Ten Things of Yip and Yanny

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1. A widely shared audio clip has divided the internet into two warring tribes - those who hear "yanny" and those who hear "laurel".
2. The word "yanny" has been given the definition of "a word or phrase capable of distracting the internet for 24 hours" after the audio clip went viral.
3. In the UK, BAME is a term used by politicians and the media for black, Asian and minority ethnic people. Those who come under the label think it should be ditched, however.
4. Volunteers helping people who are struggling to cope advise using short words of encouragement, which the Samaritans refer to in training as "verbal cuddles".
5. Some teens engage in "digital self-harm" - the act of secretly trolling or sending yourself hurtful messages online.
6. Front-line officers in remote, rural communities could be routinely armed in order to deal with terror threats, police chiefs in England have said.
7. Gina Haspel has paved the way for her confirmation as new CIA director, after repudiating torture tactics used in the past on Muslims.
8. US President Donald Trump has officially disclosed his reimbursement to his lawyer, who paid a porn star to hush up her claims of an affair.
9. A US man died when a vape pen blew up and projected fragments into his skull, a post-mortem examination has found.
10. The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly hard to control.

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