All news by author: Rachel Hagan

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Kids rushed to hospital after eating sweets covered in 'white substance' on bus
The students, aged between seven and 12, were treated for symptoms of vomiting, diarrhoea and intestinal pain after they fell ill just after they arrived at school in Australia
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Viral sushi licking 'terrorism' prank continues to rock Japan as three arrested
Last month, a teenager was captured licking the open top of a communal soy sauce bottle and rubbing saliva on passing food - since then dozens of similar videos have been filmed
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Devastating battle sees five Russian soldiers killed for every Ukrainian
An anonymous NATO official said that intelligence showed Russia’s losses in the assault on the eastern town of Bakhmut far outweighed Ukraine’s
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Dramatic helmet-cam footage shows Ukrainian troops storming Russian trench
The footage begins by showing Ukrainian soldiers emerging from a shallow trench and making their way across a battlefield before they blow up the area and capture the Russians
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Beauty queen caught after going on run for 9 months in £1.4million wine heist
Priscila Lara Guevara, 29, a former Mexican beauty queen, and Constantín Dumitru, 47, her Romanian-Dutch partner pulled off the heist at the triple Michelin-starred Atrio hotel in Caceres, western Spain
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Nearly 30 fainting schoolgirls rushed to hospital after playing with Ouija board
Info on the students’ diagnoses has not been revealed, however many parents blame the in-school use of Ouija boards, also known as spirit or talking board which spells out messages in a mysterious way
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'World's oldest person' dies after living through 3 different centuries age 128
Mother-of-seven Johanna Mazibuko, reportedly died at age 128 in South Africa, having lived through three centuries
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Ukrainian drone gets revenge on Russian soldier who brazenly gave it the finger
One Russian soldier is seeing raised his middle finger, before he reaches for his rifle. The drone then flies up and hovers over the trench as they panic and drop for cover during fighting in Ukraine
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Unarmed Ukrainian war prisoner smoking cigarette shot dead by Russian soldiers
Tymofii Shadura is seen smoking a cigarette in a clearing in a forest and says "slava Ukraini" before he is hit with a barrage of gunfire as the assailants are heard shouting abuse at him
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Russian mercenary sends truck of champagne to Ukrainian women in mocking gift
The Kremlin-linked war brute Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen in a video mockingly signing one case of sparkling wine before it was loaded onto a lorry in footage released on Telegram
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Iran’s supreme leader swears those who poisoned schoolgirls will face death
The unexplained poisoning incidents have come at a fraught time for young girls in Iran who have been targeted for their role in leading nationwide anti-government protests
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Pilot 'didn't hear' call before take-off in horror Sea World helicopter crash
A pilot "did not recall" his fellow pilot making a standard taxiing call to say he was taking off before their helicopters collided and crashed in Australia, tragically killing four people and injuring nine others
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Friends on Antiques Roadshow discover £60,000 Buddha statue with metal detector
The pair were searching at Shark Bay, on the Indian Ocean coast at the most westerly point of Australia, when they came across the "world treasure" that may be the oldest Chinese artefact in Australian history
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Jeff Bezos' new half a billion superyacht sets sail after five-year construction
The billionaire's vessel is 127 metres long, making it nearly half the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza and is the longest yacht built in the Netherlands
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United Arab Emirates now has the most powerful passport in the world
The UAE has new visa-free travel privileges and no income tax, making its passports the most valuable, unlike the US where taxation is very high
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Vladimir Putin's gymnast 'lover' admits he's her ideal man in TV interview
Alina Kabaeva, 39, is a former Olympic gymnast who is 30 years younger than him and the pair have never acknowledged their relationship, but many suspect they have at least two children together
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Passenger dies on private jet after extreme turbulence forces plane to divert
Three passengers and two crew members were on board the Bombardier Challenger 300 aeroplane when turbulence hit the aircraft while heading to Virginia
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Ukrainian kids 'stolen by Vladimir Putin's regime and taken to Russian camps'
A report by Yale University last month said more than 6,000 children aged between four months and 17 years were being held in 43 camps in a systematic campaign "coordinated by Russia’s federal government"
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Putin will eventually be murdered by his inner circle, predicts Zelensky
In a documentary to mark a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, Zelensky said: "They will find a reason to kill the killer", as loyalists have begun turning the tide
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Family to sue Airbnb after toddler dies from fentanyl overdose during nap
Enora Lavenir was put down for a nap by her parents after a morning of television and playtime with her four siblings in Florida and she never woke up again
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Oscar Pistorius could leave jail 'in weeks' after serving half his sentence
The former Paralympian was sentenced to 13 years and five months in jail for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp but at the end of this month, a parole board in South Africa will consider the case and may give him an early release
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Man dies from brain-eating amoeba after washing nose with tap water
The victim has not been identified but the agency said it suspected the patient had contracted the infection “as a result of sinus rinse practices” using tap water in Florida
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Man who gets new tattoo every week has now spent over £10,000 on body inkings
Tobias, 33, from Dortmund, Germany, has been modifying his body for sixteen years and spent over £10,000 on over 100 tattoos including his eyeball, a split tongue and sub-dermal implants
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Man shot 10 times in front of his son, 12, who witnessed dad being killed
Taha Sabbagh sat in the driver's seat of his black Mercedes when he was hit by around 10 bullets outside the martial arts gym Elite Fight Force, 13 miles west of central Sydney, Australia
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Wife of man locked up by Taliban fears for his life as he languishes in jail
Mortaza Behboudi has been held in Afghanistan since January 7, two days after he arrived in his native Afghanistan on a reporting trip and his wife shares to The Mirror concerns on his welfare