More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine have been sacked or have resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Woman Who Claim To Have Decuplets Held In Psychiatric Hospital
The South African woman whose claim to giving birth to ten babies made headlines around the world is now being detained in a psychiatric facility after her claims fell apart.
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UK: Looted Ethiopian Artefacts Withdrawn From Auction
Two artefacts that were taken looted during colonial-era by British forces in Ethiopia have been withdrawn from auction after the Ethiopian government appealed to an auction house selling them to “stop the cycle of dispossession”.
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POWERFUL IDIOT: Pink Floyd Turns Down Mark Zuckerberg’s Offer To Use Song
Former frontman and songwriter for Pink Floyd, Roger Waters made public a private request from Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg asking to use one of Pink Floyd’s most famous songs to promote Instagram.
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HUNGARY: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Innocuous Act Sends Coca cola share Price Tumbling
A fairly innocuous moment during a pre-match press conference at the ongoing European Championship football tournament when Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo swatted aside two bottles of Coca Cola coincidentally shaved off $4bn in the drinks giant’s share price.
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EU: Commission Launches Digital COVID Passport
The European Commission has finalised plans for the EU Digital COVID Certificate, which is due to launch at the beginning of July.
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UK: Profile – Church Of England’s First Black Female Vicar/Critic
Reverend Eve Pitts is the vicar at the Holy Trinity Church in Birchfield, she is also Britain’s first black, female vicar.
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UK: Competition Watchdog Investigates Apple, Google’s Dominance
UK’s Competition and Marketing watchdog is launching a probe to investigate whether Apple and Google’s dominance of mobile phone operating systems, app stores and web browsers hurt consumers.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lesotho Diplomats Expelled For Engaging In Bootlegging
South Africa has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to 12 Lesotho diplomats and their families to leave the country for abuse of diplomatic privilege following reports of their involvement in peddling of duty-free alcohol.
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Harvard-bound Student Offer Her $40k Prize To Go To ‘Struggling’ College Student
A high school graduate got a standing ovation as the class speaker at her Massachusetts high school graduation when she gave away the $40,000 cash price she won and asked that it should go to a struggling student.
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