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The French Grand Prix, 20 years ago today, marked the mid-point in the season. Michael Schumacher started from pole position, but had David Coulthard's rapid McLaren alongside.

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The Clintons, the Trumps, Prince Andrew, the Weinsteins, Mick Jagger, the Duchess of York, Naomi Campbell—Ghislaine Maxwell certainly collected a glittering set of powerful pals. The 58-year-old British high-society heiress and alleged "madam" of billionaire pedophile Jeffery Epstein was arrested on Thursday on charges of procuring and trafficking underage girls for Epstein’s abuse, and of molesting them herself. In the coming days and weeks, expect Maxwell’s... Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — When it comes to this fall’s elections, officials are worried about both safety and soggy ballots.

A man who complained he had no money for food barbecues a dead cat on a makeshift open fire on the streets of Tuscany while an angry local woman records him on a phone

Considering Dick Grayson's superhero name, it's about time Nightwing actually got an upgrade allowing him to fly in DC's comic universe.

In late June 1997 – just 17 months after the Imia crisis and while Greek-Turkish relations remained extremely taught – I met in Washington with Peter Petrihos from the State Department’s Southeast Europe bureau at the time.

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A Cuban asylum-seeker on Thursday described a pepper spray attack he and about two dozen other people faced in May at a private prison where ICE is holding immigrants.

1. Moon's crust richer in metals like iron and titanium than Earth's  Daily Mail
2. A Hunt for Ice on the Moon Ends in Surprise: What the Moon’s Really Made of  SciTechDaily
3. Higher concentration of metal in Moon's craters provides new insights to its origin  Phys.org
4. The Moon May Be More Metallic Than Previously Thought  Newsweek
5. Radar Points to Moon Being More Metallic Than Researchers Thought  NASA
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Despite claims of progress in the modernization of the country’s social security funds, the pile of pending applications for pensions just keeps getting bigger.

This event is indeed of fundamental importance for the future strengthening of Russia’s statehood. I am confident that as approved by the overwhelming majority of Russians, the amendments to the mother-law will create favorable conditions for your country’s continued progress and socioeconomic development.

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Despite decades of efforts to combat gender inequality in the workplace... Читать дальше...

Liverpool have finally ended their 30-year wait for a top-flight title in England.

If we hope to be a globally competitive manufacturer, technology adoption, not cheap labour, is the way ahead

All Laois want is fairness, Corcoran insists, but he says confirmation from the GAA that they won’t sanction counties who train before September 14 doesn’t help.

1. Slain Singer Is Laid To Rest After Days Of Deadly Turmoil In Ethiopia  NPR
2. Ethiopia protests: more than 80 killed as singer's murder lays bare grievances  The Guardian
3. 'Two killed' as soldiers block mourners from Hundeessaa's funeral  Al Jazeera English
4. More than 80 dead in Ethiopian protests following killing of singer  Reuters
5. Hachalu Hundessa - Ethiopia's murdered musician who sang for freedom  BBC News
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NEW YORK — Panic attacks, trouble breathing, relapses that have sent her to bed for 14 hours at a time: At 35, Marissa Oliver has been forced to deal with the specter of death on COVID-19′s terms, yet conversations about her illness, fear and anxiety haven’t been easy. That’s why she headed onto Zoom to...

Col. Joseph Turnham took command of the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 30, 2020. Command of the wing was relinquished from Col. Michael Drowley as he goes to be the 57th Wing commander, Nellis AFB, Nev. “I am leaving here more ready than when I got here, leaving better than I […]

The craziest moment during BMW’s virtual-reality Connected Car press event was briefly sensing that zoned-out, mental blue-screen feeling that’s the hallmark of jet lag. We’re familiar, thanks to those many annual European press trips we (usually) attend to log miles in the newest cars on the Continent’s best roads. Too many old triggers were piling […]

Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US, Canada and beyond! To learn more: United States Declaration of Independence (July 2–4th, 1776) Canada Day (July 1st, 1867)

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate, compulsory, and indefinite suspension from Office of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Adebayo Somefun. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Deputy Director and Head of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles […]

1. Trump's Judges, Mostly White Men, Will Rule For Decades  NPR
2. Senate Republicans can't catch a break  POLITICO
3. Second Stimulus Check Could Come Soon. Here’s How Much You Might Get.  Forbes
4. If only woke protesters knew how close they were to meaningful police reform | TheHill  The Hill
5. McConnell on filibuster talk: Democrats want to 'vandalize' Senate rules | TheHill  The Hill
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WILL Smith was all smiles on Wednesday as he enjoyed a round of golf amid the ongoing controversy surrounding his alleged open marriage with wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The 51-year-old was joined by a male pal as he carried his own clubs and made his way around the course on his own in a hired […]

BUNGLING police in South Korea have apologised after finally identifying a serial killer after 30 years – and imprisoning the wrong man for two decades. Lee Chun-jae, now 57, raped and murdered 10 women in the rural parts of Hwaseong, south of Seoul between the years of 1986 and 1991. The victims ranged from age […]