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Thailand Legalizes Cannabis Just For Trade And Not For Recreation.

There has been an ongoing debate in many countries about whether cannabis should be legalized or not. In countries like Canada, Uruguay and many states in the USA cannabis is legal, but recently Thailand has joined this list and has approved this drug with some limitations. People in Thailand are now allowed to grow and sell the crop after marijuana was removed from its banned narcotics list. However recreational use is still banned.

The nation is among the first other South-East Asia countries
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Rebel Wilson Reveals She's Found Her Disney Princess

We have all appreciated the very talented actress Rebel Wilson for her movies and humor. Many admire her for her simplicity yet her sassy and funny nature. Recently she’s been receiving a whole lot of love as she came out on Instagram, revealing a new relationship with her “Disney Princess”.

In her social media post on Thursday (9 June), Wilson wrote, “I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess,” revealing her belle Ramona A
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The First Deaf Contestant Makes Her Debut On The New Season Of Love Island

The new season of Love Island is out and this season, the series has shown us that love has no bounds. For the first time, a 23-year-old model and dancer have become the first deaf contestant on the ITV2 dating show.

In the first episode Tasha Ghouri, from North Yorkshire, openly revealed that she had been completely deaf from birth and she wore a cochlear implant in her right ear. While many some would consider this to be a flaw, Ghouri has embraced her disability calling it her “superpower”.
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An 83-Year-Old Japanese Man Becomes The Oldest Person To Sail The Entire Pacific Ocean.

We have all heard of the adage ‘age is just a number’, and yachtsman Kenichi Horie from Japan is an example of this saying. He successfully became the oldest person to sail solo non-stop across the Pacific. But this is not the first time he sailed the Pacific, but was the first to do it way back in 1962 traveling from California to Japan. From then on, the 83-year-old is regarded as “Japan’s most famous yachtsman”.

Kenichi Horie successfully arrived in the waters off the Kii peninsula in wester
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Twenty-One Bodies Found After A Plane Crashed In Nepal's Mountainside

On Monday, twenty-one bodies have been found after a plane carrying 22 people crashed on a mountainside in Nepal. The 20-minute flight lost contact with the airport tower over Nepal, while in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops.

The search for the last person is on, said Kathmandu airport spokesman Tek Nath Sitaula. According to the army, the plane had crashed in Sanosware in Mustang district, close to the mountain town of Jomsom, where it was heading after taking off from the resort
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Vick Hope, A Radio 1 DJ, Is Proposed By Calvin Harris.

Looks like love is in the air. Scottish DJ, Calvin Harris, and Vick Hope, the Radio 1 DJ are engaged. The DJ proposed Hope at his farm in Ibiza. The couple was recently spotted at the Chelsea Flower Festival and Vick had been wearing her diamond ring.

In April, both Vick and Calvin shared a photo on Instagram of a tree at Calvin’s 138-acre farm, Terra Masia, where he later proposed to Vick. In an interview with Daily Mail, a source told, ‘Calvin and Vick’s relationship has moved quickly but the
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Poor Countries to Receive Low-Cost Medicines from Pfizer

During the peak of the pandemic, everyone hoped for a vaccine to be invented that would eliminate the virus completely or at least curb its spread. Today even though most people have been vaccinated, there are still some who choose not to, but also there are many who have not been able to because of adequate stock.

Earlier this month, the head of the World Health Organization called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries. After this request, at the Wo
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Genocide Against the Uyghur Minority in China's Xinjiang Region

Hacked Chinese police photographs and documents have been published revealing the highly secretive system of mass incarceration, the shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape, and the photographs of detained people, in the Xinjiang region of China. This mass revelation happened as a huge cache of data from the police computer servers was hacked in the region.

This discovery is regarded as the Xinjian police files and was published back in 2018 by various news organizations including the
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Texas School Shooting: President Biden to Challenge the Gun Lobby

On Tuesday, 18-year-old, Salvador Ramos embarked on a 45-minute shooting rampage at Robb Elementary School. Before carrying out the shoot at the school, Ramos shot his grandmother and fled from the site in a battered truck carrying guns and ammunition. He drove across town erratically and eventually crashed his car into a ditch near the school.

It was at 11:32 local time when Ramos forced his way into a fourth-grade class and he opened fire, stated the Texas Department of Public Safety spokespe
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Seven dead and more than 120 injured in Philippine ferry fire

The Philippines, which is an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands, is known for several water activities but also holds a record for poor maritime safety. On Monday at 6.30am local time, a high-speed Philippine ferry was up in flames. The ferry carrying around 134 passengers and crew.

Reported 7 deaths from which five were women and two were men, authorities said. The remaining people onboard were forced to jump into the sea and were rescued by other vessels in the area, coast guards’ officia
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Kim Kardashian Slayed The Marilyn Monroe Dress, But At What Cost?

Just like every year, this year too many celebrities walked the carpet at the Met Gala with their jaw-dropping looks. Blake Lively, Kylie Jenner, Olivia Rodrigo, and many others really took it up a notch with their outfits. While the internet couldn’t get enough of Blake Lively’s Versace gown, another celebrity’s outfit caused a lot of uproar on social media, but not really for a good reason. Kim Kardashian starred in the famous President JFK gown worn by former actor Marilyn Monroe.

While the
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North Korea Will Fight COVID-19 With Traditional Medicine

Last week the highly transmissible Omicron virus made its way to North Korea and the state declared a severe national emergency. While other countries around the world were waiting for vaccines to treat this life-threatening disease, North Korea is encouraging the use of traditional medicines to fight the virus.

The state-run news agency KCNA said, “Traditional medicines were effective in prevention and cure of the malicious disease,” but there is no concrete evidence for those claims.

So far,
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It's Time To Get Your Hands On The Euphoria-Inspired Make-Up Range

The 2019 HBO series- Euphoria differs from other TV shows in several ways. Even if you don’t know what Euphoria is or haven’t seen a single episode, I’m sure you’ve seen the make-up looks and sparkling outfits from that series.

While renowned celebrities like Zendaya helped the show acquire traction, a wave of novel make-up and fashion trends was not expected. Rue’s glitter tears, Maddy’s rhinestone cat eye, and Jules’ cloud-shaped eyeliner are just a few of the statement looks that have gone v
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What’s It Like Being A Storm Chaser And Photographer?

According to a new report by the United Nations, due to rising global temperatures and other climate changes, there has been a soaring rise in the number of extreme weather conditions for the last 20 years. Storms, tsunamis, earthquakes, and other natural disasters are constantly heard of these days. While these weather conditions pose a serious threat to life, some people use the opportunity to turn their fear into exhilaration.

Edgar ONeal, a storm chaser and photographer for the past nine ye