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Trump says ISIS leader al-Baghdadi died 'whimpering and crying and screaming' after trying to escape through a dead-end tunnel and igniting a suicide vest which killed three children President Trump gave a graphic description of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi following a US raid in Syria. Trump said Baghdadi tried to escape down a dead-end tunnel before detonating a suicide vest.

How Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose from a radical religious scholar to the brutal leader of the most powerful terrorist group in the world President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US Special Forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State, during a raid in the Idlib province of Syria on Saturday.

I flew home from Sydney, Australia, to New York with a stop in LA. It made me miss the 20-hour nonstop flight I took on my way there. Qantas recently completed the first nonstop flight between New York and Sydney, dubbed "Project Sunrise," and Business Insider was on board. For the flight back, I had a very different experience - flying in coach on Qantas' one-stop from Sydney to New York, via Los Angeles.

The long journey of the world's first floating hotel – which was built for Australia but ended up in North Korea and now may be torn down by Kim Jong-un The world's first floating hotel, which used to be in Townsville, is facing renovations after it was criticised by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Adam Neumann was reportedly too busy surfing in the Maldives to return to New York to go over WeWork's disastrous IPO paperwork, so he flew an employee out to brief him WeWork cofounder and former CEO Adam Neumann once had an employee come to the Maldives to talk about IPO paperwork so he wouldn't have to cut a surfing trip short, The Wall Street Journal reported.

'Bro science' debunked: You don't need to pound protein right after a workout to maximise muscle gains Conventional wisdom says that in order to maximise your muscle-building efforts in the gym, you need to eat protein within one hour of your last rep.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is the first foldable phone coming to Australia for $2999 – and the company has made significant changes to the construction Samsung will release its Galaxy Fold phone in Australia on Wednesday, October 30 for a cool $2999. The foldable phone, which faced serious problems when it was originally released in the US in April, is the first "fold" phone to hit the market.

Kurt Cobain's iconic 'Unplugged' unwashed cardigan sold for a record-breaking $334,000 The green cardigan Kurt Cobain wore for Nirvana's famous "MTV Unplugged" appearance in 1993 sold at auction for $US334,000, making it the most expensive sweater auction of all time.

The universe is expanding faster than scientists thought, a study confirms — a 'crisis in cosmology' that could require a 'new physics' The universe is expanding faster than scientists predicted, a finding that has created what one astrophysicist calls "the crisis in cosmology." A new study confirmed this dilemma using new telescope technology and data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

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