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Fierce winter weather slams US, dozens dead
Unrelenting storms have pummelled the United States over the past week, leading to at least 50 weather-related deaths, officials and U.S. media reported Friday, as large swathes of the country brace for new winter wallops.
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Perilous virus is spreading; If it passes to humans, we're in for a "zombie" scenario
As the British "Telegraph" writes, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or "chronic wasting disease" (CWD) affects the brain of the infected animal and causes symptoms such as lethargy, nervousness, increased drooling and grinding of teeth with a "blank look" like a zombie.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra to return with heavy metal tour
Trans-Siberian Orchestra — the heavy metal, classical music, theater production, pyrotechnics and laser lightshow hybrid — will return this winter.
Foreign threat to Greek feta
Greek authorities and local dairy industries are up against yet another case of feta imitation and the unlicensed use of the name of Greece's most popular cheese.
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China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world's most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges.
Novelist Paul Auster addresses US gun violence in new book
The popular U.S. novelist Paul Auster is turning his sights on America's epidemic of gun violence in a hard-hitting, 100-page essay that features photos from mass shootings.
"Bloodbath Nation" (Grove Press), published on Jan. 10 in the United States. The writing in this new work by Auster, 75, is terse and somber and is accompanied by pictures taken by photographer Spencer Ostrander.
"I'll be honest... Kurti has to go"
"I know that I can cause problems with my statement, but I will still be honest, Albin Kurti and the current Kosovo authorities do not fulfill anything that was agreed, and they simply have to leave the political scene," said Grenell, as reported by "Serbian Radio Chicago".
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One of world’s smallest manned helicopters made in W Slovenia
Tolmin – More than a decade ago Miro Črv started developing a small coaxial helicopter at his home in the hills of western Slovenia. This year his product is being shipped to buyers world-wide, mostly to the US.
The SCH-2A is one of the lightest manned coaxial helicopters in the world. Mirocopter, the business established by Črv, will sell about ten of them this year.
75% of US Youth are Unfit for the Military
75% of American youth between the ages of 17 and 24 are unfit for service due to lack of education, obesity and criminal history.
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TikTok sued in US after girls die in ‘Blackout Challenge’
Video-sharing sensation TikTok is being sued in California after children died while taking part in a "Blackout Challenge" that makes a sport of choking oneself until passing out.