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STEPHEN GLOVER: EU thinks they can bully us into giving back their marbles

STEPHEN GLOVER: Doubtless I am too soft-hearted, but if it were up to me I would return the Elgin Marbles to Greece at some stage, provided certain conditions were met.




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Arsenal players invite a bewildered young mascot to join their team photo

The bewildered youngster was invited to join the squad for their pre-match photo after being left all alone on the pitch, leaving big smiles on the faces of several stars.




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Millennial couple in their 30s quit their jobs to live out their retirement dreams on a Greek island

Steph, 30 and Matt Trott, 34, from Sussex, decided to leave their jobs as dog walkers to move to the small village of Houmeri, in Rethimno on Crete, where they only for during the summer months.




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Kim Kardashian asks fans how they're keeping their kids entertained during social distancing

The reality star/entrepreneur took to Instagram to share an intimate family photo on Wednesday, along with a caption wondering: 'What is everyone doing to keep your kids entertained???'




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Kanye West gave his wife Kim a 'break' by bringing their four kids to visit his two Wyoming ranches

The power couple have reportedly 'been taking turns caring for the kids' during the COVID-19 quarantine




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TikTok video shows what celebrities would look like if their faces were perfectly symmetrical

Dr. Dustin Portela, an Idaho dermatologist, shared a TikTok video in which he showed what stars would look like if their faces had perfect symmetry.




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14 countries that are paying their workers during quarantine — and how they compare to America's $1,200 stimulus checks




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Mother’s Day Special: What working mothers want their companies to take a note of

With Mother’s Day around the corner, we reached out to the working mothers from the advertising industry to find out how they are dealing with quarantine blues and their kids being at home 24 hours. They also shared with us some policy ideas that they wish the industry could take into consideration and help them juggle smoothly between work and household chores. In wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, juggling between both work and home life has taken an even bigger toll on working moms. They have always been swamped but now that the entire family is under one roof, we can only imagine what a storm that must look like. Working parents have lost the privileges of ‘me time’ as there is no external help from grandparents, nannies or schools to share their load. They are




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Elon Musk and Grimes gave their baby an unusual name with multiple hidden meanings, and it may have a hidden connection to the X-Men

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the musician Grimes have given their new baby an unusual name full of hidden meaning, and it may have been inspired in part by X-Men comics. The name, which Musk and Grimes say is spelled X Æ A-12, is pronounced X Ash Archangel, according to Musk. Archangel is the internal codename for the A-12, a US Central Intelligence Agency plane built during the Cold War. The A-12 was the precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which Musk and Grimes say is their favorite aircraft. "No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent," Grimes said in her tweet explaining the name.The Blackbird is nearly identical to the X-Jet, the plane used by the X-Men. Both planes can fly at supersonic speeds and have technology to make them nearly undetectable. Both Musk




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A group of military and manufacturing experts teamed up to create a new type of face mask with a swappable filter, and it could help alleviate shortages for workers returning to their jobs




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Rugby star Quade Cooper and model girlfriend Laura Dundovic sell their Brisbane home

Rugby union star Quade Cooper and his model girlfriend Laura Dundovic have finally sold their Brisbane home.




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T.I.'s daughter Heires takes a seat on Rihanna's lap as she joins her parents at NAACP Image Awards

Heiress, three, stepped out on the red carpet at the 51st Annual NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night with her parents rapper T.I. and Tameeka 'Tiny' Harris, she stole the show.




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Blue Tongue pair Carly and Leighton saved from Reno Rumble elimination as judges praise the pair for their 'perfect' nursery

In a 48-hour challenge with immunity up for grabs, the pressure was certainly on for the contestants of Reno Rumble during Wednesday night's episode. 




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Reno Rumble 2015: Blue Tongue captains Steve and Michelle threaten to walk out of challenge after Leighton and Carly intrude their building space  

In Wednesday's episode of Reno Rumble, the Blue Tongue team had 72 hours to get ahead of the Redbacks who were leading with three extra points. 




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Reno Rumble's Redbacks are told their Hamptons-style renovations

It was 72 hours fraught with challenges, heated debates, tears and laughter but in the end the Redbacks claimed victory with their 'extraordinary' Hampton-style renovation.




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Reno Rumble's Steve and Holly announce they are expecting their first child

Reno Rumble's Holly and Steve have announced they were expecting their first child while letting slip they conceived the unborn child during their first week of filming.




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This Is Us stars 3D-printed their SAG Awards for the 'big kids'

Hannah Zeile, Logan Shroyer, and Niles Fitch did not receive a statuette when the cast won best ensemble in January




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Chrissy Teigen cracks joke about SAG Award attendees wearing their '3rd favorite dress'

'I love the sag awards. Everyone gets to wear their 3rd favorite dress,' the model, 34, joked on Twitter, as the show aired Sunday evening. Chrissy didn't attend this year's show.




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Taylor Swift says she 'loved the weirdness' of Cats

The bizarre trailers for the new Cats film have drawn widespread online ridicule.




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Chrissy Teigen calls out 'weird' philosopher who tweeted about Taylor Swift's eggs

Chrissy Teigen has called out a right wing 'philosopher' who tweeted about Taylor Swift's fertility. 




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Taylor Swift and her mum Andrea cried their eyes out listening to Selena Gomez's new music

The songstress, 27, divulged that she first played her music for her BFF Taylor Swift and her mother Andrea, who were unable to contain their emotions while listening to the songs on her album.




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Taylor Swift's boyfriend Joe Alwyn makes rare comment about their relationship

Joe Alwyn has made a rare comment about his relationship with Taylor Swift as he discussed her love songs about him in a new interview with the Sunday Times .




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Little Words Project bracelet company encourages customers to pass their jewelry on to friends

Little Words Project makes hand-crafted bracelets adorned with inspiring words or phrases that empower the women who wear them.




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Australian celebrities show off their creative costumes as they celebrate Halloween early

Each year, Halloween is becoming more prominent in Australia.  




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Oklahoma is beginning to reopen today. Its small business owners are struggling to choose between their financial and personal health.

Oklahoma begins a multi-phase reopening of state businesses on Friday.Small business owners are feeling the pressure of unpaid bills — and the risk of infection — as they await government loans and support funds."Everyone is cautious about opening," one small business owner told Business Insider.Another said: "I want to go back to work tomorrow. I'm tired of this."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Small-business owner Sandra Dickson faces a seemingly impossible choice.A massage therapist in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Dickson is among the 20.6% of Americans who are jobless. She opened a beauty and wellness spa just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic. It's been shut down for at least as long as it was open. In that time, Dickson has "received no income," she told Business Insider.




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3 of the top fine-dining restaurateurs discuss getting their businesses through the pandemic and what the future holds for their industry

Fine dining is no longer on the table during the pandemic, meaning that America's top chefs and restaurants have had to get creative with their resources.We talked to three top fine dining restaurant owners about what they're doing to get their businesses through the pandemic, and each perspective was vastly different.Naomi Pomeroy, Hugh Acheson, and Mark Canlis share what they did when the pandemic hit, what they're doing with their staff, what they're doing with their time now, and what they think the future will be like for the restaurant industry.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Fine dining is no longer on the table. Sometimes it's at your doorstep, and sometimes it's on a curb in Atlanta. Sometimes it's just unavailable.For fine dining restaurants, which often rely on




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Around half of all US workers can earn better pay collecting unemployment than getting regular salaries from their current jobs

Around half of all US workers can earn more money collecting unemployment instead of their current jobs.The federal government ramped up unemployment benefits by $600 a week until the end of June, bringing the average weekly total to $978 a week — or $20 more than what many workers earned before the pandemic.Labor experts said the generous benefits are helping keep people home and tamping down the spread of the virus, which is what they were designed to do.But it could complicate efforts by businesses to hire in the short-run.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Nearly half of all American workers are set to earn better pay from unemployment than their current jobs, according to The Wall Street Journal.Under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus law that Congress approved last




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Inside a Bay Area family's struggle to save their company during the coronavirus outbreak, as big businesses like Shake Shack beat them to government loans

The Elzarka family has owned Beninni, a men's formal wear store in Hayward, California, for 30 years. The shop was forced to shut down in the coronavirus lockdown, and has tried and failed to get government assistance loans through the coronavirus relief package.Shady Elzarka, whose dad founded the store, struggled to access either the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Emergency Advance (EIDL) and relief from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).Elzarka for weeks heard nothing from the Small Business Administration, through which he applied for an EIDL, or from Bank of America, where he applied for the PPP loan.Meanwhile much larger companies did not struggle to access government funding, some of which public pressure forced them to hand back.After Business Insider contacted Bank of America for




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Over 120 Atlanta restaurants say they are refusing to open their dining rooms even though Georgia is allowing them to do so

Some Georgia restaurants are pushing back against the state's loosened restrictions, saying it's still not safe to reopen.120 Atlanta-area restaurants joined forced to form the "#GAHospitalityTogether" initiative and released a statement committing to not reopening their dining rooms until it's safe to do so."We agree that it's in the best interests of our employees, our guests, our community and our industry to keep our dining rooms closed at this time," the statement reads.Still, some chain restaurants have already reopened their dining rooms this week.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Georgia allowed restaurants to reopen dining rooms on Monday, but some restaurants are pushing back against the idea that it's safe to do so.Over 120 Atlanta-area restaurants banded together




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Buffets were already on their way out. The coronavirus pandemic may have dealt them a final blow.

75564832Plagued by bankruptcy filings, food poisoning incidents, and millennial disdain, buffets were struggling well before the coronavirus pandemic began.From 1998 to 2017, the number of buffet restaurants decreased by 26% while the number of overall restaurants grew by 22%.That decline may well be made worse by trends that are accelerating across the food industry: towards faster, more convenient, to-go options.Buffets will also have the hardest time convincing diners that they're safe after the pandemic— and rebuilding consumer trust will be key to restaurants' recovery.But buffets may have a chance if they expand takeout and delivery options, and pivot to cafeteria-style service.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The coronavirus pandemic has been devastating for restaurants




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Visitors share their favourite photos of Sydney's Vivid festival

Australia’s biggest festival of lights, music and ideas came to an end for the year on Monday night after two and a half weeks of wowing Sydney siders and visitors alike.




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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England have their mojo back but please, no more idiotic behaviour

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I was really impressed with how England bounced back from their World Cup final disappointment because that will have been difficult.




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George Wilson 'Doddie' Weir opens up on motor neurone disease battle

Surrounded by the trophies accumulated by a football club over more than a century, Doddie Weir temporarily abandons his rugby past and dives, studs up, into fitba' speak.




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Rob Baxter, Dave Attwood and Tom Wood give their thoughts on the domestic rugby season

The RFU have cancelled all rugby in England at all levels this season - aside from the Premiership - amid the COVID-19 crisis. Sportsmail gauges views from within the game about the surreal scenario.




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Thomas Cook pilots reveal their favourite scenic views from the cockpit and some amazing snaps

These pictures, from the U.S to the UK, have all been taken by Thomas Cook employees, including pilots, who voted for the flights that they think are the best for awe-inspiring views.




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Couple who fell in love online met for the first time six months later - for their wedding 

A couple who have had a 'crazy' love story after finding each other online didn't meet in person until four days before their wedding. Lisa, from Nottingham, flew out to Tunisia to wed Yusef.




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Simon Cowell goes shirtless for a boat trip with Lauren Silverman and their son Eric, 5, in Barbados

The X Factor mogul, 60, headed out on a boat trip with his glamorous partner Lauren Silverman, 42, and the couple's son Eric, five, in Barbados on Sunday.




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Stars In Their Eyes to 'RETURN to TV screens with revamped celebrity judging panel'

ITV are said to be hoping the popular nineties talent series, which saw the public impersonate showbiz stars, will provide a ratings battle with Strictly Come Dancing.




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Simon Cowell and glam girlfriend Lauren Silverman head out in their Rolls-Royce

The music mogul, 60, and his partner Lauren Silverman were seen living it up stateside on Thursday, as they headed out for groceries in their flashy black Rolls-Royce.




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Simon Cowell enjoys family bike ride with Lauren Silverman and their son Eric, six, in Malibu

The music mogul, 60, has been self-isolating with his other half, 42, after California residents were put under lockdown in late March.




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Simon Cowell and girlfriend Lauren Silverman are LOCKED OUT of their Beverly Hills mansion  

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 60, and his girlfriend Lauren Silverman were in for a shock on Saturday after being locked out of their Beverly Hills mansion.




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Lauren Silverman showcases her pins in denim shorts as she and son Eric take their dogs for a walk

Simon Cowell's girlfriend, 42, appeared in good spirits as she took a break from COVID-19 lockdown to walk her pet pooches alongside six-year-old son Eric on Friday.




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People are painting tiny noses and mouths on their faces as part of a hilarious new TikTok trend

The tiny face challenge is the latest viral craze to hit the internet.People are painting miniature mouths and noses above face masks and scarves to make it seem like they have tiny faces.TikToks of people giving themselves tiny faces highlight how funny and strange the challenge can be. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.TikTok has been the starting point of countless internet crazes, with everything from the "Savage Challenge" to the "Don't Rush Challenge" getting their starts in the app.One of the most recent trends to become popular on the app was born out of people wearing masks and scarves amid the coronavirus pandemic, covering the lower half of their faces.Because their mouths are hidden, people have started painting small noses and mouths to make it look like they have tiny




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How the other half Christmas! Society beauties share snaps of their VERY glamorous winter getaways

Most people like to stay home for Christmas, but these socialites and entrepreneurs ditched the drab UK weather for sun-kissed destinations and snowy climes to finish 2019 in style.




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Furious locals vent their fury at Boris Johnson after he stays mansion instead of visiting floods

Flood-hit families said the government was not doing enough to help them and demanded answers from the Prime Minister after it was revealed he is staying at a country estate in Sevenoaks.




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Elon Musk and Grimes will practice gender-neutral parenting with their baby. Here's what that means.

Singer Grimes and Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently gave birth to their first child together, and said they will use a gender-neutral parenting style.Gender-neutral parenting refers to raising a child without subjecting them to specific cues or items assumed to be for girls or boys, like the toys they play with, skills they learn, or clothes they wear.Raising a child in a genderless way can allow them to decide their own gender identity rather than feeling like they must fit into the one their parents gave them at birth.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.On May 5, Grimes and Elon Musk welcomed their first child, X Æ A-12, into the world.The internet was quick to offer speculation about the meaning and pronunciation of the symbol-heavy name, which lends itself to Grimes' and Musk's planned




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The reason why some people get very sick with the coronavirus, and others do not, could be hidden in their genes

A big mystery about the new coronavirus is why some infected people get severely ill while others have mild, if any, symptoms.A patient's age and underlying health conditions influence their risk of developing a severe case, but some experts think the reason people across all age brackets can get very sick is linked to their genes.People whose bodies make more of the ACE2 receptors that the coronavirus uses to invade our cells could get hit harder.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.While older people with preexisting health conditions are most at risk of severe coronavirus infections, the virus can hit healthy, younger people just as hard. Recently, a 104-year-old Brooklyn woman who once had Stage 4 cancer recovered from the disease. But a healthy, 38-year-old Ironman athlete




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Minimize measurement uncertainty for EIRP OTA measurements

Measuring absolute power levels precisely and accurately in over-the-air (OTA) scenarios is challenging. The R&S®NRPM-A90(D) OTA power sensors remove many uncertainties by design and give a definite specification for the remaining ones.




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Adam Gemili, Max Whitlock, Sally Brown and Chris Mears show off their artistic talent

Adam Gemili, Max Whitlock and Sally Brown look frightened as they are are asked to show their artistic side with a handful of charcoal and a plethora of paints.




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ADAM GEMILI: It’s going to be weird competing at an Olympics on foreign soil but I’m sure the support will be amazing

I can’t wait for Rio 2016! It’s come around so quickly – it feels like London 2012 was last week. But hopefully I’ll be in good shape next year, make that team and do everyone proud.