A fearless campaigner for democratic openness? Or a criminal trying to avoid justice? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a highly polarising figure. Australian national Assange, […]
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Austrian Man Spends 2.5 Hours In Box Filled With Ice Cubes
An Austrian man beat his own record for the longest full-body contact with ice cubes on Saturday. Josef Koeberl managed to stay 2 hours, 30 […]
2 Pythons Weighing 100 Pounds Collapse Ceiling In Australia
An Australian returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over […]
Man Snatches Shop Tip Jar After Applying For Job
After a man ran off with the tip jar at an eastern Pennsylvania pizza shop, investigators didn’t have to do a lot of legwork to […]
How Hitler Pioneered ‘Fake News’
A century ago, the future Nazi leader began his career as a propagandist.
Switzerland Plunges Into Recession With Historic Slump
Switzerland has plunged into recession after the coronavirus pandemic caused a “historic” 8.2-per cent slump in economic activity in the second quarter, official figures showed […]
South Sudan Out Of Foreign Reserves As Currency Tumbles
South Sudan has run out of foreign exchange reserves as oil revenues have plummeted, and it cannot stop its currency from sliding, a central bank […]
Departing WTO Chief Gets Top Job At PepsiCo
The World Trade Organisation’s exiting chief, who is leaving the crisis-stricken institution a year ahead of schedule, will move to the private sector as a […]
China Faces Questions Over ‘Vaccinated’ Workers Sent Overseas
China faced demands on Thursday to explain why a state-backed firm claimed it had vaccinated dozens of staff against the coronavirus before sending them back […]
Iran Unveils New Ballistic Missile Named After Late General Killed By US
Iran unveiled on Thursday a new ballistic missile named after Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a targeted United States (US) drone […]