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Malaysia’s incredible Paralympic performance at Rio continues with third gold
It’s a third gold for Malaysia at the Rio Paralympics, as long jumper Abdul Latif Romly broke the world record multiple times at the finals on Sunday. Latif, who was competing in the men’s long jump T20 (intellectual disability), broke the previous world record of 7.35 metres and set the new mark at 7.60 metres. SEE ALSO: 7 badass...
Dolphins have a ‘highly advanced’ spoken language, study finds
Dolphins can carry on conversations in an advanced spoken language made up of pulses and whistles, a new study has found. While marine biologists have long understood that dolphins communicate within their pods, the new research, which was conducted on two captive dolphins, is the first to link isolated signals to particular dolphins. The...
Singapore Paralympian gets swimming gold and smashes her own world record
Singaporeans celebrated on Saturday, after 24-year-old swimmer Yip Pin Xiu took home a gold medal and broke the world record — also previously set by her — at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Yip won the women’s 100m backstroke S2 gold in a time of 2 minutes 7.09 seconds, smashing her own previously set world record timing of 2...
French national arrested in Ukraine ‘planned Euro 2016 attacks’
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has claimed that a French national arrested last month was planning a series of attacks during the Euro 2016 football tournament. The man apparently had two rocket launchers and 18 shells for them, more than 5,000 cartridges, 100 detonators, 125 kg of TNT explosives and five Kalashnikov assault rifles in his...
World’s biggest airplane makes rare flight across 3 continents
The world’s largest plane is journeying to Australia for the first time ever. The An-225 Mriya aircraft, built by the Ukrainian aeronautics company Antonov Airlines, landed at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague on Tuesday, where it was loaded and prepared for the rare journey. SEE ALSO: The world’s most expensive flight costs $38,000 —...
Aerial footage shows Chernobyl 30 years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster
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Turkey launches probe after hackers leak civilian data and taunt Erdogan
Turkey on Wednesday launched an investigation after a hacker or hackers posted a database online containing the personal information of nearly 50 million Turkish citizens — more than half of the country’s population — and a message taunting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The population of Turkey is around 78 million. Experts say the leak...
The 5 biggest revelations from the #PanamaPapers
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World leaders claim innocence after #PanamaPapers revelations
World leaders and governments across the world on Monday went into damage control mode to deny possible financial wrongdoing after a cache of leaked documents showed them dodging taxes taxes or laundering money. Dubbed the Panama Papers, the more than 11 million leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca include the names of...
#PanamaPapers breaks the Internet with revelations of global corruption
A year-long investigation by global journalists has revealed how a network of rich and powerful world leaders use offshore tax havens to hide their vast wealth, launder money, dodge sanctions and evade taxes despite legal requirements in place that should prevent exactly those things from occurring. Dubbed the Panama Papers, 11 million encrypted...
