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Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3bn towards curing all diseases

The two founders of the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative pledged more than $3 billion toward a plan to cure, prevent or manage all disease within our childrens lifetime. Investments will include a bioscience research centre, called the Biohub, and plans for a chip to diagnose diseases, continuous bloodstream monitoring and a map of cell types in the body. Sep 22, 2016

Labour leadership: Owen Smith questions Jeremy Corbyn over Momentum

During the final Labour leadership hustings of the campaign, challenger Owen Smith questions Jeremy Corbyn over the Labour group Momentum and plans to deselect Labour MPs that were not Corbyn supporters. The Pro-Jeremy Corbyn group, Momentum, has also announced plans to launch a nationwide political network for children. Sep 19, 2016

Treasure hunters build replica Nazi gold train after failing to find the real one

After a year-long hunt for an alleged Nazi gold train hidden in secret tunnels in the Sudeten Moutains in Poland, treasure hunters have built their own one instead. 12 meters high and weighing more than 9 tons, the replica locomotive took four months to build and three more carriages are yet to be added. During the Nazi occupation of Poland tunnels were supposedly built to hide military hardware and treasure, and although the tunnels exist, radar hasnt detected a secret Nazi gold train. Sep 19, 2016

Flying presidential nominees zoom over California beach

Flying motorised replicas of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fly through the air in Southern California on 15 September. The creator of the replicas, Otto Dieffenbach, says that they are not political but for enjoyement and promotion of his business. Hillary Clinton is portrayed as a witch on broom, where as Trump flies over dropping money on passers-by. Sep 16, 2016
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