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新奇事件簿 素食主义育儿属刑事犯罪
Doctors in Belgium have stated that raising children on a vegan diet is unethical and should be a criminal offence. Vegans refrain from consuming any animal products, including meat, eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The Royal
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新奇事件簿 百万人请愿重拍《权游》
People who watch the television programme Game of Thrones are not happy. Over one million viewers have signed a petition to get the final, eighth season of the show remade. They are unsatisfied with the story. The petition is on the Change.org websit
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新奇事件簿 亿万富翁为学生偿还贷款
University students receiving their diplomas at a college in the USA got the surprise of their lives during their commencement ceremony. Students at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia were listening to a speech from the philanthropist Robert F. Sm
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新奇事件簿 鸟取沙丘遭遇涂鸦破坏
A city in Japan is having a problem with graffiti. However, it is not the usual type of graffiti with paint from spray cans being used to write on walls. It is graffiti in sand. Officials in the city of Tottori are asking tourists to refrain from wri
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新奇事件簿 阿拉巴马州堕胎法案
Two high-profile groups in the USA have filed a lawsuit to challenge the near-total abortion ban in the state of Alabama. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the non-profit organization Planned Parenthood want the law overturned. The ACLU
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新奇事件簿 科学家希望找到治疗蛇咬伤的方法
Scientists are hoping to find a universal cure for snakebite. Experts on snakebite venom in India, Kenya, Nigeria, the UK and the USA are working together on a possible cure. They are using the same technology that was used to discover HIV anti-bodie
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新奇事件簿 英国一节目遭抨击
A TV channel in the UK is under fire from membersof the public for one of its programmes that followsthe lives of couples with a big age difference. Viewershave accused the Channel 5 series Age Gap Love of normalising grooming. The complaints came af
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新奇事件簿 WHO:职业倦怠属于医学问题
Workers around the world have experienced burnout for decades. Burnout is mental exhaustion due to too much stress at work. This problem has now been defined by the WHO as a medical problem. It says people have burnout if they often lack energy or fe
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新奇事件簿 月球表面出现神秘闪光
Scientists across the world are puzzled as to why there are flashes appearing on the surface of the moon. This unusual phenomenon has been happening several times a week. Sometimes the flashes of light are very short, while at other times the light l
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新奇事件簿 糖果包装禁止使用卡通人物
Candy and chocolate manufacturers in the UK may have to stop using cartoon characters on their products. An alliance of health groups said many food companies use characters from Peppa Pig and Disney on their packaging. The companies use the characte
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新奇事件簿 华为将在俄罗斯建立5G通信网络
The Chinese technology company Huawei will set up Russia's 5G communications network. A deal was signed between the two countries on Wednesday following a meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Huawe
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新奇事件簿 UNICEF发布童婚数据报告
UNICEF has issued a report on the number of boys who get married around the world. It estimates that 115 million boys and men were married as children. Of these, one in five, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15. The report is UNICEF's fi
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新奇事件簿 无人机用于保护沙漠地鼠龟
High-tech drones are flying to the defence of tortoises in California's Mojave Desert. The desert tortoises in the western Mojave are under threat of being wiped out by ravens. The raven is a larger version of the crow. Its population in the Mojave h
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新奇事件簿 马丘比丘新机场引争议
The world-famous Inca site Machu Picchu in Peru is going to get an airport. Peru's government started preparing the ground for the airport earlier this week. Around one million tourists visit Machu Picchu every year. Government officials hope the new
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新奇事件簿 油轮袭击致使中东局势紧张加剧
Tensions are rising in the Middle East over the latest attacks on oil tankers. The USA is blaming Iran for the attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. The tankers are owned by Japan and Norway. They were hit by blasts while navigating