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02 JUL

Passengers ‘throw up’ as they're made to stay in boiling Thomas Cook plane for 3 hours

Thomas Cook has attracted numerous complaints after 214 passengers were left stranded on a plane without air conditioning for three hours at Zante airport. The conditions were so awful that some passengers vomited and fainted while others were bathed in sweat and forced to strip in order to cool down. Flight MH1805 was due to […]

11 JAN

Shell shock! Swiss govt bans boiling lobsters alive under new animal protection rules

Published time: 11 Jan, 2018 02:47 The Swiss government has gone against the wishes of restaurateurs and banned the practice of boiling live lobsters. It comes as part of sweeping new animal protection legislation. The law, which dictates that live lobster and crayfish must be stunned before killing, was passed by the Federal Council on […]

11 DEC

‘A weapon of desperation’: Trump loyalists are doubling down on a familiar strategy as the Russia probe reaches a boiling point

Thomson Reuters As special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation ramps up, President Donald Trump’s allies have doubled down on claims that Mueller’s team is biased against him. Right-wing figures latched onto new reports last week that two investigators on Mueller’s team expressed views favoring former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. FBI veterans refute that characterization, […]

10 MAY

McDonald’s employee in Turkey splashes boiling water on Syrian boy for ‘disturbing customers’

Published time: 10 May, 2017 16:47 A female McDonald’s employee in Istanbul splashed boiling water on a Syrian refugee child who was allegedly “disturbing customers.” The fast food chain acknowledged the “unfortunate events,” calling them “unacceptable.” The incident happened at a McDonald’s restaurant in the tourist trap Nisantasi neighborhood of Istanbul. The victim was a […]