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Rio Ferdinand steps up his intensive boxing training

Rio Ferdinand is priming himself for his boxing debut early next year – and the former Manchester United defender appears to be feeling the strain as his training steps up.




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Lil' Kim calls out hater for dissing her tight latex suit

Lil' Kim wasn't afraid to speak the truth after some people made fun of the star for having 'belly rolls' while wearing a skintight suit to the annual Hot For The Holidays concert in New Jersey on Sunday.




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Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend shares family holiday card

Posted by his 22-year-old girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez, footballer Cristiano looked delighted to be ringing in his first Christmas with his new family of four children.




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Anthony Joshua ready to 'rock and roll' with Tyson Fury

Current heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is ready to 'rock and roll' with Tyson Fury whenever the former champion wants to get in the ring with him. Fury has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko.




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Majorca hotel jacuzzi is source of Legionnaires' disease

A outdoor hot tub near a hotel in the Palmanova area of Majorca has been blamed for an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that left one man dead and affected 19 other Brits.




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Ex-Australia captain Kim Hughes slams 'pathetic' England

Former Australia captain Kim Hughes has blasted England's approach to dismissing Steve Smith in the third Ashes Test at the WACA, saying 'all the backroom staff should be sacked.'




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Modi and the BJP score nailbiting victory in Gujarat

Despite earlier fears about traders supposedly irate over GST, demonetisation and anti-incumbency after 22 years of rule upsetting the BJP applecart in the state, Modi led his party to a nailbiting win.




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Meteor missile deal to win back India's aerial supremacy

India has bought a package of the European Meteor missiles along with the Rafales and may prove to be game changers due to their striking capability of close to 150 km, said security forces sources.




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BJP may have won Gujarat, but Congress is not a loser

Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should take heart in the fight back against odds and prepare for 2019, writes V Narasimhan.




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Rahul Gandhi 'silences his most bitter critics'

The poll results in Gujarat might have fallen way short of the Congress party's expectations but its new chief Rahul Gandhi seems geared up for the marathon ahead with further polls next year.




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Belgium appoints first female ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Diplomat Dominique Mineur will move to Riyhad to head up the embassy from next year in a 'clear signal' to Saudi officials despite the Gulf kingdom's shocking women's rights record.




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Plane goes into roll after take-off in Russian Arctic

A video caught the chilling failure of Antonov TBC-2MC which suddenly dives in the town of Naryan-Mar in the Russian Arctic. The pilot lost control soon after take-off this morning.




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Matt Damon reflects on being rejected in Hollywood

He's one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars.




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Thai boy has lived in home-made cage for five years

Single father Chamnan Duangjan, 38, said son cakked Porrames developed behaviour problems after he suffered a severe head injury aged just four in 2012 in Krabi, Thailand.




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Sandra Bullock assembles crew in first Ocean's 8 trailer

The first full-length trailer for Ocean's Eight dropped on Tuesday and the film already looks like a load of fun and glamor. In it, we see Sandra Bullock's character Debbie Ocean assemble her crew.




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HR McMaster: US can't coexist with nuclear North Korea

H.R. McMaster's warning followed President Donald Trump's declaration on Monday that the United States would take 'all necessary' steps to denuclearize Kim Jong-Un's North Korea.




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China 'stepping up its preparations for war with Taiwan'

Last week the Chinese jets carried out what was described as 'island encirclement patrols' around Taiwan and state media showed pictures of bombers armed with cruise missiles.




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Pregnant mother is forced to give birth in field in India

Eight months pregnant Samarwati Devi, 24 from Madhya Pradesh, central India went to hospital on Monday fearing an early labour. But reportedly doctors said the baby had died.




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Zac Efron admits he isn't ashamed of his mistakes

He completed a stint in rehab in 2013 and later admitted to drinking 'way too much'.




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Yale says superhumans immune to cold could be a reality

Researchers at Yale University in Connecticut have found that a mechanism in the brain of all mammals could hold the key to cold immune superhumans in the future.




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Acrobat flaunts her flexibility and gets a peck from bear

Austrian contortionist Stefanie Millinger showed off her incredible skills with the help of her assistant, a brown bear called Stephan. Stephanie was a finalist for 'Das Supertalent' in Germany.




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Kim Jong-un 'executes' another official over launch delay

The unnamed executive allegedly took responsibility for setbacks at the Punggye-ri nuclear base in North Korea which led to the date of a rocket launch being pushed back.




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ISIS supporters threaten New Year's Eve attack with poster

Two armed terrorists are making their way through a murky underpass holding multiple weapons on the billboard-type banner which carries the slogan: 'Wait for us on your year parties.'




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Satish Acharya on... BJP Gujarat losses

Satish Acharya on... BJP Gujarat losses.




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Why government medical body isn't in good health

The Government's decision to establish a National Medical Commission (NMC) to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) has come at the most appropriate juncture.




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Magenta line train crashes into wall days before launch

Six days before Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) Magenta line's take-off, the 'driverless' train crashed through a wall at Kalindi Kunj depot on Tuesday.




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Watchdog pulls up food standards body

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up food regulator FSSAI for recklessly issuing licences to food businesses without complete documents and questioned quality testing.




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Congress looks to local state leadership

After being reduced to four states in the country, the Congress party under its new chief Rahul Gandhi is set to first focus on rebuilding state organisations before strategising.




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Doctors take on Kejriwal over Delhi hospital bed blocking

Last week, the AAP-led Delhi government passed an order to reserve half of the beds available at its GB Pant Hospital for the residents of the national Capital requiring specialised treatments.




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AirAsia outfits 'too revealing' say Malaysian lawmakers

The uniforms of air stewardesses for AirAsia and Firefly could arouse passengers as they are 'too revealing', according to a Senator Abdullah Mat Yasim in Malaysian Parliament yesterday.




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Rebecca Dykes' friend reveals her agony of suggesting bar

Reporter Bethan McKernan said she had recommended a bar that Ms Dykes, 30, visited before she was abducted in the Lebanese capital, Beirut on Friday night.




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What China can teach us on research

Beijing has a medium and long-term programme which aims at transforming China into an 'innovation-oriented society' by 2020; the plan defines China's leading-edge technologies.




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Survey reveals 55.6% of Delhi-NCR cabbies drive drunk

Party-goers are always advised not to 'drink and drive' and to use a cab or taxi to return home safe. But going by the shocking findings of a survey, even that may not save you from accidents.




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Woman gives birth to baby from embryo frozen for 24 years

Emma Wren was conceived and frozen 24 years ago in 1992. Tina Gibson, born in 1991, adopted the embryo this year. The embryo was thawed and Emma was born last month.




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Four men arrested on suspicion of terror attacks

Specialist counter terrorism police officers arrested three men, aged 22, 36 and 41, at addresses in Sheffield and a 31-year-old man at an address in Chesterfield.




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Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh

Eyewitnesses said they heard a blast in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, at about 10.50am yesterday morning - shortly before the scheduled unveiling of the kingdom's budget.




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Selena Gomez's mum 'hospitalized over Justin Bieber'

Selena Gomez, 25, happily cheered on her man Justin Bieber, 23, as she watched him play a game of ice hockey in Los Angeles on Monday.




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Lewis Hamilton's personalised Ferrari shown off by friend

Lewis Hamilton may be receiving a phone call from disgruntled Mercedes chiefs soon, after images of his personalised La Ferrari made their way online.




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Premier League striker special - big six attacks compared

Manchester City are heading into Christmas all guns blazing as they rack up the goals at an astonishing rate. Sportsmail assesses the front four of each side of the top six.




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Brit whose dad was kidnapped by North Korea wants release

Cecilia O’Hare, 48, from Coventry, was just three months old when her father Hwang Won boarded a flight from north-east South Korea to the capital Seoul on December 11, 1969.




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Watford striker Troy Deeney set for four-match suspension

Watford striker Troy Deeney will serve a four-match suspension after an appeal against his red card in last weekend's 4-1 defeat to Huddersfield Town proved unsuccessful.




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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas visit Taj Mahal

The actress, 48, had a picture-perfect moment with her family as she enjoyed a dream come true day visiting the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra on Tuesday.




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Chloe Grace Moretz cuts a trendy figure in LA

Chloe Moretz looked in high spirits as she enjoyed the company of a female pal for a day out in Los Angeles on Monday.




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Father Christmas letter after dog stolen from Kent home

Two-year-old Edward Latter wrote a heartbreaking letter to Santa pleading for the safe return of his dog which was swiped by thieves after escaping from his home in Kent.




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FIFA cast doubt over using Ligue 1 GLT at World Cup

FIFA says it has been informed of glitches in the 2014 World Cup goal-line technology system during games in France.




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Brexit & Beyond: Corporate Europe’s ‘Unbearable’ Brexit Uncertainty

To subscribe to the newsletter, please sign up here MUST READS Corporate Europe Faces ‘Unbearable’ Uncertainty Over U.K. Exit: British Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to get U.K. parliamentary approval for a deal to split the country from the European Union adds significant pressure on continental companies as they plan for the now greater possibility of an […]




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Brexit & Beyond: EU Examines Tariffs on Industrial Goods

To subscribe to the newsletter, please sign up here MUST READS EU Examines Tariffs on Industrial Goods: The European Union unveiled its opening bid for trade talks with the U.S., outlining a narrow goal of slashing tariffs on industrial goods that sets the bloc on a collision course with President Trump. EU Nations Set to Snub Washington’s […]




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Brexit & Beyond: May Offers Little New On Leaving EU

To subscribe to the newsletter, please sign up here MUST READS After Brexit Defeat, May Offers Little New on Leaving EU: After a humbling rebellion by her own party against her Brexit deal and several days of consulting lawmakers across the British Parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May laid out her new plan for leaving the European Union. […]




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Brexit & Beyond: Brexit Delays Entice Sterling Investors

To subscribe to the newsletter, please sign up here MUST READS Brexit Delays Entice Sterling Investors to Rejoin the Market: The British pound has become more appealing to some investors as they bet that the probability of extending the Brexit negotiating period, or a second referendum on the U.K.’s divorce from the European Union, is becoming more […]




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Brexit & Beyond: ECB Worries Over Economy Mount, But Stands Pat on Rates

MUST READS ECB Keeps Rates on Hold as Europe’s Outlook Darkens: European Central Bank President Mario Draghi opened the door to new stimulus measures as the bank stood pat on interest rates, warning that economic risks are mounting. Europe’s Political Funk Sets Back Its Economy: Europe seems stuck, its economic recovery running out of steam and its […]