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The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has taken paedophilia a step further after it passed new laws to ensure the castration of paedophiles by chemical injection. This new development, news agency Ukrinform details, will see paedophiles undergo “'coercive chemical castration”, which 'involves the forced injection of anti-androgen drugs consisting of chemicals that should reduce libido…

A competition pitting witchdoctors against each other in a battle of skills this weekend in eSwatini -- formerly known as Swaziland -- has been banned, according to a government statement. Organisers had planned to hold the competition in Manzini, the second city of eSwatini, a land-locked country in southern Africa ruled by King Mswati III,…

A 210,000-year-old skull has been identified as the earliest modern human remains found outside Africa, putting the clock back on mankind's arrival in Europe by more than 150,000 years, researchers said Wednesday. In a startling discovery that changes our understanding of how modern man populated Eurasia, the findings support the idea that Homo sapiens made…

A guilt-ridden neighbour of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed Wednesday that he was responsible for accidentally killing the nation's "First Cat" Paddles while reversing out of his driveway.

It was the biggest piece of supposed fake news before the term "fake news" was even invented. Millions of people across the world still believe that no one has ever walked on the Moon, and that the images that NASA broadcast in July 1969 were shot in a Hollywood studio. Thousands of Internet sites are…

The creators of an application allowing users to virtually "undress" women using artificial intelligence have shut it down after a social media uproar over its potential for abuse. The creators of "DeepNude" said the software was launched several months ago for "entertainment" and that they "greatly underestimated" demand for the app. "We never thought it…

Lamphrai Srinuan is concerned about her rare condition which has become a source of pain for her. When 46-year-old Thailand woman first noticed that her breasts were swelling about three years ago, she thought that it was just.. you know… nothing. But two years and a half into this, her breasts began to swell like…

A woman identified as Rosemary Godday has been released from Kirikiri maximum prison in Lagos following an investigation into her case of "forgery". According to Flemer Project Initiative (@the_flemer), an initiative which offers "free legal services to indigent awaiting trial detainees in Nigeria", Godday, who sells fish and raincoats at Bar Beach and allegedly suffers…

Indian police on Monday recovered the body of a magician who drowned while trying to replicate an underwater Houdini-inspired stunt -- tying himself up with chains and ropes and being lowered into a river.

A cheating husband cannot divorce his wife despite having a years-long affair, a South Korean court ruled Friday, insisting only the injured party in a marriage could initiate a legal separation. Movie director Hong Sang-soo, 58, a Cannes film festival regular, filed for divorce in 2016, shortly after his relationship with actress Kim Min-hee became…

Japan's health and labour minister has defended workplaces that require women to wear high heels to work, arguing it is "necessary and appropriate" after a petition was filed against the practice.

If you are a 90s’ child, or a millennial, famed cartoon The Simpsons is not a strange name. Even more accepting of its strangeness is the many conspiracy theories surrounding the show. That’s right! Recall that the Simpsons is notoriously known for having accurate predictions so that people have now look up to knowing what…