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New Year's Day Quake Hits Japan, US Teens Beat Tetris Record, Luke Littler's Rise to Darts World Championship
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Japan's devastating start to the new year with a 7.6-magnitude earthquake, Willis Gibson from Oklohoma was crowned the first person to beat the game of Tetris, and 16-year-old Luke Littler emerged runner-up, losing the world championship to the No. 1 darts player in a thrilling finale. All this and more on this week's episode.
Stories from December 29th to January 5th. Read by Jashan Jegasothy.
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02:26|Andrew Braugher passes away at 61 after battling lung cancer; floods in Northern Kenya displace 600,000 people; and tons of fish wash ashore in Japan. All this and more on this week's episode.Stories from December 8th to 15th. Read by Jashan Jegasothy.Taylor Swift Named Time's Person of the Year, Indonesian Volcano Eruption Claims 22 Lives, Leaning Tower of Pisa on High Alert, and more
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03:14|The situation in Dublin City Center escalates after a knife attack that left a 5-year-old severely injured and hostages released in Gaza on the first day of the truce. Taylor Swift postpones her concert in Rio following the death of a 23-year-old fan amid rising temperatures. All this and more on this week's episode.Stories from November 17th to 25th. Read by Jashan Jegasothy.Omegle Shuts Down After 14 Years, 40 Trapped in Indian Tunnel, Nepal Gov. Bans TikTok, and more
02:34|Popular live video chat platform Omegle shuts down after 14 years due to financial and psychological strain, says its founder; 40 workers in Uttarakhand, India, are trapped in a collapsed road tunnel; the Nepali government bans Tik Tok to preserve social harmony; and more in this week's episode.Stories from November 10th to 17th. Read by Jashan Jegasothy.Firenado Hits Australia's Northern Territory, Bangladesh Garment Workers Strike, Temporary Ceasefire in North Gaza, and more
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