Tim Friede pictured with a snake on his hand. — AFP/File PARIS: Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the September 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of the world’s deadliest snakes bite him. Four days later, he woke up from a coma. “I know what it feels like to die from …
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Simon Cowell plans on handing over ‘America’s Got Talent’ to THIS person Simon Cowell just revealed its his “dream” for his son, Eric, to take over America’s Got Talent. The 65-year-old music mogul, who shares hi 11-year-old with partner Lauren Silverman, marked 20 years since the reality show began. Simon expressed that he cannot see a future where the talent …
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This undated photo shows a person hold a copy of the Holy Quran in his and during a protest demonstration against the desecration of the holy book. — AFP/File A Turkish-born man who desecrated the holy Quran in London was on Monday found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, in a case taken up by free-speech campaigners. Hamit …
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A man holds a cigarette in his hands in London, Britain April 11, 2023. — Reuters As youth nicotine addiction surges in Pakistan and the country records an estimated 164,000 tobacco-related deaths each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the international community to take immediate steps to prohibit flavoured nicotine and tobacco products, which attract new users through …
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A view shows the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. — Reuters China, Qatar, Switzerland and others pledged over $170 million for the World Health Organization (WHO) at its assembly on Tuesday, the agency said, and countries also accepted higher fees to help offset the expected loss of the US, the top donor, Reuters reported. …
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The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. — Reuters People in at least 70 countries are missing out on medical treatment due to funding cuts to aid programmes, the WHO said on Monday, adding it also faces major financial challenges. “Patients are missing out on treatments, health facilities have closed, health workers have lost their jobs, …
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