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Japanese whale hunters have admitted butchering 120 pregnant minke whales. In a report detailing a whaling expedition in the Southern Ocean, the slaughter of 333 minkie whales is detailed, of which 181 were females, including 122 pregnant ones. The report on the three-month expedition which began at the end of last year was submitted by to the International Whaling Commission. The grisly details will add to international condemnation of the Japanese whaling fleet. Despite an international ban on the practice,...

A study also forecasts that almost a quarter of the world's population will be obese by 2045 - and one in eight will have type 2 diabetes

Reacting to the mounting death toll of the Texas school shooting, Donald Trump said such outrages have been "going on too long in our country." Offering his condolence to the bereaved, the President of the United States vowed his government would "do everything in our power" to protect the nation’s students. "My administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect our students, secure our schools and do everything we can to keep weapons out of the hands...

UPDATE: Gaza Ministry of Health say total of 52 Palestinians killed, more than 1,200 wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza. Eight children under the age of 16 among the dead, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations says. Dozens of Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, are among a mounting death toll as protests greeted Donald Trump’s controversial new embassy Residents of Gaza gathered at the border with Israel to demonstrate against the controversial move which many feel cements Israel’s de facto occupation...

Lamborghini donated the Huracan to the Catholic Church last year but there isn't much use for a 198mph supercar in the Vatican City

President Trump mocks Paris terrorist outrage and tells NRA crowd that London hospital is like a "war zone" for stabbing wounds because of guns regulations at National Rifle Association convention. After another difficult week for Donald Trump, another lawyer resigning amid more revelations about Robert Mueller’s Russian probe and his pay off of porn star Stormy Daniels, the President took the opportunity to indulge some of his favourite topics in this rambling speech in front of the supportive audience of...

He has been collecting official action figures for over 35 years

Deaths from synthetic opioid, has risen more than sixfold in just seven years

When a man on a motorway bridge in Michigan was threatening to jump off, trucks lined up underneath to prevent a suicide attempt. The Michigan State Police came up with the ingenuous plan of calling in passing trucks to pull up and park under the bridge to prevent a fatal fall. The trucks stayed for several hours as police negotiators talked to the man on the bridge who finally walked away safely on Tuesday morning.     https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/nine-simple-words-stopped-man-jumping-londons-waterloo-bridge/19/10/