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Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Everyone’s talking about World War 1, Smyths toy store and the young boy who died in a farm accident.

IRELAND

90351151 President Higgins and Sabina at the WW1 Commemorations in Liege and Mons, Belgium with the Duke of Cambridge Fennell Photography Fennell Photography

INTERNATIONAL 

Mideast Bahrain Gaza A Bahraini child holds a poster with Arabic that reads, children of Gaza, Gaza: A Zionist aggression and an Arab conspiracy, during a rally in support of Gaza. Associated Press Associated Press

#GAZA: An 8-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by an Israeli air strike minutes into an Israeli-declared ceasefire.

#CHINA: Almost 400 people were killed by an earthquake in China yesterday, the response is being hampered by aftershocks and landslides.

#MAGALUF: The party destination is trying to clean up its act. The bar where the infamous video was taken has been closed for a year.

INNOVATION

  • Have you ever wondered why you feel like you’re falling in your sleep? Here’s the theories.
  • You can now send your dead pet into space if you fancy … turns out a company has been doing this with humans for years and the service just expanded. [Geek.com]  

PARTING SHOT 

The 100 year anniversary of World War 1 is being commemorated tonight.

Here’s how many British soldiers died during the war – with a poppy for each one of them.

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