Top 5 Bizarre Facts About North Korea
North Korea sure is an unusual place. Here's our list of the top 5 most bizarre facts about North Korea.
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Top 5 Largest Wave Caught on Video
world is an amazing place. Here's our list of the top 5 largest tidal waves caught on video. In this list, we've excluded tsunamis and other natural disasters.
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42 Dead in India After Drinking Toxic Alcohol
At least 42 people have died and nearly 100 others have been hospitalised in western India after drinking toxic alcohol, police said on Thursday, with authorities ordering a crackdown on bootleggers.
Dozens of people became ill earlier this week after drinking methanol a poisonous form of alcohol sometimes used as an antifreeze sold in several villages across Gujarat state.
Senior police official Ashok Yadav told that 31 people had since died in Botad district.
Another 11 people died in nearby Ahmedabad district, V Chandrasekar, another senior police official,
"Investigation has revealed that the victims had consumed industrial grade methanol which caused the deaths," state Home Affairs Minister Harsh Sanghavi said in statement.
Sanghavi said that 97 people had been admitted to hospital for treatment, with two in critical condition.
Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is one of several states in India where the consumption and sale of liquor is illegal.
Authorities have cracked down on illicit liquor shops across Gujarat and arrested several people, said state police chief Ashish Bhatia on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people die every year in India from cheap alcohol made in backstreet distilleries.
Of the estimated five billion litres of alcohol drunk every year in the country, around 40 percent is illegally produced, according to the International Spirits and Wine Association of India.
The liquor is often spiked with methanol to increase its potency. If ingested, methanol can cause blindness, liver damage and death.
Last year, 98 people died in the northern state of Punjab after drinking bootleg booze.
And in 2019, more than 150 people died in a similar incident in northeastern Assam state, most of them tea plantation workers.
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Croatia Opens Bridge Around Bosnia to Get to Dubrovnik
Croatia opens Tuesday a long-awaited bridge linking its southern Adriatic coast including Dubrovnik with the rest of the country, bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory.
The 2.4-kilometre (1.5-mile) span reaches out from the Croatian mainland to the Peljesac peninsula that connects with the southern part of Croatia's coastline nestled between the sea and the Dinaric Alps.
"The importance of the bridge is enormous, and it's not only emotional due to the connection of Croatia's territory, but also for tourism and the economy in general," said transportation minister Oleg Butkovic earlier this month.
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Food crisis in ukraine
Millions around the world could die due to the "food crisis" caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei said during a visit to Ukraine on Monday.
Giammattei, who was invited to Ukraine by counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to view the damage caused by Russia's invasion, hit out at the war's global impact.
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Education Interrupted: Students Climb Mountain to Cross Digital Divide
Students in a remote village in the Himalayas struggle to access the internet in order to access classes.
The pandemic has interrupted access to education for young people all over the world. But in the disputed Indian-administered region of Kashmir, students have faced school closures, not just once, but twice.
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ROBOT PRIESTS???
Robot "Priests" can recite prayers perform funerals, and even comfort those experiencing a spiritual crisis
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Child Labour in Uganda | The Hidden Costs of Covid
When Uganda's School Closed Due to the Pandemic, Nine-Year-Old Teddy Joined Her Mother Mining for Gold. With One of the Youngest Populations in the World, Uganda was Already struggling with High Rates of Childs Labour.
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