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Mothers, let your daughters grow up to be travellers.
It was 1970 and my first trip to Europe. My parents accompanied me to the airport, and, as I was in line headed for the plane, my mother said, “If you’re not back in six months, you’ll never see me
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Viral video: Elon Musk’s awkward dance moves at Tesla event in China lead to meme fest
A recent video of Elon Musk dancing like no one is watching at a Tesla event in China has been going viral and has resulted into a meme fest on Twitter. Whenever Tesla’s CEO and founder Elon Musk hits the
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Genes Keep You On A Long Leash With Your Dog
Researchers believe that our genetic make-up has a significant influence on whether we bring a dog into our house or not. This love has lasted for at least 15,000 years. That’s how long people have lived with dogs. They were the
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Air New Zealand to serve beverages in edible vanilla cups
Eat the cup after drinking coffee? Air New Zealand will serve beverages in edible vanilla-flavoured cups so as to minimise onboard waste production. Eating the cup in which you just drank your coffee doesn’t sound too appetizing at first, but
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Loving single father multitasks between tending to daughter while working
PUCHONG: As the Malay proverb goes “the more weight of the eyes, the heavier the shoulders that bears”. Such was the fate of a man who had to bring his daughter to work in to safeguard his rice bowl. It
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Landmarks Across the Globe Shine for Human Rights
NEW YORK: Human Rights Watch has arranged for 17 landmarks across the globe to shine bright blue on December 10, 2019, to celebrate Human Rights Day. From New York to Sydney, Munich to Toronto, the world will light up in
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Majority of childhood sex-abuse survivors achieve complete mental health
TORONTO — Most research on child sexual-abuse survivors focuses on negative consequences such as depression and suicide. A new study instead examines factors associated with resilience and flourishing among adult survivors. “Remarkably, two-thirds [65%] of the childhood sexual-abuse survivors in
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9-year-old boy to become world’s youngest graduate
Laurent Simons, a 9-year-old boy is all set to become the world’s youngest graduate. He will complete his degree in electrical engineering in December. Laurent Simons (Photo: Instagram) 9-year-old Laurent Simons is all set to become the youngest person to
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Airplane brawl: Russian actress calls people plebs on flight, they hit back
We have heard some really bizarre flight stories but this one takes the cake. Russian actress, Lidiya Velezheva has escorted off a plane for getting into a brawl and calling other passengers plebs. Velezheva, 53 is a well known Russian
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‘It took me years to realise I was a trafficking victim’
Cyntoia Brown-Long was just 16 when she was jailed for life for shooting dead an estate agent who had picked her up for sex. She had run away from home and was being sent out onto the streets to make
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