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Uber’s investigations unit stressed out over too much work: report

Working for Uber is driving employees crazy, according to a new report. Members of the app company’s special investigations unit are teetering on the edge of sanity thanks to a colossal workload and mounds of stress from dealing with high-profile incidents, such as driver crashes and sex assaults, according to a risk-management consultant’s report obtained by CNN. “The issue of […]

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Brilliant perfectly timed photos taken seconds from disaster

From a dog that looks like it's about to gulp down a small child, to a hat-snatching seagull, these photographers clearly have brilliant hand-eye coordination. Hard to swallow? Cat-astrophe alert Testing the water… Sheer madness Barrel of laughs Bake-off Eye-watering Some-fin behind you… Dog V ball Life's a ditch Hats off to this photo One too many It's Super-cat   […]

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Olympic champ accuses coach of rape; more allegations rock South Korean sports

More South Korean female skaters are accusing their coaches of sexually abusing them, a group representing the athletes disclosed Monday following claims by two-time Olympic champion Shim Suk-hee that her former coach had repeatedly raped her. The announcement came amid a growing #MeToo movement in South Korea’s elite sports scene, which has been notorious for a brutal training culture and […]

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Zimbabwe president condemns crackdown, backers raise impeachment fears

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised action on Tuesday in response to a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two of his supporters spoke of a possible plot to remove him from office. Lawyers and activists say police and soldiers have killed at least a dozen people, wounded scores and arrested hundreds since demonstrations began […]

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