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A schoolgirl who said a boy aged 10 was her baby’s father has claimed the real dad is a 16-year-old who raped her

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A schoolgirl who said a boy aged 10 was her baby’s father has claimed the real dad is a 16-year-old who raped her. Darya, who was 13 when she found out she was expecting, said it has taken her until now to have the courage to admit the painful truth. Will vulnerable citizens be expected to risk infection to stand in line for hours at the polls? Will a drop in turnout affect the result? What if a second surge of infection sends large swathes of the country back into lockdown? The number of different ways in which the electoral … Continue reading A schoolgirl who said a boy aged 10 was her baby’s father has claimed the real dad is a 16-year-old who raped her

Fears of a trade war grew in Australia yesterday after China, its biggest trading partner, announced it was blocking imports of beef from the country

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Fears of a trade war grew in Australia yesterday after China, its biggest trading partner, announced it was blocking imports of beef from the country, with fears that wine and seafood would be next. The embargo marks the latest escalation in a row between the two countries after Canberra set up an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus last month. Beijing has accused the Australian government of launching an investigation at the behest of the White House. Branyas was originally born in San Fransisco in the United States on March 4, 1907 and lived through the Spanish flu pandemic … Continue reading Fears of a trade war grew in Australia yesterday after China, its biggest trading partner, announced it was blocking imports of beef from the country

A YouTuber has been arrested for handing out boxes of rubbish to transgender women

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A YouTuber has been arrested for handing out boxes of rubbish to transgender women. Indonesian police launched a manhunt for Ferdian Paleka and his friend after they shared a video of the sick ‘prank’ online. The whereabouts of Mr Zhang, who specialises in law, are now unknown. His friends claim he was detained in front of the gate to his residential compound in Shanghai last night and that they have not since been able to contact him. The letter was posted on the social messaging platform WeChat on Saturday, less than two weeks before this year’s National People’s Congress, the … Continue reading A YouTuber has been arrested for handing out boxes of rubbish to transgender women

Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday

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Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday, most of which promoted unsubstantiated claims about the investigation into collusion between his campaign and Russia. The president appeared to spend much of his day on Twitter, even as the death toll from the coronavirus neared 80,000 and White House officials issued dire warnings about the state of the US economy. At the time of writing, the toll stood at 79,384. The islands have a total land area of 800 square kilometres and are vulnerable to any rise in sea levels. Kiribati, which gained its independence in 1979, has … Continue reading Donald Trump sent more than 100 tweets and retweets on Sunday

North Korea is constructing a giant storage and assembly area for its nuclear ballistic missiles

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North Korea is constructing a giant storage and assembly area for its nuclear ballistic missiles, according to an analysis of new satellite photographs, as it consolidates its weapons of mass destruction following the failure of talks between Kim Jong-un and President Trump. The new base close to Pyongyang’s main airport includes underground storage areas and buildings tall enough to accommodate the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which has the potential to strike North American cities with nuclear warheads. According to the analysis by a US think tank, it is likely to be finished late this year or early in 2021. … Continue reading North Korea is constructing a giant storage and assembly area for its nuclear ballistic missiles

Horrifying footage shows a huge fire ripping through a skyscraper as terrified people scream

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Horrifying footage shows a huge fire ripping through a skyscraper as terrified people scream while trying to dodge debris. The blaze broke out in the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, and it is not yet clear how many people were inside the building at the time. Taliban leaders verbally committed themselves alongside the peace agreement struck in Qatar in February with the US to reducing violence by 80 per cent and halting attacks in urban areas, Colonel Leggett said. Instead, there had been a “drastic increase” in violence, with an average of 55 attacks a day on … Continue reading Horrifying footage shows a huge fire ripping through a skyscraper as terrified people scream

The White House has pushed back on a Trump administration projection from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

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The White House has pushed back on a Trump administration projection from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention that would see the daily death toll increase to 3,000 per day by 1 June. The latest projection, first obtained by The New York Times, was confirmed as authentic, but the White House has denied the veracity of the report despite the CDC’s role in its drafting. When officers raided his rented home they are said to have found a pot of half-eaten swan broth in the kitchen. The man, who is known by his surname Wu, claimed he attacked the … Continue reading The White House has pushed back on a Trump administration projection from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Chilling CCTV footage has emerged of a British man picking up a Thai prostitute

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Chilling CCTV footage has emerged of a British man picking up a Thai prostitute hours before they engaged in a drug-fuelled sex session which ended with him allegedly killing her with a snooker cue and machete.  Police took Neil Henry Elliott, 46, from Northern Ireland, on a public parade in handcuffs today, to point at the spot where he collected the woman, named Onn, and drove her away on his motorbike on Wednesday night. Whitehall sources told the newspaper that pupils from Year’s 10 and 12 would form the first wave of secondary school children returning to school at a … Continue reading Chilling CCTV footage has emerged of a British man picking up a Thai prostitute

China has bolstered its great power status beneath the waves

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China has bolstered its great power status beneath the waves with the unveiling of two nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The two Jin class, or Type 094A, strategic submarines, built at the Huludao shipyard in Liaoning province, in the northeast of the country, will bring the total size of China’s sea-based deterrent to six vessels. No decision will be taken about reopening schools and allowing sports teams to train until at least May 6, and there will be no end to wider social distancing measures until at least May 10. This is to give time for the current measures to show … Continue reading China has bolstered its great power status beneath the waves

Donald Trump said the United States “soon” would be able to test 5m people a day for coronavirus

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Donald Trump said the United States “soon” would be able to test 5m people a day for coronavirus, and claimed his administration has done an “incredible job” dealing with the coronavirus outbreak in New York state despite at least 17,600 deaths there. “We’re going to be there very soon. … We’re really doing … a great job on testing,” the president told reporters following an event at the White House, which replaced his daily evening Covid-19 briefing. Making another bold claim, he predicted testing guidance he announced on Monday evening will allow his administration to “increase it by much more … Continue reading Donald Trump said the United States “soon” would be able to test 5m people a day for coronavirus