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Saudi Arabia slams ‘foreign interference’ in Sudan after deadly RSF attacks
Imagine you have a big box of crayons. You and your friends are drawing peacefully, but then some kids from another room come in and start throwing cr...
Kurt & Suda51 Gotcha Covered (Sorry Lucy)
Imagine you have a box of crayons (those are your video games) and one of the crayons is super special because it's made by a famous artist (that's Su...
Suicide bombing at Islamabad mosque kills 31 people
Imagine if someone decided to bring a big, dangerous firework into a peaceful place where people go to feel safe and happy, like a birthday party. Ins...
Trump Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Will “Knock Out the Fake News,” FCC Chair Says “Let’s Get It Done”
Imagine if you have two big boxes of crayons. One box is called Nexstar and the other is called Tegna. Now, these two boxes want to combine into one s...
GOG is already working on native Linux support
Imagine you have a box of crayons, but this box only works well with certain coloring books. Now, GOG (a company that gives us games to play on our co...
33 TikTok-Famous Beauty Products It’s Officially Time For You To Try
Imagine you have a magic box that shows you all the coolest toys. Now, everyone at school is talking about a few special toys that everyone seems to l...
Australia's opposition coalition reunites after row over hate-speech laws
Imagine you have a favorite puzzle, but one day, you and your friend have a disagreement on where a piece should go, so your friend decides to stop pl...
What we know about the massive sewage leak in the Potomac River
Imagine if your bathtub overflowed, but instead of clean water, it was all the yucky stuff from the toilet. Now picture this happening near a very big...
Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
Imagine you're playing a game of tag in the playground, and suddenly, while running around, you bump your head super hard on a low branch because some...
Japanese people brave snow to vote in snap election
Imagine it’s a super snowy day, and you want to build a snowman, but instead, you have to go out and pick the leader of your snowman building team. ...
Uber ordered to pay $8.5m over claim driver raped passenger
Imagine if you had a box of crayons and one crayon broke while you were using it. You might tell the people who made the crayons that it wasn’t supp...
Trump’s racist post, briefly explained
Imagine if someone in your class drew a mean picture of another student and then showed it to everyone, making some people upset and others uncomforta...
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