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FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT In an unexpected move, the World Health Organisation has praised North Korea for beating the coronavirus, with a reported zero cases, on par with it’s previous personal best in February which also featured zero reported cases. Despite the entirely believable claims from the country, some other countries have reacted with scepticism. US President Donald Trump even offered anti-epidemic assistance...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As British Royal Family enthusiasts freak out about Prince Charles' Covid-19 diagnosis, the UK press are frantically trying to figure out how to pin the blame on Meghan Markle. The 71-year-old reportedly contracted the coronavirus yesterday and is currently receiving the best medical treatment one could possibly get. However, while the Royal Family come to terms with how...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Greeting people in 2020 can be awkward enough: Do you bop fists? Go in for an elbow bump? or just give 'em the finger pistols. Throw COVID-19 in the mix and it's even trickier. Some people don't like being touched in general, but these kinds of personal space measures can be severely exaggerated during a global pandemic that has the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As of five days ago, The World Health Organisation has announced that COVID-19 is a pandemic. The situation is changing rapidly over the world, with more than 226,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world and more than 9,500 deaths. In Australia, there have been 709 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 6.30am this morning. That's up from 144 new cases since 6.30am yesterday. But that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Hundreds of thousands of people are now suffering from a new illness caused by watching celebrities assuming the public cares what they have to say during a national disaster. Not since the 2016 election of Donald Trump has the world experienced such a cringeworthy spectacle of self-importance from celebrities who feel the need to speak out. This comes as Hollywood...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is still recovering after learning that yet another boomer has unleashed a powerful copy/paste message to prevent Facebook from using their personal data or photos. The bombshell was dropped at this morning when retired insurance assessor Colleen Haenkel saw the viral message had been posted by a friend and quickly reposted it, thereby immediately granting her data...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Will many still claim that the Canberra Raiders should be the 2019 NRL Champions around Australia, in one distant part of the world that is in fact the case. A small village outside of Monrovia, the capital of the Western African nation of Liberia is that place on the map where the Raiders are the rightful champions of...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some slightly concerning entertainment news this morning, it has been confirmed that Brad Pitt is 56. This comes after the Hollywood star won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. The nod to the man who broke onto the screen all those years ago with that tight little...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In breaking news from the glitz and glamour of the 92nd Academy Awards, the man behind the viral video of a couple of blokes going fishing has come from nowhere to win the Oscar for Best Director. Despite not even being nominated in the category the man behind the 'Not Bhed' video from the Brown Cardigan production company,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the film industries A-Listers arrived on the red carpet at the 92nd annual Oscars ceremony, the female guests remained clench-jawed while the world judges what they are wearing and the male guests wore the same type of suits they always wear. However, for one Gold Coast-via Dalby former Neighbours star – It’s almost like she’s back at home,...