33 h. ago Brazil lightning strike chaos as 72 people hit by lightning as 'everyone went down'

At least 72 people received medical assistance after a lightning strike hit dozens of protesters who were waiting for a march of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a storm in Brasilia

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34 h. ago Lightning strike hits crowd of protesters in Brazil injuring more than 30 people

Protesters have been rushed to hospital with injuries after being struck by lightning

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3 d. ago Martin Lewis warns iPhone and Android users about the 'bad bit'

Personal finance expert hit out at 'immoral' practice and said people should 'send text now'

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4 d. ago Two dead and nine missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials sayEmergency crews were searching for victims of landslides on New Zealand’s North Island that tore through a house and a busy campground, leaving at least two dead.Police reported that as many as nine people may be missing in the landslides, which hit on Thursday, including children. Families enjoying the summer school holiday were among the campers. Recreational vehicles and at least one structure were crushed, images showed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago At least two dead in New Zealand landslides as video shows moment caravans are smashed at popular campsite where multiple children are missing

Two people were left dead in a separate slide, which hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, also on New Zealand's North Island at 4.50am.

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4 d. ago Multiple children missing as landslide destroys popular New Zealand campsite: Video shows moment caravans are smashed as witnesses tell of piercing screams for help... then silence

Two people were left dead in a separate slide, which hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay, also on New Zealand's North Island at 4.50am.

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5 d. ago New Zealand storms: people missing after landslide hits campsite as minister compares east coast to ‘war zone’

Record-breaking rains spark landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite, with helicopter teams retrieving families from rooftops and local states of emergency declaredEmergency services in New Zealand are searching for several people, including a child, believed missing after a landslide hit a campsite during storms that have caused widespread damage across the North Island.Emergency minister Mark Mitchell told RNZ that parts of the east coast looked like “a war zone”, with helicopters deployed to rescue families sheltering on rooftops from flooding, and local states of emergency declared in five regions across Northland and the East Cape due to days of record-breaking torrential rain. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Afraid of dying alone? How a Chinese app exposed single people’s deepest, darkest fears

In China, marriage and birth rates have hit record lows and many people are living in isolation. Is the Are You Dead? app just a practical response to this – or something more troubling?A few days before Christmas, after a short battle with illness, a woman in Shanghai called Jiang Ting died. For years, the 46-year-old had lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Hongkou, a residential neighbourhood that sits along the Huangpu River. Neighbours described her as quiet. “She rarely chats with people. We only see her when she goes to and from work, and occasionally when she comes out to pick up takeout,” said a local resident interviewed by a Chinese reporter. Her parents long deceased, Jiang had no partner or children to inherit her estate. Her lonely death sparked a debate in Chinese media about how society should handle the increasing number of people dying with no next of kin.For Xiong Sisi, also a professional in her 40s living alone in Shanghai, the news triggered uncomfortable feelin...

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7 d. ago Remember hedgehog flavour? Moon cheese? The weirdest, wildest, coolest crisp packet designs ever

From the Space Raiders cooked up by a 2000AD artist to Odduns with their Dark Side of the Moon style packet, we pop open a new 140-page celebration of crisps and the garishly beautiful bags they’re sold inWould you eat a smoky spider flavour Monster Munch? What about a Bovril crisp, cooked up to celebrate the release of Back to the Future? Then there’s hedgehog flavour – and even a Wallace and Gromit corn snack designed to capture the unique taste of moon cheese, which the duo rocketed off to collect in A Grand Day Out.All these salty, crunchy and perhaps even tasty snacks are celebrated in UK Crisp Packets 1970-2000, a 140-page compendium that delves into the colourful, often strange and occasionally wild world of crisp packet design. The book will come as a heavy hit of nostalgia for many people, featuring various childhood favourites – Chipsticks, Frazzles, Snaps – along with the lesser known and the rare. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago A 10p masterpiece! The golden age of crisp packet design, from Chipsticks to Frazzles to Hedgehogs

Aliens drawn by a 2000AD artist, graphics echoing the Dark Side of the Moon cover, Dennis the Menace fronting bacon and baked bean flavour we pop open a new 140-page celebration of the weirdest, wildest crisp bags everWould you eat a smoky spider flavour Monster Munch? What about a Bovril crisp, cooked up to celebrate the release of Back to the Future? Then there’s hedgehog flavour – and even a Wallace and Gromit corn snack designed to capture the unique taste of moon cheese, which the duo rocketed off to collect in A Grand Day Out.All these salty, crunchy and perhaps even tasty snacks are celebrated in UK Crisp Packets 1970-2000, a 140-page compendium that delves into the colourful, often strange and occasionally wild world of crisp packet design. The book will come as a heavy hit of nostalgia for many people, featuring various childhood favourites – Chipsticks, Frazzles, Snaps – along with the lesser known and the rare. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman rips up old flooring in new home and hits jackpot after finding 'treasure'

Kelly Warburton, who shares her property renovation online, was left taken aback after she pulled up old flooring to find "treasure" underneath. People think she really hit the jackpot

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1 week ago Two earthquakes strike Italian city as terrified locals flee homes

Two consecutive earthquakes have hit part of Italy with reports of buildings shaking and people running from their homes in panic this morning with strongest tremor in the province of Forlì-Cesena

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2 w. ago Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei eyeing 'escape plan' after deadly protests hit new heights, with more than 2,300 people detained

With buildings on fire, cars overturned and cries of 'death to the dictator' in the streets, the country's Supreme Leader was said to be making plans to leave.

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2 w. ago New 4 recycling bins 'every home in England' £400 fines BBC legal expert alert

All homes in England will see huge change on March 31 and people putting these items in could be hit with big penalties

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2 w. ago British Airways flight sees 2 people suffer broken ankles after plane hit by turbulence

A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has revealed that two people on the same British Airways flight have both suffered broken ankles during turbulence

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3 w. ago Times Square revelers brace for coldest New Year’s Eve in years as nasty weather derails iconic celebrations

Snow flurries could hit hundreds of thousands of people in Times Square

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3 w. ago Times Square revelers brace for coldest New Year’s Eve temps in years as nasty weather derails iconic celebrations

Snow flurries could hit hundreds of thousands of people in Times Square

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3 w. ago Russia accused of dancing on bodies of the dead for reopening theatre it bombed in Ukraine

RUSSIA has been accused of dancing on the bodies of the dead for reopening a theatre it bombed in Ukraine. Amnesty International says 12 people died when the Mariupol Drama Theatre was hit in 2022, part of a three-month siege of the now Russian-occupied city. It was fully restored and an opening gala was denounced...

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4 w. ago ‘It’s like you’re sitting in front of an oven’: surviving the summer in one of Australia’s hottest towns

When the hot winds hit Roebourne, as many as 16 people pile into Yindjibarndi elder Lyn Cheedy’s home – one of the few with air conditioningFew places are more exposed to extreme weather than Roebourne, a tiny cyclone-prone town on the Western Australian coast, where public housing residents endure 50C heat without air conditioning.Lyn Cheedy, a Yindjibarndi elder, takes her grandson to the pool most afternoons. Continue reading...

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