3 h. ago 'Flesh and limbs were blown apart' at horror festival bombing after at least 40 dead

Witnesses have recounted the harrowing scenes in Myanmar which left locals cleaning up 'pieces of flesh, limbs, parts of bodies' that had been blown apart, leaving at least 40 dead

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6 h. ago At least 40 killed and 80 injured as paraglider drops bombs on Buddhist festival in Myanmar

Officials had received information about a potential airborne attack as hundreds had gathered in Chaung U township

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7 h. ago Myanmar festival bombing sees dozens of protesters killed in paraglider attack

A paraglider dropped two bombs on a crowd of protesters in Myanmar, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 100 others at a major festival.

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7 h. ago Dozens killed and 47 wounded after paraglider drops bombs on Buddhist festival in Myanmar

A group of 100 people had gathered to celebrate the Buddhist festival

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8 h. ago 40 people killed as paraglider drops bombs on festival in Myanmar

Hundreds of people were gathered in central Myanmar's Chaung U township for a festival on Monday evening when the military dropped bombs on the crowd.

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9 h. ago At least 40 dead and 80 injured as paraglider drops bombs flying over festival

It is understood that at least 40 people were killed and another 80 were left injured as they gathered for a festival, with potential military involvement thought to be the cause

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9 h. ago Dozens killed in horror paraglider bombing raid at major Myanmar festival

The military has been accused of dropping explosives from a paraglider and on to a crowd of 100 people gathered for a festival in Chaung U township in central Myanmar

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63 h. ago I was paralysed with anxiety after being made redundant at 50. This is the surprising medication that gave me my life back: POLLY HUDSON

'Are you somewhere you can have a difficult conversation?' asked the voice on the phone. Shaking, I mumbled an affirmative reply, and listened in horror as my life was blown to smithereens.

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2 w. ago ‘The idea we should be in the kitchen serving our men is enraging’: singer

She withstood bomb threats when making her all-female Lilith Fair festival in the 90s – and this week stood up to Disney over Jimmy Kimmel. The alt-pop star explains why she’s still so fired upIt’s 11 years since Sarah McLachlan last released an album of original songs. The break had worried her. “What do I have to say at this point in my life?” she says. “I’m a 57-year-old white woman of privilege. Does anybody want to hear from me?”Looking tanned and relaxed on an early morning video call from Vancouver Island, the Nova Scotia native admits she had “stayed busy”: she released a Christmas album (2016’s Wonderland) and worked as the principal fundraiser and founding board chair for her three namesake music schools, which provide lessons and education to at-risk youth. At the same time, she was a self-proclaimed dance mom raising two daughters; the second recently went off to college. But there was still “trepidation around being out of the game for so long”. Continue reading...

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