A young man (name withheld) in China was rushed to hospital in the middle of the night after noticing his rectum had fallen out of his body. He told doctors that he had been using his mobile phone while on the toilet for over half an hour trying to poo. When they went to check him out, they found a massive lump measuring 16cm long sticking out of his anus. The man underwent gastro-intestinal surgery at The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Zhongshan, southeast China, last Sunday,…
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Turkey jails U.S. scientist
A scientist who works for U.S. space agency NASA was sentenced to jail in Turkey, for having link with an Islamic cleric that planned to topple Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration. Dogan news agency reported on Friday that Serkan Golge, a dual U.S.-Turkish national, was sent to prison for seven-and-a-half years. The U.S. State Department condemned the verdict. The 37-year-old was convicted of having links to Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Islamic cleric. The Turkish government blames Gulen for orchestrating the 2016 failed military coup, charges the cleric denies. Golge was arrested…
Read MoreTrump’s speechwriter Sorensen resigns
Two days after a White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter left his position, another staff, this time, a speechwriter, David Sorensen, is resigning amid domestic abuse allegations. The cause of Sorensen’s exit is similar to that of Porter whom ex-wives accused of physically abusing them. “Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last night that there were allegations,” said Raj Shah, principal deputy secretary. “We immediately confronted the staffer, he denied the allegations and he resigned today.” Sorensen, a well-known GOP operative in Maine, worked as a senior…
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