila airport’s cargo bay, her sister broke…
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For Russian mother Farkhanur Gavrilova, the blow came a week ago when an acquaintance called her to say that her son was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria that pitted Russian and U.S. combatants against each other for the first time in the Syrian war. Gavrilova’s son, 37-year-old Ruslan Gavrilov, was one of seven…
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Football has always been a game of controversies, with many arguments on world bests, club legends, best trios, and even the deservedly most expensive players. The Champions League is back for good, stirring memories of trios who best graced the football arena, especially in Europe, starting from the likes of Di Stéfano-Puskas-Gento, Cristiano-Rooney-Tévez, and of course,…
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A new finding from researchers shows Gonorrhea is rapidly becoming a super-bug that is untreatable around the world. The sexually transmitted disease can be spread from the genitals through unprotected sex and from the throat through oral sex, health experts say. According a stat provided by the researchers, one in ten men and almost half…
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Barely a day after admitting that he lied about attending a meeting hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago, the Dutch foreign affairs minister has resigned from his post, citing incompetence, self-doubt and unreliability as reasons for the decision. Halbe Zijlstra was overwhelmed by emotions after reports confirmed he would be grilled by…
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The kingdom of Kuwait and Philippines have had their diplomatic rows over some prominent cases of domestic abuse in the past, with one of the most recent scenarios taking place in 2014, when a Kuwaiti’s pet lion fatally mauled a Filipino maid, and now, both countries are reportedly holding talks after a migrant worker was…
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Do you know that Lebanon, which borders Israel and Syria, was a former French colony? Lebanon became an independent country in 1943 and has faced a harsh economic and military conflicts, even in its role as “a refugee home” in nearly 7 years of the Syrian crisis. The Republic of Lebanon houses over 2 million…
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There are wide controversies surrounding the positive and negative effects of masturbation amid reports that most self-pleasing Germans are reportedly dying each year from the act, but what the laws say for jerking off in public will definitely interest you. While researchers are yet to conclude on the possibility that one could die from orgasm,…
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The US president Donald Trump on 6 December granted recognition to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a decision which attracted huge criticisms and protests from most majority-Muslim countries, with subtle threats from notable Islamic leaders in the Middle East. However the subsequent bloody clashes were, there’s more to know about the history of this long-lasting Israeli-Palestinian…
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Since a female lawyer courageously shared her sordid experience in the hands of a sex predator, lots of South Korean women have stepped up with series of inspiring testimonies published on their #MeToo accounts. The pitiable stories detailed accounts of groping and other acts of sexual misconduct they have suffered at the hands of men…
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Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his country delivered “severe blows” to Iranian and Syrian forces, and vowed to take further action against its adversaries following the most serious Israeli engagement in Syria since the war there erupted almost seven years ago. Image: Benjamin Netanyahu The tough words from Mr. Netanyahu to his Cabinet came…
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