13-ton shipment of human hair seized in the US
A 13-ton shipment of beauty products such as weaves suspected to have been made out of human hair has been seized by US Customs and Border Protection in New York. CNN
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Quarantine hotel sex scandal linked to coronavirus outbreak in Australian city of Melbourne
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British citizenship offered to three million Hong Kong residents following controversial security laws
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Double injury blow for Highlanders
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US buys nearly all of COVID-19 drug remdesivir
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Italian Police seize the largest drug haul in the world
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Police arrest Peni Nakarawa who had escaped from a Police vehicle while being escorted to Suva from Lautoka yesterday
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