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• The Barkley Marathons is a mysterious ultramarathon held every year in a state park in Eastern Tennessee.
• Runners have to complete five loops of a 20-mile course that most say is really 26 miles, making the race somewhere between 100 and 130 miles in total.
• The elevation and descent in the race mean that finishers do the equivalent of climbing and descending Everest twice.
• Since 1989, only 15 people have finished the race.

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ENGLAND and India continue their marathon Test series in the marquee clash of the summer, which began in Birmingham and will finish at the Oval in September. Joe Root’s side are looking for another triumph over Virat Kohli’s men at Lords after a dramatic 31-run win at Edgbaston. What time does play start? Play will […]

All of the humans alive today apparently descended from a very small community of several thousand persons living in South Africa around 65,000 years ago.Members of this community moved out of Africa and spread rapidly around the Earth. From a small band of hunter-gathers we have come to the edge of a planetary-scale civilization of more than seven billion humans.New challenges face us as we move from separation to community.

Think of Gautam Gambhir and you will think of a cricketer who gives his 100 percent on the field every time he plays. A man who wears his heart on his sleeve, Gautam is one of the finest batsmen India has produced.

In a recent rumour, the Ooni is said to be ready to pick a new wife since he cannot live alone for the rest of his life. Speculations were rife the young king is linked to Temitope Adesegun, the co-convener of Hope Alive.

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – The shadowy forces of takfirism pose the biggest danger to Islam and Muslims today. They are hell-bent on destroying the fabric of Islam and sow seeds of discord among Muslims.

On 22 January it was announced that Princess Eugenie of York - who is ninth in line to throne - was engaged to be married.

Le mouvement syndical québécois se prépare en vue des élections du 1er octobre, car il craint d'avoir une influence limitée sur le gouvernement québécois pendant quatre années supplémentaires.

The ESPN FC guys answer your tweets on how Jose Mourinho is portrayed by the media, Timothy Weah's potential at PSG and much more. With Ernesto Valverde refusing to rule out an Ousmane Dembele exit, Julien Laurens weighs in with the latest on PSG's interest in the Barca forward. Steve Nicol says Thomas Tuchel's attitude at PSG is exactly what a player should want in their manager. Paris Saint-Germain will be without all of their World Cup winners when they open their Ligue 1 campaign at home against Caen on Sunday. Читать дальше...

Le mouvement syndical québécois se prépare en vue des élections du 1er octobre, car il craint d'avoir une influence limitée sur le gouvernement québécois pendant quatre années supplémentaires.

With the growing economy and tight labor market wages are rising. Whether you want to enjoy life more or plan for retirement, here are some tips for using your higher cash flow.

Manila, Philippines - A beaming bride defiantly marching up a flooded church aisle in the Philippines has won hearts as the country suffers a fresh bout of monsoonal rains.

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. won Saturday night's 30-lap "Bud Stanfield Memorial" USAC Light Up The World Western States Midget race at Santa Maria Raceway. [...]

In Kenia ist ein Tourist beim Fotografieren an einem See von einem Nilpferd getötet worden. Der 66-jährige Chinese sei am Ufer des Naivashasees nordwestlich von Nairobi von dem Tier angegriffen worden, teilte die kenianische Wildtierbehörde (KWS) auf Twitter mit. Sein 62-jähriger Kollege kam bei dem Vorfall am Samstagabend mit einigen blauen Flecken davon. Die Behörde ist dem Tier auf der Spur.

This year’s Perseid meteor shower promises to be one of the best for stargazers as a new Moon bringing darker skies means night time conditions are optimum for this potentially catastrophic cosmic event.
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President described Tehran-Astana relations strategic, close and developing and said: “The ample potentials of the two countries in different fields can complement each other and we should take more advantage of them to serve the interests of the two nations and the peoples of the region”.

Literal quote: "F*ck it. I'm done."

"There is no danger to the public at this time and the City of Mt. Morris Fire Department will continue to work closely with Consumers Energy during this incident," commented Vogt. "We are asking for people to avoid the area to allow Consumers Energy and emergency crews to safely operate and mitigate the hazard as quickly as possible."

Literal quote: "F*ck it. I'm done."

My Opinion (Akshay Kumar astride) won the Governor’s Cup, the chief event at the races held here on Sunday (August 12). The winner, trained by B. Sure