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WATCH: Iran’s domestically built space rocket takes off

An Iranian rocket reportedly carrying three research satellites successfully boosted off on Thursday Iran has conducted a successful space launch, the country’s defense ministry reported on Thursday. A Simorgh rocket carried three research satellites to the altitude of 470 kilometers, it said. Footage shown by the state media showed the rocket taking off from the […]

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WATCH protesters storm French island’s capitol over vaccine mandates

A group of demonstrators in the French territory of Guadeloupe have stormed the island’s legislative chamber, holding an extended protest over a series of Covid-19 vaccine requirements imposed by the government. The protest kicked off on Thursday and extended into the next day, with activists seen hoisting banners and chanting slogans denouncing the pandemic measures […]

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WATCH: McDonald’s customer chows down while pedaling exercise bike

Fast-food chain McDonald’s has introduced exercise bikes into at least one of its Chinese outlets, allowing patrons to turn their burger-fueled energy into electricity and charge their phones, as demonstrated in a viral video. The clip, posted on Friday by TikTok user ‘cris13yu’, shows a woman in what appears to be a Chinese McDonald’s, tucking […]

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WATCH: ‘Utter destruction’ as super typhoon ravages Philippines

More than 300,000 people have been displaced and at least 31 were killed as Typhoon Rai tore through the Philippines. It was the archipelago’s 15th and strongest major storm this year. The tropical storm, named Rai internationally but named Odette locally, gathered over the Philippines this week, later than most typhoons which typically develop between […]

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WATCH: Water cannon, tear gas deployed amid chaotic Covid-19 protests in Brussels

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belgium’s capital Brussels on Sunday, protesting new Covid-19 restrictions. A group of demonstrators clashed with police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Some 8,000 people took park in the street protests in Brussels on Sunday, according to police estimates. The participants condemned the government’s Covid-19 […]

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WATCH: Passengers stuck on plane from SA as ‘super-mutant’ Covid panic spreads

Passengers on board two KLM flights from South Africa have been forbidden from disembarking at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. With authorities fearing the spread of the ‘Nu’ variant of Covid-19, all on board are being tested. The two flights touched down in Schiphol Airport on Friday morning, but passengers face a long wait to disembark, […]