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IShowSpeed health status: Social media icon collapsed on livestream after 12 hours of intense streaming on Caribbean tour

Popular YouTuber and livestreamer IShowSpeed scared fans after he appeared to pass out during a live stream in St. Maarten. The incident happened during his ongoing Caribbean tour, where he has been streaming from multiple countries. A short video clip quickly went viral on social media, showing the 21-year-old looking extremely tired before collapsing while people nearby rushed to help him.

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2 Hongkongers penalised as new public vaping ban takes effect

At least two Hong Kong residents have been penalised for vaping in Admiralty as health authorities begin enforcing a new law banning the public use of alternative tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. “We will issue penalty tickets without warning, and step up publicity in high-traffic areas such as business districts,” Head of Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office Dr Manny Lam Man-chung said, stressing that the new...

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India overtakes England to become Australia’s largest migrant group

Indians are now Australia’s largest migrant group, supplanting the English for the first time ever, in a change that highlights the rise of immigration as an increasingly contentious political issue. Some 971,020 people in Australia – or 5.2 per cent of the population – were born in India, narrowly surpassing the 970,950 born in England, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The England-bo...

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IShowSpeed health status: Social media icon collapsed on livestream after 12 hours of intense streaming on Caribbean tour

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India overtakes England to become Australia’s largest migrant group

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Video game-loving China monk defends hobby, says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes

A senior monk in China has attracted widespread social media attention for enthusiastically playing electronic games. Venerable Huayan, from Mingjiao Temple in Hefei in central Anhui province, has been a Buddhist monk fo...

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Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper join RFA’s board of directors

RFA, a private nonprofit, today announced the additions of Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper to its corporate board of directors.

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