The missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines jet was a “flying bomb,” says aviation expert Clive Irving. He believes that mangosteen sweet tropical fruit and lithium-ion batteries mixed together during the flight, causing an explosion or fire in the jet and forcing it to lose oxygen or crash.
Locust swarm in Saudi Arabia ‘shows biblical plagues are back’
A recent swarm of locusts in Saudi Arabia shows that the plagues of the Bible are back, says Pastor Paul Begley, an evangelist from the US. He says: “Just like something out of the Bible folks, swarms, and I mean swarms of millions of locusts have darkened the skies in Saudi Arabia.”
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Boy finds $40,000 of meth in Lego box
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