2020 July

Man chops off his finger in India after voting for wrong party 

An Indian voter has seemingly taken drastic measures after casting his ballot for the wrong party, by chopping off his finger. The man who meant to vote for the regional Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) cut off his finger after he wrongly voted for the nationally ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the second phase of parliamentary […]

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AEW Reveals Final Competitors In The 8-Man Tournament For TNT Championship

AEW announced at the opening of tonight’s episode of Dynamite that Dustin Rhodes, Kip Sabian, Colt Cabana, and Lance Archer are the last four competitors in the 8-man tournament to crown the first ever TNT champion. These men join Cody Rhodes, Shawn Spears, Darby Allin, and Sammy Guevara to round out the brackets. Check out […]

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In Spain’s ‘bastion of hate’, Vox supporters believe far-Right party will deliver an electoral shock

Until very recently the small southern Spanish town of El Ejido was known – if it was known at all – for its veg production, growing a hefty share of Europe’s peppers, aubergines and courgettes under miles and miles of shimmering polythene. But now, as one newspaper dubbed it last week ahead of Spain’s general […]

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Donald Trump responds as North Korea fires short-range missile test

US President Donald Trump voiced confidence Saturday that North Korea’s Kim Jong-un would not "break his promise," after South Korea said Pyongyang had launched several unidentified projectiles into the sea. "Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & […]

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Imane Ayissi creates couture collection from scrap fabrics

Imane Ayissi, who became the first designer from sub-Saharan Africa to be named a guest on the official couture schedule when he made his couture debut in January, has showcased a collection made entirely from scraps of fabric from previous collections. Entitled ‘Amal-Si’, which means “the great misfortune that befalls the earth” in the Ewondo […]

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Mercedes feared Bottas was on brink of ‘instant kill’

Race winner Valtteri Bottas kept his cool and didn’t put a foot wrong on Sunday as he powered his way to victory in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix – but it was more of a knife edge situation than it looked on the surface. While his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton has a turbulent day […]

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Red Bull to approach every race ‘like a cup final’ – Horner

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner drew on a football metaphor to explain how his team is tackling the 2020 season, saying that every race will be approached “like a cup final”. The Austrian Grand Prix was a race to forget for the bulls, with Max Verstappen retiring after just 11 laps […]

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Boeing crash payouts would be partly based on how long passengers knew they were doomed

Settlements to the families of 346 people who died in the two catastrophic Boeing Max plane crashes will be calculated, in part, by how long the victims knew they were doomed. Lawyers handling claims against the US aerospace company said the longer the passengers and crew were aware of their desperate fate, the larger the […]

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Islamic State prison riot in Tajikistan leaves 32 dead

Tajikistan’s government blamed the Islamic State (Isil) for a riot in a prison on Sunday that killed 32 people, the second time in six months it has accused the extremist group of stoking prison violence. Supporters of Isil armed with knives killed five inmates and three guards at the prison in Vakhdat, near the capital […]

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The ‘Green’ wave will make it impossible for the European Parliament to ignore climate change

It was a remarkable night for Europe’s Greens. They made dramatic gains, and across large parts of the continent it was they who held off the challenge from the populist Right, as the traditional centre parties saw their vote shrink. In Germany, the Greens doubled their vote to become the second largest party. In Ireland, […]

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