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Additional charges have been laid against an Auckland funeral director arrested last week amid the investigation into allegations of inappropriate handling of burials at a West Auckland cemetery.

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Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon who are calling for the government to stop oil and gas projects in their ...

Jeffrey Mackey, 38, and Alexis Nieves, 33, were charged with multiple counts including second-degree murder and conspiracy in the killings. Their two co-defendants, Steven Brown, the cousin of Malcolm ...

Scientists claimed to have discovered remarkable evidence that points to the 'soul' leaving the body when we die. A recent study looked into what happens with brain activity of clinically dead ...

“So that could be the near-death experience, or it could be the soul leaving the body, perhaps.” The anesthesiologist said the burst of activity called gamma synchrony — a type of brain wave ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us sick.

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