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Podolski beats Ronaldo to award

Germany's Lukas Podolski is named young player of the World Cup as Cristiano Ronaldo's antics for Portugal cost him the prize.



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China Uighurs: Detained for beards, veils and internet browsing

New documents reveal the "strongest evidence yet" of China's crackdown on people in Xinjiang.




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Formula 1: The hardest car liveries quiz ever

We all have a favourite F1 car livery - but can you name the team and the year of these classic colour schemes?




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Daniel Ricciardo: First race after coronavirus break will be 'chaos'

Renault's Daniel Ricciardo expects the first race of the season to be chaotic after the long break enforced by the coronavirus crisis.




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Father charged with murdering his two children in Ilford

Pavinya Nithiyakumar, aged 19 months, and Nigish Nithiyakumar, three, were found with stab wounds.




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Danny Pearce stabbing: Man charged with 2017 Greenwich murder

Police charge David Egan with the murder of Danny Pearce in Greenwich, south-east London.




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The Ethiopia-Eritrea border dividing families

How the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is dividing families and communities who live along it.




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Mozambique: The Islamic State insurgency you may not have heard of

The Islamic State has been behind the growing wave of violence in northern Mozambique.




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What will emerge when post-WW2 order ends?

Seventy-five years after Victory in Europe, what has changed and is a new world order forming?




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Kabardino-Balkaria profile

A profile of the southern Russian republic




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Timeline: Cape Verde

A chronology of key events




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Country profile: Cape Verde

Key facts, figures and dates




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Garden centres open while retail stores struggle with looming limited reopening

Some garden centres in the area opened Friday morning with physical distancing measures in place after the provincial government lifted the closures earlier this week.




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Women hardest hit by recession as unemployment hits historic highs

Erin Ironsides has felt the economic impact of the pandemic first-hand after recently being laid off from the airline she worked for.




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'Operation Inspiration' grounded Saturday because of snow and hail

The famed Snowbirds were scheduled to fly over parts of Southern Ontario Saturday as part of "Operation Inspiration," but actual snow has grounded those plans for 24 hours.




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'Murder hornets' land in the US for the first time

The "shockingly large" hornets can kill humans with their sting and are known to destroy beehives.




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Bing Liu: Chinese-born professor dies in US murder-suicide

US police say Bing Liu was shot dead by his lover, but conspiracy theorists have other ideas.




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Record cold to start the weekend, with a sprinkling of snow

The polar vortex over Ontario is still bringing us comparatively frigid temperatures and yet another cold temperature record.




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Premier Ford to Ottawans wanting to visit Quebec: ‘Don't cross the border’

Premier Doug Ford is asking Ottawans dreaming of a visit to their Quebec cottage or loved ones to “stay within our own province until this gets over with.”




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Masks, gloves, and arrows on the floor: the new normal as hardware stores reopen

The Ontario government has given hardware stores leave to reopen, as of Saturday, but the experience for shoppers will not be what it used to be.





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Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola bashed superhero movies, but why should we care what they say anyway?

Even two filmmaking legends can cast the wrong villains amid massive industry change.




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‘Far Sector’ introduces DC’s newest Green Lantern in an Afro-futuristic murder mystery

Written by N.K. Jemisin and illustrated by Jamal Campbell, the comic book's superhero is breaking barriers in secret.




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Eight superhero movies to look for in 2020, from ‘Birds of Prey’ to ‘Wonder Woman 1984’

Scarlett Johansson gets a "Black Widow" solo movie, and Jared Leto returns in "Morbius."




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Cathy Yan’s rapid rise from journalist to ‘Birds of Prey’ director: ‘I didn’t think you could do this professionally’

Yan guided Margot Robbie's return to her character Harley Quinn, and is the first woman of Asian descent to direct a major Hollywood superhero movie.




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‘Birds of Prey’ is Harley Quinn’s party, so just revel in it (Joker not invited)

Margot Robbie's over-the-top character makes her much-anticipated return to the screen.




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Bernie Sanders’s newest fan? Harley Quinn in ‘Birds of Prey.’

The Democratic presidential candidate gets a shout-out in the new film.




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Harley Quinn’s flailing ‘Birds of Prey’ suddenly changes its title

The film grossed only $33 million in its domestic debut.




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‘Doom Eternal’ is crushingly hard and blisteringly engaging

“Doom Eternal” is a challenging, engaging shooter that caters to one’s predatorial impulses. It will keep you on your toes.




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Newspaper comics hardly ever feature black women as artists. But two new voices have arrived.

Steenz and Bianca Xunise have entered a field that has long overlooked the voices of African American women.




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‘The Incredibles’ director Brad Bird picks what to watch in isolation

Here's how the new Turner Classic Movies "Essentials" guest — the man behind "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille" — has been influenced by Hitchcock, '50s sci-fi and James Bond.




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News24.com | Nigeria reports record infections hours after lockdown was eased

Number of Covid-19 cases jumps by 245, the day Nigeria began phasing out emergency measures.




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News24.com | WATCH | Lesotho's murdered first lady agreed to divorce on day she died - sources

Hours before she was shot dead on the outskirts of the capital, Lesotho's former first lady, Lipolelo Thabane, made a surprising decision.




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Caltech’s latest creation: A hovering, bird-like robot that could someday explore Mars

Researchers at Caltech have unveiled a complex new robot with the ability move between flight and walking on two legs. The machine unique design was inspired by birds.




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Fordham University business students have a new tool to prepare them for boardrooms: Virtual reality

Fordham University business students are using virtual reality to prepare them for boardrooms.




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Banking that electric cars can also be cool, Ford introduces an all-electric Mustang

Ford Motor has unveiled the Mustang Mach-E, an all-electric sport utility vehicle that the company claims will have a range of at least 230 miles.




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Four long shots for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup races

Favorites have won 99 of 318 races (31 percent) in the Breeders’ Cup.




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Alex Ovechkin is putting Wayne Gretzky’s untouchable goal-scoring record within reach

If the Great Eight tops the 50-goal mark in 2018-19 he becomes only the fourth player in NHL history to have at least two such campaigns after the age of 30. While Gretzky's goal scoring started to slow in his 30s, Ovechkin is still going strong.




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Former Superman and 'FBI Lovebirds’ star Dean Cain explains where he falls politically

Dean Cain is one of the rare Hollywood stars that doesn’t fall into the category of liberal. But don’t call him a conservative either.




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Kim Kardashian West shares behind-the-scenes peek at her White House visit

The reality TV star is a wizard at keeping the spotlight exactly where she wants it.




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John Lithgow, Annette Bening, Alfre Woodard and more come together for live performance of the Mueller report

Several Hollywood A-listers gave a reading of select parts of the report in New York.




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The Scene: D.C. restaurant workers let down their hair and celebrate at the 2019 RAMMY Awards

Washington's service industry professionals left their bars and restaurants on Sunday to celebrate the 37th annual event.




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Kim Kardashian West appeals to White House on behalf of ASAP Rocky

The reality star and her husband, Kanye West, tapped some high-ranking friends to help the rapper, who has been detained in Sweden.




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Trump pledges to help ASAP Rocky as rapper’s detention in Sweden approaches its third week

The rapper was arrested earlier this month after an altercation in Stockholm.




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Chelsea Clinton welcomes third child with husband Marc Mezvinsky

The former first daughter and her spouse welcomed a son on Monday.




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Kim Kardashian spotted filming at D.C. jail

The reality star and criminal justice reform advocate was in town Tuesday.




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Cardi B continues her support of Bernie Sanders by filming a campaign video together

The rapper has been a supporter of the Democratic presidential candidate, and says she wants to help "a movement of young people to transform this country."




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Rihanna, Cardi B, John Oliver and more lash out at Trump after deadly mass shootings

Stars criticized the president after two mass shootings that occurred less than 24 hours apart in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio.




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Michelle Obama, Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Corden and more expected at National Portrait Gallery’s gala

Like the Kennedy Center Honors, the gallery’s gala has turned into a red-carpet affair.




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Cardi B and Bernie Sanders talk police brutality and health care — while in a nail salon

The senator from Vermont and the rapper bantered and got into the issues in a new campaign video.