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[Link] North Korea Is Pissed After Pakistani Police Raided Its Embassy Over Bootlegging Suspicions
Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com
Pakistan has apologized to North Korea for raiding the North Korean Embassy in a bizarre diplomatic row involving rogue cops and allegedly illicit booze. The embassy on Tuesday accused Islamabad police of breaking into its premises and threatened intervening diplomatic staff with guns.
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[Link] Yumi’s story: Giving up alcohol for better rewards
Read: 14/11/2021 hellosundaymorning.org
Being a woman is like being everything for everyone. So you’re not just a playmate; you are the teacher, the chef and the cleaner. There are a bunch of roles that everyone wants you to fill, and they’re almost infinite. So you never really get to knock-off for the day.
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[Link] A homeless man who died after being severely burned is being remembered as a gentle soul
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Aged in his 50s, Daniel Tommerup was cooking a steak outside Milton Hall on Frederick Street in Launceston's CBD when his clothes caught alight. He suffered burns to his lower body and was flown for treatment to the Royal Hobart Hospital, where he later died.
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[Link] Two Dead After 12 Inmates Tried to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.
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[Link] Alcohol linked to more cancers than thought, study finds
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Consuming alcohol increases the risk of getting more cancers than previously thought, according to a major study, which also found that drinking coffee protects against liver cancer.
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[Link] Photos of the Dying Town Where the Alcohol Is 96%
Read: 26/1/2021 www.vice.com
This article originally appeared on VICE Belgium. Laurent Meurice, 39, came across Runina while taking pictures for a friend’s website.