All news by author: Ryan Fahey

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Russia turns to cruel weapon as flesh-melting thermite rains on Ukraine town
Thermite munitions - which have been used previously during the war in Ukraine - are particularly deadly because they burn rather than explode, reaching temperatures exceeding 2,400C that can easily sear through steel
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Moment magician tackled on stage during cruise while trying to do intimate trick
Australian magician Ben Murphy invited a female passenger on stage for a trick which saw him pass a folded card from his mouth to hers while performing on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas on March 1
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Addict hailed hero for jumping on tracks to save man who fainted tragically dies
Heroic Ashley Montabello hit headlines last year after leaping onto the tracks at Redfern Station in Sydney, Australia, after a 57-year-old man fainted and fell on the platform - but tragically died in February from a suspected drug overdose
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Wagner paramilitary group boss claims he intends to run for president in Ukraine
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who's in-charge of the shadowy Wagner Group militia, has previously been accused of waiting for the "right moment" to turn on Russia and leave the battle, which it's been instrumental in
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Woman who interrupted TV show to slam Putin's war shares daring escape
Ukraine-born Marina Ovsyannikova, 44, switched cars seven times and navigated her route to freedom using the stars during her escape from Russia after she interrupted a live TV broadcast to call out Vladimir Putin
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Inside the beautiful town that's actually paying people £50,000 to move there
The stunning mountain village of Albinen sits on at an elevation of 4,265ft in the Swiss region of Valais, which shares its southern borders with both France and Italy
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Sick moment mum slaughtered after confronting drunk man for talking loudly
In the shocking CCTV footage, a 37-year-old mother-of-one from Fortazela in Brazil, is seen bravely walking up to the obnoxious soon-to-be-killer and appearing to shout in his face
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'Rain of worms' hits China with wriggling insects splattered on cars and streets
Locals were seen hoisting umbrellas as they carried out their daily routines in the Chinese province of Liaoning, which borders North Korea, after little worms were seen splattered over cars in the street
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'Doomsday' volcano about to blow as hot smoke spews for miles
Indonesia's Mount Merapi spewed searing gas clouds with lava pouring down its slopes, which forced officials to halt tourism and mining activities in the local area
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Police told Hamburg gunman could be dangerous weeks before deadly shooting
Philipp F, 35, shot dead seven people before he was found dead after police in Hamburg, Germany, confirmed many more had been injured after an attack in a Jehovah's Witness church
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Terrifying moment tsunami flattened entire towns and villages as it burst banks
Footage of the catastrophe shows an entire ocean climb 132ft in the air before coming crashing back down on residential areas in Fukushima Prefecture, which is around 160miles northeast of Tokyo
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Inside radioactive Fukushima nuclear disaster towns 12 years on from earthquake
The Fukushima nuclear catastrophe was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the shores of Japan in 2011, creating towering tsunami waves that battered the plant
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Man with crooked penis demands £60k after surgery slashes length by two inches
The patient is claiming £59,714 in compensation from the Murcian Health Service in southern Spain after the operation to correct his curved penis resulted in it being shortened
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Teacher, 31, who had secret sex with 'vulnerable' student, 16, avoids jail
Monique Ooms from Victoria, Australia, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual penetration of a child under her supervision and care at Latrobe Valley County Court
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Armed men jailed for 73 years each for rape after 4 Brit girls attacked on trip
Armed men, made up of Ghanaian and Nigerian nationals, stormed the room and subjected the female members of the group, four girls and a teacher, to a severe sexual assault
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Doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 may have 'crashed in different ocean'
Cyndi Hendry was scouring the South China Sea when she discovered a piece of wreckage that looked eerily similar to a part of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which vanished without a trace in March 2014
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Woman dies after carrying ultra-rare 'stone baby' inside her for nine years
A refugee started experiencing abdominal issues on her arrival to the US, but after a CT scan she was told she was carrying a "stone baby", which is officially known as a lithopedian
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Woman drives 25 miles with no idea she has a dead body trapped under her car
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: The woman was driving with her daughter along a motorway in Goias State, Brazil, when they passed over a large object, which the daughter said was a body with its head "caved in"
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Nuclear watchdog in terrifying warning as Ukraine plant hit by Russian missiles
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe, is currently under the control of Russian forces - but has been in a state of blackout since it was captured, forcing it to rely on diesel generators
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North Korea fires missile after sending chilling 'shooting range' threat
Kim Jong-Un's sister previously threatened to make the "Pacific our firing range" as Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles towards Japan, prompting Tokyo to request an emergency meeting of the UN security council
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Russian victory in Ukraine could push China to invade Taiwan, NATO chief warns
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned "what happens in Europe today can happen in Asia tomorrow" suggesting that Beijing could be watching the Russia-Ukraine war closely to see how a similar invasion of Taiwan could work
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Five cruel poachers slaughter tiger and her cub before skinning their carcasses
Five men were each jailed for five years for killing, skinning the carcasses and smoking the bones of a tiger and her cub in Thong Pha Phum National Park in Thailand in 2022
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British Airways flight attendant raped by expat Brit in Barbados hotel room
The British Airways staff member had been enjoying a night out with friends at a karaoke bar in Barbados when the group was joined by a man who then took her back to her room and raped her
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Mum admits she gave up four of her children because she couldn't afford them
Hebriella George, from New South Wales, is one of 160,000 people in Australia waiting for public housing, and says the decade-long wait has left her unable to afford to give her four children the "home they deserve"
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Sphinx statue 2,000-years-old with smiley face and dimples unearthed in Egypt
The Sphinx-like statue, which is said to be in the likeness of Roman Emperor Claudius, was made near the Dendera Temple complex in Qena, Egypt, an area conquered by the empire after the taking of Carthage in 146BC