Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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World
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A British adventurer has completed a 28-year walking journey around the world, arriving at his childhood home after travelling some 50,000km (31,070 miles) across jungles, frozen seas and international borders.
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adventurer → complete → jungles
Karl Bushby, 57, was embraced by his mother, Angela, outside her terraced house in Hull, northern England, on Monday, beneath a banner reading “Welcome Home Son”.
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Bushby → embrace → banner
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Paul → condemn → Dubai
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players → say → run
Hundreds of cheering supporters had welcomed him in the city centre before he made the final stretch home.
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he → cheer → stretch
“Sorry to keep you waiting,” he joked to the crowd.
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he → keep → crowd
“Is that it, is it done?”
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it → do → ?
Bushby began what became known as his Goliath Expedition in Punta Arenas, southern Chile, in November 1998, carrying a tent, a few hundred dollars and a cheap plastic camera.
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what → begin → tent
His goal was to reach his home city by an unbroken route, without using motorised transport to advance his journey.
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goal → reach → journey
The route took him north through the Americas, across the ice of the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia, and onwards through Mongolia and China.
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route → take → Mongolia
He later swam across the Caspian Sea before continuing towards Europe.
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He → swim → Europe
Along the way, he negotiated the dense jungle of the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, was detained after entering Russia, and faced repeated visa and funding problems.
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he → negotiate → problems
The global financial crisis in 2008 cost him major sponsors, adding to delays that stretched what he had expected to be a 12-year journey into 28 years.
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he → cost → years
Last month, he finally swam across the English Channel, clearing the last major obstacle before beginning the final walk home.
“They say it takes a village, but literally it took a world to get me here,” he said as he arrived in Hull.
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he → swim → Hull
I didn’t do this alone.
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I → do → this
A feature-length documentary about his journey is in production, while Bushby plans to begin a speaking tour around England in the coming weeks.
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Bushby → plan → weeks
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