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Life in South Korea’s Goshitels: Inside the tiny 50ft-square housing units where poor workers are forced to live due to Seoul’s soaring property prices Goshitels, or goshiwons, are minuscule dormitory-style housing units which typically measure 54 square feet The facilities first appeared in the late 1970s as cheap, temporary housing for students preparing for exams Photographer Sim Kyu-dong lived in various […]
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MORE than half of Brits like a bet, with young men the nation’s biggest problem gamblers. NHS data shows they are five times more likely to be hooked on risky betting than the average person. The findings come from the latest Health Survey for England which reveals millions of people are fat, inactive, eat badly and booze too much. As […]
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Logs placed on Oakland street in apparent attempt to deter homeless from parking vehicles Large logs line a two-block stretch of road in Oakland in apparent attempt to thwart the homeless from parking their cars and RVs. Someone in Oakland has been taking matters into their own hands by placing car-sized logs in front of businesses in an effort to […]
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Trump threatens trade tariffs and REFUSAL to defend NATO members who don’t spend enough on defense as he prepares for showdown with German’s Angela Merkel Trump refused to say NATO should meet its Article 5 defense obligations to nations who lag on defense commitments He has berated nations that fall short of 2 per cent GDP target Called their defense […]
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Skater’s Auschwitz uniform is nominated for costume of the year by top skating body, sparking fury from fans Russian skater Anton Shulepov performed in the costume in late November He skated to the Schindler’s List theme at the Internationaux de France event Head of the Anti-Defamation League said the outift is ‘insensitive and offensive’ The ensemble features the Star of David, […]
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Boris Johnson will NOT hold talks with Donald Trump despite President being in the UK for Nato summit after fears it would tarnish his election bid Donald Trump was due to arrive in the UK last night ahead of a two-day summit The prospect of the President’s visit has been a nightmare for Tory strategists They fear a comment or […]
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Cyclist is knocked off his bike in busy traffic after aggressive driver swerves and pushes him into another car The rider pedals across a busy roundabout in Tver to the north west of Moscow A silver Vauxhall Astra swerves in front of him and slams on the vehicle’s brakes The man undertakes the car and continues to cycle as he […]
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The Oklahoma police chief who blasted Starbucks over an order one of his officers received with a “PIG” label was accused — by his own daughter — of “absolutely” acting like one. The young woman, who claims to be the daughter of Kiefer Police Chief Johnny O’Mara, tore into him in a series of tweets, claiming that she knew him […]
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‘The Kray twins were never let out. Yet we let Al Qaeda terrorists out’: Piers Morgan says terrorists like Usman Khan should never be released from prison in hot-tempered GMB debate with human rights lawyers and campaigners Piers Morgan said the UK should lock terrorists up in jail and ‘throw away the key’ Said convicted terrorists should face same fate […]
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Mother, 24, who threw her own BABY at a policewoman and left the officer with life-changing injuries is spared prison Kirsty Bearfield was at hospital with her child who had a ‘non-accidental’ injury Officers told her her 2 children should be looked after by their father overnight The 24-year-old then threw her baby at a detective constable in a fit […]
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