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December is the end of the mango season in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, so there’s a lot of fallen fruit on the ground. Being especially rich in sugar, mangoes produce high amounts of alcohol while rotting under the sun. This abundance of free booze has become a real threat to …

When covering last week’s memorial service for the power siblings’ father, Kim Jong-il, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) named Kim Yo-jong alongside members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party. She was mentioned with the sitting members and alternate members of the Politburo, …

The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the trio performed a soft touchdown on the steppe of Kazakhstan at 9:13am (3:13am GMT), three hours after undocking from the ISS. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his producer Yozo Hirano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin experienced a standard 4g acceleration load during the routine landing, …

Perhaps we should have listened to him.  The last time the fighters spoke to the press before the bout at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, at Friday’s weigh-in, the 24-year-old had promised that we were about to see a “different” Jake Paul. “We’re f*ckin’ buckin’ in the middle of the …

To make matters worse, local media outlets have reported that the driver of the truck was “probably” under the influence of narcotics. According to the Limburg news site, police confirmed that the driver will be taken for blood tests to prove whether “drugs or sleeping pills” were involved. The outlet …

Tensions over the Taiwan issue have been on the rise with the US President Joe Biden continuing to bolster ties with the island in line with a long-standing US policy of “strategic ambiguity” that has seen more than $32 billion worth of weapons being shipped to Taiwan since 2009. US …

The military division authorized using gender pronouns in a piece of correspondence earlier this month, which was made public over the weekend. The document states that while the “use of pronouns (he/him, she/her, or they/them) in an email signature is authorized,” it is “not required.” The signature block in Air …

“It’s heartbreaking and a little chilling to see members of the artistic community resegregating ourselves,” Sorkin told The Sunday Times in an interview targeting cancel culture and ‘Being the Ricardos’ critics.  The ‘West Wing’ creator has found himself at the center of a cultural debate on identity politics as his …

“For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Musk tweeted on Monday in an apparent bid to put the speculations about his tax situation to rest. The billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX have been selling off his Tesla stock at an ever-increasing pace, getting …

Under the deal signed last week with the Iraqi government, the Power China company will build 679 schools and Sino Tech will construct the remaining 321.  This news comes in the context of a diminishing American role in Iraq, with the US having just announced an end to its “combat …