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'Controversial' North Korean invasion setting for next Call of Duty game
Imagine you have a big, colorful box of crayons. Each crayon is a different color and you decide to draw a picture of a place you've never visited but...
Morgan Wallen Overturns Piano Amid Technical Difficulties During Live Show
Imagine you're playing your favorite video game, but suddenly, your controller isn't working right. You keep pressing the jump button, but nothing hap...
Oscar-winning Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas dies aged 80
Imagine you have a giant box of puzzle pieces, and you need to put them all together to make a beautiful picture; that's what Marcia Lucas did, but wi...
Former M&S boss drafted in to help ministers tackle NEET crisis
Imagine you have a box of crayons, but some of them aren't coloring because they don’t know how to get out of the box and onto the paper. The govern...
All missing victims recovered in Washington paper mill explosion
Imagine a paper mill is like a giant kitchen where instead of cooking food, they make paper. Now, imagine if something went wrong in the kitchen, like...
Sturgeon tells BBC: I'm serving a sentence for crime I didn't commit
Imagine you're playing a game of tag, but instead of tagging someone, someone says you stole a cookie from the cookie jar when you didn’t. That’s ...
Another New Biome Is Coming To Minecraft This Fall
Imagine Minecraft as a giant digital playground where you can build and explore different kinds of places, like forests, deserts, and even snowy areas...
How to watch Germany vs. Finland online for free
Imagine you really want to watch your favorite cartoon, but it's only on a channel you don't have. Now, what if your neighbor, who is super nice, lets...
Record-breaking heatwave gives way to cooler temperatures across UK
Imagine you've been running around in the playground under the hot sun, getting all sweaty and tired. Suddenly, a gentle breeze starts to blow, and yo...
Ebola spread in DR Congo 'deeply alarming', MSF warns
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Abolishing patient watchdog leaves NHS 'marking own homework', councils warn
Imagine you just finished painting a picture. You think it's the best picture ever because you made it, right? Now, usually, you'd show it to someone ...
Drones are changing the face of warfare, including battlefield medicine
Imagine you have a bunch of toy helicopters or drones flying around in your backyard. Now, suppose these drones could help you figure out where your l...
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