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5 Things Your Android Phone Can Do That'll Make Your Apple Fanboy Friend Super Jealous




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5 Ravi Shastri Controversies That His Die-Hard Fans Would Probably Want To Forget




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5 Home Exercises That Are Keeping Badminton Ace Ashwini Ponnappa Fit During Lockdown




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5 Bollywood Child Stars We Forgot About & Where Are They Now In Life




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5 Dance Moves Made Popular By Salman Khan Which Prove Sometimes Even ‘Pappu Can Dance Saala’




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6 Less-known And Fascinating Facts About The Titanic That Will Blow Your Mind




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7 Phones From The 2000s We All Owned At Some Point Because Of Their Cool Designs




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How Chinese Docs Finding COVID-19 In Semen Of Patients Means It Could Be Sexually Transmitted




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YouTuber CarryMinati’s Roast Destroys TikToker Amir Siddiqui & Desi Twitter Says ‘Boht Hard’




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Criminal’s Fart Gets Him Arrested & It’s As If Chulbul Pandey’s ‘Itne Ched’ Threat Has Come True




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David Warner’s Dance On Tamil Song ‘Inji Idupazhagi’ Is Cool But His ‘Lungi’ Is The Killer Here




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CarryMinati Closes In On YouTube Records After Savage TikTok Roast & The Numbers Just Keep Rising




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5 Bollywood Horror Movies That Are As Scary As Anything That Hollywood Has To Offer




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TV Academy reiterates rule change making Oscar-nominated movies ineligible for Emmys


The TV Academy made the alteration in March in an attempt to limit documentaries from catapulting from the Oscar stage to the Emmy podium.




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How an elite cross-trainer is helping ballet dancers stay fit


Joel Prouty, who works with many of New York’s most elite dancers, is in high demand, both because of and despite the coronavirus pandemic.




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Billie Eilish to host Apple Music radio show with her father


“me & dad radio,” will see the duo spin their favourite songs and intergenerational deep cuts and talk about the music that shaped their lives.




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David Bergen on pandemic reading: ‘The stories are not about the plague and death, but about life’


Giller Prize-winning author David Bergen, whose latest book is “Here’s The Dark,” muses on pandemic reading




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Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ documentary highlights hard-working Chicago student


The former first lady returned to her alma mater, Chicago’s Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, in November 2018 as part of her cross-country tour to promote her “Becoming” memoir, hosting an intimate discussion with 20 female students.




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Soundgarden members accuse Chris Cornell’s widow of withholding funds from 2019 benefit concert


The Seattle rock icons filed a countersuit Wednesday accusing Vicky Cornell of withholding money raised through a star-studded benefit concert held last year in the late singer’s honour, instead using it for personal purposes — an accusation Cornell denies.




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Buju Banton calls new single with John Legend ‘special’ a decade after first collaboration


Reggae king Buju Banton and R&B star John Legend released the easygoing love song “Memories” on Friday.




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Carlos Bunga’s ‘Occupy’ — art that keeps us apart while bringing us together


Bunga’s MOCA exhibit is the first piece of art in a series featuring one piece of art we can share and enjoy together each week




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Vinay Menon: How can I ever mow the lawn after Queen’s Brian May badly injured his buttocks while gardening?


The COVID-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reprioritize, writes Vinay Menon. And if one of my childhood heroes is now coping with mangled butt cheeks from a yard mishap, isn’t that a divine sign to shun the Greenworks tools in my shed until further notice?




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Heritage department outlines distribution of $500 million of arts and culture COVID-19 support


Nearly $327 million will be handed out by the heritage department in the initial stages, while the remainder will be “assessed based on needs.”




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Little Richard, flamboyant and legendary rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87


Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s founding fathers who helped shatter the colour line on the music charts, joining Chuck Berry and Fats Domino in bringing what was once called “race music” into the mainstream.




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Two 'warrior women' from ancient Mongolia may have helped inspire the Ballad of Mulan

An ancient Mongolian cemetery held the remains of two 'warrior women.'




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Viral story of 'drunk elephants' in China is adorable ... and false. Here's what really happened.

Photos of allegedly "drunken elephants" quickly went viral on Twitter. But the elephants weren't drunk, they were just resting, officials said.




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Coronavirus outbreak: Live updates

Among the top coronavirus news out today are: The FDA has given approval to biotech company Moderna to begin the next phase of testing on its coronavirus vaccine and Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary tests positive for the coronavirus.




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Amazing images: The best science photos of the week

Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.




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Canada's trade deficit widens to $1.4B in March as exports and imports fall to lowest levels in years

Canada's trade deficit widened to more than $1.4 billion in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged down both imports and exports to their lowest levels in years.




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Anxious about COVID-19 and returning to work? Here's what you need to know

With more businesses reopening, some employees are anxious about going back to work, worried their health could be at risk and wondering if they have any rights not to return. Here's what you need to know about your employment obligations if you are called back to work and any recourse you may have.




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Shopify surges past Royal Bank for title of most valuable company in Canada

Shares in Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. surged on Wednesday after the company said more and more businesses are signing up for the its online selling platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Bombardier starts gradual resumption of manufacturing, reports Q1 loss

Bombardier Inc. said it has started the gradual resumption of manufacturing operations at both its aircraft and rail operations that had been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it reported a loss of $200 million US in its first quarter.




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Like giant ice cream trucks, supermarkets on wheels get ready to roll into the neighbourhood

Shoppers tired of waiting in line outside a supermarket, or trying to secure a slot with one of the overbooked grocery delivery apps, have new options to bring groceries home. Startups and established companies alike are eager to offer Canadians fresh alternatives during the COVID-19 lockdown and beyond.




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Another 3 million Americans filed for jobless benefits last week

Some 3.1 million Americans filed for government jobless benefits in the week ended May 2, bringing the total number of newly unemployed people since the pandemic began to more than 33 million.




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CPP-owned retailer Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy

Neiman Marcus, the 112-year-old storied luxury department store chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic.




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U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April

The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the coronavirus pandemic is battering the world's biggest economy.




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Federal COVID-19 Indigenous business relief still leaves 'critical gaps,' says financial organization

A First Nations financial organization in the Atlantic region is voicing concern over the exclusion of band-owned, non-taxable businesses in federal financial relief programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Postmedia seeks at least $20.3M in coronavirus-related emergency wage subsidies

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. expects to qualify for at least $20.3 million in COVID-related emergency wage subsidies from the federal government, the owner of Canada's largest newspaper chain said Friday.




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Telco customer sees internet bill more than triple during pandemic — and she's not alone

Customers who rely on cellular connections to access the internet say they're being hit with unfair overage fees when many are required to work and study from home. They want better price breaks and say promises to beef up high-speed access outside major cities haven’t resulted in action.




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Go out with a bang

Say farewell to a tumultuous 2016 and welcome in a New Year by soaking up the festive and fun atmosphere around Cairns.




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Head to the beaches for NYE

THE weather bureau has a message for Far Northerners wanting the best chance at avoiding any rain this New Year’s Eve.




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Big year to play host

AFTER a lull over the Christmas period, live entertainment ramps up in Cairns this month.




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Waifs celebrate 25 years with Cairns concert

LONG-RUNNING Australian outfit The Waifs are coming to Cairns as part of celebrations marking 25 years as a band.




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Apple’s biggest product since the iPhone

APPLE could be set to make its biggest new product announcement since the iPhone, with the company believed to be working on a game changer.




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Airborne particle levels plummet in Northern India

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
On March 25, 2020, the Indian government placed its 1.3 billion citizens under a strict lockdown to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The country-wide mandate decreased activity at factories and severely reduced car, bus, truck, and airplane traffic. After just a week of reduced human activities, NASA satellite sensors observed aerosol levels at a 20-year low for this time of year i




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No last goodbye for Gulf migrant workers lost to pandemic

Dubai UAE (AFP) Apr 24, 2020
The body of the Indian migrant who died from coronavirus far from home was kept inside the ambulance in front of the crematorium in case a friend came by for a last goodbye. But nearly an hour later no one had appeared, and the workers in protective suits had to carry out their grim task. In silence, the four men carefully moved the body, wrapped in a white plastic bag, to a furnace




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Large scale survey telescope to be built in northwest China

Xining, China (XNA) Apr 24, 2020
Chinese experts will build a survey telescope with wide field and high resolution in Lenghu (Cold Lake) Town, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, sources here said. On April 16, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. They plan to build the telescope on top of Sai




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Two bodies found in Nepal search for missing Koreans

Kathmandu (AFP) April 26, 2020
Two bodies believed to be of South Koreans missing after being hit by a Himalayan avalanche in January have been found, officials said Sunday, a day after discovering the corpse of their Nepali guide. A wall of snow hit a trekking trail at about 3,230 metres (10,600 feet) near the Annapurna base camp in Nepal on January 17, burying four South Koreans and three locals. Avalanches and more




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Airbus will support France and India to monitor climate change with TRISHNA

Paris (SPX) Apr 28, 2020
The French Space Agency (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, CNES) has recently signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the development and manufacture of the thermal infrared instrument for the TRISHNA satellite. TRISHNA (Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High resolution Natural resource Assessment) will be the latest satellite in the joint Franco-Indian satellite fleet d