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World's highest paid rugby player

Charles Pitau, a former All-Black, will very soon be the highest paid rugby player in the world! Pitau, a fullback, has signed a two year deal with an English club called Bristol, the contract lasts 2018 and 2019 and is for a staggering amount of $1.78 Million per year! I myself think that this is a major amount of money for one player and he must be pretty good at his job to get that amount. However I also think that is a pretty overkill amount.

Info sourced from Kiwikids News

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8 Year old climbs Kilamanjaro

8 year old Roxy Getter has become the youngest girl to ever climb Kilimanjaro. Roxy and her family, including her 10 year old brother, from the USA climbed the mountain during their holiday in Tanzania. Sometimes I wonder why people do this, I think that many people would see climbing Kilimanjaro as fun, but I just see them as INSANE! I would definitely not climb Kilimanjaro

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Two teenagers rescued from catacombs

Yesterday on the 19th of June two teenagers were rescued from the catacombs beneath Paris after getting lost. These catacombs are over 250 kilometres long but only 2 kilometres are open to the public, the teenagers were stuck in the tunnels for three days and no-one has ever been stuck in the 2 kilometres of the tunnel before and as well as having been stuck in there for so long they both had hypothermia. I think that they are kind of stupid seeing that no-one has ever got lost before and that they wouldn't have brought anything such as a phone to contact anyone.

Info sourced from kiwikids news 

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Man Jailed for 35 years for Facebook posts

A man from Thailand was jailed for 35 years after insulting the  Thai monarchy through Facebook. The law in Thailand states that you are not allowed to insult ultra-rich monarchy. The man got a jail time of ten years per offence, the original sentence was seventy years but was cut down after he confessed to posting the comments. This is one of the most serious punishments ever for insulting the Thai monarchy. Personally, I think that punishment was a bit harsh seeing that it was only a Facebook post. Does the Thai monarchy even know about it? If they did I'm sure that they would get him released, that is way too harsh as a punishment!


Info sourced from kiwi kids news

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Global Ransomware Attacks 

Recently a ransomware was released on the world, this ransomware which demands about NZD $430 in bitcoin currency has been reported in 74 countries including New Zealand. The virus (WannaCry) has so seriously affected the computers in the UK that the hospitals have been forced to cancel appointments and turn away surgeries.

I am very sad and worried about this ransomware, I hope that it doesn't affect New Zealand too badly and I am very sad for all the countries that have been affected.

Info sourced from kiwikids news

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Man Smuggles 600000 eels  into a Plane

On March the 9th 2017 a man in Heathrow decided to try and smuggle 600000 live endangered glass eels into Hong Kong via plane. The man's secret stash of eels was found under a pile of fish that was on it's way to Hong Kong, these eels are a delicacy in Asia, and the total weight of the eels (200kg) would've had a value of up to 2.1 million dollars on the black market. 

I am glad that the border security arrested the man because otherwise he would've sold the eels and got away with further endangering the species. 

I wonder why people like to eat those eels when they could eat any type of other eel.

Info sourced from Kiwi Kids News