All news by author: Rachel Hagan

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Huge dust storm turns sky dark during daytime in freak weather phenomenon
Local sources said the massive crippling dust storm in India approached from the northwest - impacting visibility, and traffic, and damaging trees, electric poles and tin sheds
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Virgin crocodile gets pregnant after 16 years on her own with experts baffled
The discovery was made when the 18-year-old American crocodile laid an egg containing a fully formed foetus which was found to be 99.9% genetically identical to herself
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Man killed and eaten by enormous 16ft crocodile twice as long as his boat
Andrew Heard vanished while fishing near Hinchinbrook Island, on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, and his remains were later found inside two crocodiles
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Man uses mathematics to win the lottery 14 times - without breaking a single law
Romanian-born Australian Stefan Mandel used his affinity for numbers as a mathematician to create a near-perfect formula for his road to success
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Baby girl drowned after falling headfirst into a bucket of water at home
A little baby girl was tragically found in a bucket of water by her mother in Brazil, after she turned her eye off her child for a split second to finish some cleaning
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Haiti chaos as death toll from the heavy floods rises to 42 and earthquake hits
Haiti was already a vulnerable country and now the flooding has now pushed many to breaking point with damaged homes and displaced residents
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Chilling footage shows dam explosion devastation with houses flooded up to roofs
Water is now gushing downriver, civilian houses are becoming submerged and the government has issued dire warnings of ecological disaster in Ukraine
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Brit woman, 20, 'raped in sea' during Greece holiday after meeting man online
The unnamed Brit has alleged that an unnamed 23-year-old Albanian man raped her on Saturday after they went for a swim at a beach on the east coast of Rhodes in Greece
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Boy rescues brother, 10, from under heap of seven bodies in train crash carnage
Debasish Patra, 10, was left trapped under the weight of seven dead bodies in near Balasore, India, before he was miraculously rescued by his older brother from the train wreckage
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Girl, 4, crushed to death in freak garden accident while she played in a hammock
Four-year-old Maria died shortly after she was admitted to hospital in Brazil, after a garden pillar suddenly collapsed onto her while swinging in a hammock
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School bus driver killed in crash with escaped camels which also died in smash
The camels belonged to veteran camel racer and breeder John Richardson who was devastated to hear the news that two of his beloved animals had been killed
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Mum 'kills three young daughters before calling police and blaming her husband'
Police said a bloodstained pillow was found at the apartment and it was possible it was used to smoother the children who were all found unresponsive at the apartment
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Russia claims it has thwarted major Ukrainian offensive with 250 soldiers killed
Russia's forces said Ukraine was making a major effort to punch through defensive lines in southeast Ukraine, but Kyiv didn't confirm the attacks and later said it was not true
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Brit shares horror of being surrounded by killer whales who 'headbutted' boat
The sailor with five years of experience described the orcas' movements at first as "a bit of a headbutt" before it turned serious and the ship began to flood
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Boy, 3, stabbed to death with kitchen knife with his own dad charged with murder
The unnamed man had been staying with his aunt in Riverwood, in southwestern Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday when he allegedly attacked his three-year-old son with a kitchen knife
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Madeleine McCann search update as cops say village may hold 'vital clues'
It has been revealed that a village in Portugal where prime suspect Christian Brueckner lived could hold vital clues to solving the mystery of Madeleine McCann's disappearance
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Shivering climber rescued from Mount Everest's 'death zone' in rare mission
The sherpa was guiding another client to the Everest summit on May 18 when he noticed the unnamed climber clinging to a rope and shivering from the freezing temperatures
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Tragic pics show gran's agony as Russian missile kills daughter and grandkid
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: The grandmother was pictured distraught over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic in Ukraine's capital Kyiv that was damaged during today's attack
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Great White sharks lunge at boat with Brit tourists on board in terrifting video
The Great White shark came right up to the shark cage, in the 32-foot deep water, next to Klein Brak Beach, in South Africa
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Boy found inside washing machine 'after being tortured by Jeffrey Dahmer fan'
Prince Gray Mondero had been playing with his cousins at their home in Manila, Philippines but disappeared on Friday afternoon
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Mysterious gold shark tooth necklace discovered hidden in Titanic wreckage
A mysterious necklace that's made from the tooth of a shark has not been worn or seen since luxury passenger liner the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912
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Terror on cruise ship as fire breaks out forcing passengers to evacuate
The blaze started on a balcony of the Pacific Adventure ship, while it was travelling off the New South Wales coast at about 3.30 am on Sunday
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Belarus president 'rushed to hospital' minutes after meeting Putin
Alexander Lukashenko's opponent Valery Tsepkalo, has saif that the Putin ally was taken to hospital and is now in a critical condition
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Official drained entire reservoir to find phone he lost after taking a selfie
Rajesh Vishwas, 32, was picnicking with friends last week when he dropped his Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra into the Paralkot reservoir in Chhattisgarh State, India
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Boy, 5, with special needs chokes to death while left alone in class at school
Lucas Latouche Mazzei was watching cartoons in a classroom in Australia when teachers turned their eyes and failed to notice he found an orange, ate it and choked on it