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Harald became King following his father King Olav's death in 1991 and in 2016 he celebrated his Silver Jubilee. While Queen Margrethe of Denmark's recent abdication has raised questions over whether Harald will do the same, in favour of his 50-year-old son Crown Prince Haakon, he declared in 2017 that he has no plans t...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511454/king-harald-v-norway-best-photos-from-reign-life/
2024-01-17T14:00:41Z
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An explosion and fire broke out at the Avangard polymer plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia, on Wednesday, injuring at least nine people, Russia’s state-controlled TASS reported. The factory, opened in June 2023, is Russia’s first polyester plant. A string of Ukrainian drone attacks has taken place on Russian facto...
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/fire-breaks-out-in-russian-polymer-plant-after-explosion/
2024-01-17T14:05:22Z
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The Institute for the Study of War reports in its latest assessment that Russian forces have secured localized gains near the settlements of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast and Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast over recent days, even as fighting continues along frontlines throughout the contested Donbas region. According to the ISW...
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/isw-limited-russian-gains-near-kreminna-bakhmut-positional-battles-across-donbas/
2024-01-17T14:06:02Z
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DUBLIN - China would like to deepen economic and trade cooperation with Ireland, particularly in areas of "huge potential" such as green technologies and the digital economy, Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday during a trip to Dublin. Li, the most senior Chinese official to visit Ireland since his predecessor Li Keqian...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/on-visit-to-ireland-chinese-premier-eyes-deeper-economic-ties
2024-01-17T14:18:54Z
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysians will pay more for drinking water from Feb 1 as the government moves to raise revenue for new water-treatment plants and to fix leaky pipes. The move will affect 11 states in Peninsular Malaysia and in the three federal territories. The National Water Services Commission (Span) – a federal agen...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-to-pay-more-for-water-as-nation-seeks-to-replace-ageing-infrastructure
2024-01-17T14:19:04Z
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SELANGOR - CCTV recordings led police to arrest a Pakistani man who allegedly robbed and raped a woman at the Keretapi Tanah Melayu overhead bridge here. Serdang district district police chief, Assistant Commissioner A. A. Anbalagan said the 29-year-old woman, a promoter at a shopping mall in Putrajaya, was on her way ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/man-nabbed-for-raping-robbing-woman-on-pedestrian-bridge-in-selangor
2024-01-17T14:19:14Z
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MANILA – The Philippines is planning “more robust” military activities with the United States and its allies in the face of a “more aggressive” China, the South-east Asian nation’s top defence official said on Jan 17. “The alliance with the US is extremely strong,” Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr said in an interv...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-to-ramp-up-us-military-ties-amid-aggressive-china
2024-01-17T14:19:25Z
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SINGAPORE - Thomson Medical Group has successfully appealed to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for a further three-month extension until Apr 10 to restore its public float. The extension comes after Thomson Medical Group applied to SGX but was initially rejected on Jan 10. In September 2023, the company’s public float dip...
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/thomson-medical-group-has-until-april-10-to-restore-public-float
2024-01-17T14:19:35Z
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SINGAPORE – Giant panda cub Le Le has safely arrived in Chengdu, China, and is now serving his second round of mandatory quarantine, Mandai Wildlife Group and Singapore Airlines (SIA) said in a joint media statement on Jan 17. The cub, who turns three years old in August, completed a first round of quarantine – which l...
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-pore-born-giant-panda-cub-le-le-arrives-safely-in-china-begins-serving-quarantine
2024-01-17T14:19:46Z
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SINGAPORE - From December, Australian airline Qantas will fly between Singapore and Darwin after an 18-year hiatus, adding competition to a route now served only by Singapore Airlines (SIA). Subject to regulatory approval, the five-hour flights between Singapore’s Changi Airport and Darwin, the capital city of Australi...
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/qantas-to-relaunch-flights-between-singapore-and-darwin-after-18-year-hiatus
2024-01-17T14:19:56Z
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MELBOURNE - Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a huge scare before beating home hope Alexei Popyrin 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 to reach the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Serb, bidding for a record-extending 11th crown in Melbourne, was in deep trouble in the third set when errors bega...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/djokovic-survives-popyrin-scare-to-reach-third-round
2024-01-17T14:20:07Z
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MADRID - Former Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has been given a suspended jail term for fraud, a court in Barcelona said on Wednesday. Sanchez Vicario, 52, and her former husband Josep Santacana and three other people were convicted by the criminal court of hiding assets to avoid paying a 7.6 million-euro ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/former-tennis-star-arantxa-sanchez-vicario-given-suspended-jail-term
2024-01-17T14:20:17Z
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MELBOURNE – Novak Djokovic admitted that he has not been playing at his best, as he survived a huge scare to reach the third round of the Australian Open on Jan 17. The Serb beat home favourite Alexei Popyrin to stay on track for a historic 25th Grand Slam title, but it was not before the world No. 1 showed his tradema...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/novak-djokovic-digs-deep-to-reach-australian-open-third-round
2024-01-17T14:20:28Z
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MELBOURNE - Daniil Medvedev will be the clear favourite when he takes on Emil Ruusuvuori at the Australian Open on Thursday, but the Russian will have to contend with his lack of preparation and the weather as he seeks his first title at Melbourne Park. The Australian Open remains one of the few hard-court tournaments ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/undercooked-medvedev-looks-to-beat-the-heat-in-bid-for-australian-open-crown
2024-01-17T14:20:39Z
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DAVOS, Switzerland - Argentina's President Javier Milei will meet British foreign minister David Cameron and IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on his trip to Davos, where he is expected to pitch his ultra-liberal government programme in a special address later on Wednesday. His foreign minister Diana Mondino will also mee...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/argentinas-milei-to-meet-uk-foreign-minister-imf-on-davos-trip
2024-01-17T14:20:49Z
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MOSCOW - Russia's most famous opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin's state would one day crumble along with the post-Soviet elite which he cast as venal, power-hungry and duplicitous. Navalny, 47, a former lawyer who rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooni...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/from-an-arctic-prison-navalny-says-putins-russia-will-one-day-crumble
2024-01-17T14:20:59Z
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PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron steered clear of tricky budget questions about where billions of euros in cost savings will be found when he sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office. France needs to find huge budget savings each year for the rest of Macron's term ending in 2027 if it has any h...
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2024-01-17T14:21:10Z
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Amy Robach has shared a very personal story on social media about someone incredibly close to her. The former Good Morning America star took to Instagram on Wednesday to share details of her good friend, Morgan Mitchell, who is living with terminal metastatic breast cancer. The Amy and T.J. Podcast star urged fans that...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/511458/amy-robach-makes-emotional-admission-terminal-cancer-impacting-someone-close-to-her/
2024-01-17T14:48:53Z
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Happy birthday Malti Marie Jonas! Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' adorable daughter officially turned two years old earlier this month, and her parents are in celebration mode. Priyanka, 41, and Nick, 31, decided to throw their daughter a lavish and red-coded Elmo-themed birthday party, and it looks like it was quite t...
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2024-01-17T14:48:54Z
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The Beckham men make no secret how utterly obsessed they are with their wives. David has publicly supported Victora for as long as we can remember, from wearing Posh Spice t-shirts to sitting front row at her fashion shows, and it appears his eldest son Brooklyn is following in his footsteps. A new TikTok explained tha...
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2024-01-17T14:48:57Z
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The former Crown Prince was officially named King Frederik X of Denmark by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen - the home of the Danish Parliament. While the new King and Queen's main royal residence will continue to be Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenh...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/511456/king-frederik-and-queen-mary-of-denmark-fairytale-castle/
2024-01-17T14:49:03Z
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Rob Kardashian is a doting father to his daughter Dream, and he has created a loving family home for her – but his $7.5 million abode also holds sentimental value to him. The 36-year-old and Dream, seven, live in the Hidden Hills, California, in the home that once belonged to his mom, Kris Jenner, and featured in the f...
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2024-01-17T14:49:09Z
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The Princess of Wales, 41, is in hospital after undergoing successful abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the palace said: "Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales was admitted to The London Clinic yesterday for planned abdominal surgery. The surgery was successful and it is ex...
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2024-01-17T14:49:14Z
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The final cost of a wedding can be high - but one area you can easily save money is on the wedding cake. A growing trend has seen brides and grooms eschewing bespoke wedding cakes from private caterers in favour of shop-bought, ready-made wedding cakes from the likes of M&S, Waitrose and more. There’s even a Colin the ...
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2024-01-17T14:49:20Z
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Welcome to the Daily Lowdown podcast from HELLO!. In this episode, we're talking about Coachella festival releasing their line-up for 2024 and it features a major new reunion. Not only that, but an Olivia Rodrigo and Green Day collaboration could be on the cards and Drake's new tour with J. Cole gets off to a tricky st...
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2024-01-17T15:32:49Z
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Mr Bates vs. the Post Office star Will Mellor has spoken out after undergoing surgery for his "rapidly" deteriorating eyesight. The star took to Instagram during the week to fill his followers in on what had happened. "Today is a big day for me. I'm at OCL VISION, and I'm about to go in for lens replacement surgery," t...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/511463/mr-bates-vs-post-office-star-will-mellor-unbelievable-surgery-rapid-deterioration/
2024-01-17T15:32:55Z
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Kieran Culkin has been sweeping up during awards season thanks to his role in Succession – but his happiness has been masking secret family heartache. The 41-year-old has bagged awards for his role as Roman Roy at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and most recently, the Emmy Awards. However, when he was named B...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/511471/succession-kieran-culkin-mother-poor-health-revealed/
2024-01-17T15:33:01Z
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There has been an outpouring of love and support for the Princess of Wales following the concerning news that she has undergone abdominal surgery and will be in recovery for the next two weeks. Commenting on the statement on Instagram, one person wrote: “Get well soon our very own beautiful HRH Princess of Wales Cather...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511467/royal-fans-saying-the-same-thing-following-princess-kates-hospital-statement/
2024-01-17T15:33:08Z
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The HELLO! Shopping section is where you'll find all the best shopping advice, guidance and top deals coverage. Whether you're after style advice, unbiased beauty reviews, expert tips or gift inspiration (perfect for Valentine's Day or Christmas as well as all year round!), you've come to the right place to help with y...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/shopping/511461/meet-our-shopping-expert-team/
2024-01-17T15:33:14Z
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TOKYO – Singapore was once dismissed as a “warm-up” for integrated resort (IR) projects in Japan, which had been hailed the world’s largest untapped IR market with the potential to blow even Macau out of the water. But Japan has become a damp squib while Thailand, with reported plans to legalise up to five IRs by 2025,...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-s-casino-star-has-dimmed-despite-early-fanfare-and-seeming-threat-to-singapore
2024-01-17T15:51:23Z
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DAVOS - At least US$15 billion (S$20 billion) would be needed to rebuild housing in the Gaza Strip, Palestine Investment Fund chairman Mohammed Mustafa said on Jan 17 at the World Economic Forum, after much of the besieged enclave was flattened by Israel's war on Hamas militants. The Palestinian leadership would, in th...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/gaza-post-war-housing-reconstruction-to-cost-at-least-15-billion-fund
2024-01-17T15:51:33Z
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Malaysia’s King and Queen presented a segment of prime time news on free-to-air channel TV3 on Jan 17, drawing praises from scores of netizens within hours of their debut as news anchors. The special royal bulletin segment, which aired at 8pm, was pre-recorded in the morning during the royal couple’s visit to media con...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-s-king-and-queen-win-hearts-with-tv-debut-as-news-anchors
2024-01-17T15:51:43Z
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TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said it had detected on Jan 17 evening 18 Chinese air force planes operating around Taiwan and carrying out "joint combat readiness patrols" with Chinese warships, the first large-scale post-election military activity. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-reports-first-major-post-election-chinese-military-activity
2024-01-17T15:51:54Z
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WASHINGTON - US retail sales accelerated more than anticipated in December, helped by the auto sector, government data showed on Jan 17. Sales picked up in the last month of the year by 0.6 per cent to US$709.9 billion (S$954.5 million), up from a 0.3 per cent bump in November, said the Commerce Department in its lates...
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/retail-sales-in-us-beats-expectations-in-december
2024-01-17T15:52:04Z
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SINGAPORE - The Singapore Management University (SMU) on Jan 17 launched a new Urban Institute that will carry out research on Asian cities, to address challenges such as climate change and ageing infrastructure. The institute will bring together experts from different backgrounds to conduct research on urban cities in...
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/smu-launches-urban-institute-to-address-complex-issues-faced-by-cities-in-asia
2024-01-17T15:52:15Z
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BERLIN - RB Leipzig's first half of the season could have been better but the team is firmly in the hunt for a top four finish this season to secure Champions League football that is crucial for the club, Leipzig top scorer Lois Openda said on Wednesday. The 23-year-old has enjoyed a sensational first half of his maide...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/leipzig-can-improve-in-second-half-of-season-says-club-top-scorer-openda
2024-01-17T15:52:25Z
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DUBLIN - Experienced Munster backrow Peter O'Mahony was named as the new Ireland captain on Wednesday as coach Andy Farrell began the post-Johnny Sexton era by naming a mostly experienced 34-man squad to defend their Six Nations championship. O'Mahony, 34, has captained the side 10 times before having led Ireland at un...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/ireland-names-omahony-as-new-captain
2024-01-17T15:52:35Z
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PARIS - Paris is well on track to host this year's Summer Olympics as all the infrastructures will be ready in time for the extravaganza despite some minor hiccups. The athletes village will be delivered on March 1 by SOLIDEO, the public company in charge of infrasctructures, its president Nicolas Ferrand told a panel ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/paris-2024-infrastructure-to-be-delivered-on-schedule-within-budget
2024-01-17T15:52:46Z
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MELBOURNE - Ten-time Australian champion Novak Djokovic invited a heckling fan to confront him face-to-face during his hard-fought second-round win against local hope Alexei Popyrin on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Serb was not at his best and was irritated at times by a raucous late-night crowd on Rod Laver Arena. But th...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/say-it-to-my-face-djokovic-tells-heckling-fan
2024-01-17T15:52:56Z
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SINGAPORE – Imagine standing on the Parc des Princes pitch as French superstar footballer Kylian Mbappe sprints past you at over 30kmh before collecting the ball and placing it into the top corner – all this as the crowd roars from the stands. And you would not even need to leave the comfort of your sofa to soak in thi...
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2024-01-17T15:53:07Z
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BANGKOK - Around 20 people were killed in Thailand in an explosion on Jan 17 at a firework factory north of Bangkok, police said, as authorities inspected the site but were yet to find survivors. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, which took place mid-afternoon in Suphan Buri province about 120km no...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/around-20-killed-in-explosion-at-thai-firework-factory-no-survivors-found
2024-01-17T15:53:17Z
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BRUSSELS - The European Union has drafted plans to capture and store hundreds of millions of tons of CO2 emissions by 2050 to ensure industries can meet Europe's climate change goals, a draft document showed. Achieving the EU's 2050 net zero emissions target will require companies to switch to green energy and change t...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/eu-drafts-plan-to-zero-out-industrys-carbon-footprint-by-2050
2024-01-17T15:53:27Z
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CAIRO - Aid destined for Israeli hostages and Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip was delivered to Egypt on Wednesday for transfer across the border, following a deal brokered by Qatar and France. Two Qatari planes arrived in El Arish in the north of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where supplies were unloaded and transfe...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/aid-for-israeli-hostages-and-palestinian-civilians-arrives-at-gaza-border
2024-01-17T15:53:38Z
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LONDON – British royal Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, has undergone a successful planned abdominal operation and will be in hospital for up to a fortnight, Kensington Palace said on Jan 17. The palace statement said it was expected that Princess Kate, wife of the heir to the throne, Prince William, would remain in ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/britain-s-princess-kate-has-abdominal-surgery-will-be-in-hospital-for-a-fortnight
2024-01-17T15:53:48Z
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ROME - An Italian province is turning to DNA tests to tackle the scourge of dog mess on the streets. Once a dog DNA registration database is up and running, street cleaners and health officials in Bolzano will be able to collect abandoned poop, have it genetically tested and then trace the owners who will face fines of...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/dog-dna-detectives-trace-owners-not-scooping-the-poop-in-italian-province
2024-01-17T15:53:59Z
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DAVOS, Switzerland -Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday that attacks against Israel and its interests by the "Axis of Resistance" will stop if the Gaza war ends, warning that the conflict could heighten tensions across the Middle East. The Islamic Republic backs Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in its war with Is...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/iran-foreign-minister-in-davos-attacks-on-israel-will-end-if-gaza-war-stops
2024-01-17T15:54:10Z
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RABAT - Six consecutive years of drought have left Moroccan dams at critical levels, prompting a big drop in the area of land being irrigated, Morocco's water and agriculture ministers said. By mid-January, Morocco's average dam filling rate had dropped to 23.2% from 31.5% a year earlier, water minister Nizar Baraka to...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/moroccos-irrigated-area-shrinks-as-drought-empties-dams
2024-01-17T15:54:20Z
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ISLAMABAD -Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran on Wednesday after Iran violated its airspace in a 'blatant breach' of its sovereignty, a Pakistani foreign ministry spokeswoman said, as the incident stoked tensions between the two Muslim neighbours. Pakistan said on Tuesday the airspace violation, which Iranian s...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/pakistan-recalls-envoy-from-iran-after-unprovoked-missile-strikes
2024-01-17T15:54:30Z
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The genuine restoration of justice entails holding accountable all individuals responsible for launching an all-out war on Ukraine – from Russian soldiers to Russian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, says Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin, UkrInform reports. Since the very first days of Russia’s war against U...
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/restoring-justice-means-holding-aggressors-accountable-at-all-levels-ukraines-general-prosecutor-says/
2024-01-17T15:58:05Z
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Ukraine has deployed its first hybrid air defense system under the “FrankenSAM” program, a joint project of Ukraine’s Defense Forces and the Pentagon, using it to shoot down a Russian drone on 17 January, officials announced. The FrankenSAM systems aim to address Ukraine’s shortage of missiles for its Soviet-era air de...
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/ukraine-downs-drone-from-9-kilometers-in-first-reported-use-of-frankensam/
2024-01-17T15:58:45Z
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It's universally known that Jodie Foster is an incredibly talented actress. She's been acting since she was three years old, scored her first Oscar nomination aged 14, and graduated from Yale University magna cum laude. As she's set to star in the latest season of True Detective, the actress has experienced renewed int...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511477/everything-you-need-to-know-true-detective-jodie-foster-rarely-seen-sons/
2024-01-17T16:21:08Z
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Jennifer Lopez has released the first trailer for her exciting new Prime Video movie This is Me… Now, which follows the Jenny from the Block star’s personal journey to love as told in a narrative-driven, musical original - and it looks unlike everything we’ve seen! The official synopsis reads: “This Is Me…Now: A Love S...
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2024-01-17T16:21:14Z
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The Princess of Wales has been admitted to hospital after undergoing planned abdominal surgery on Tuesday 16 January, Kensington Palace confirmed. A statement shared by the Palace read: "The surgery was successful and it is expected that she will remain in hospital for ten to fourteen days, before returning home to con...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/511478/kate-middleton-the-london-clinic-inside-luxury-rooms/
2024-01-17T16:21:20Z
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As the Princess of Wales is recovering from planned abdominal surgery, her husband is understood to have postponed some upcoming official engagements to support his wife and their three children. Prince William last conducted an official engagement last Thursday, 11 January, and is expected to limit his future public a...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511476/prince-william-postpones-official-duties-support-princess-kate-surgery/
2024-01-17T16:21:26Z
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The Princess of Wales is recovering from a successful planned abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace has announced. Kate is expected to spend the next ten to 14 days at The London Clinic where she was admitted on Tuesday – so who is looking after her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis? Prince Wil...
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2024-01-17T16:21:32Z
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The King has sought treatment for an enlarged prostate and will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday. In statement the palace shared: "His Majesty's condition is benign and he will attend hospital next week for a corrective procedure. The King's public engagemen...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511482/king-charles-to-undergo-treatment-enlarged-prostate/
2024-01-17T16:21:38Z
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Anyone that knows me knows one thing – I’m not a big fan of sequins. So it might seem at odds that about to wax lyrical about sequin skirts, but ever since I saw Alexa Chung wear one with a grey cable knit sweater a few years ago, I did a 180. For sequin skirts, I make an exception, and it seems I’m not alone; they’ve ...
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2024-01-17T16:21:44Z
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Berlin is on every cool girl's travel list this winter. Now, I'm about as far from the edgy, underground Berlin club scene as you can get, but I found myself planning a winter break in the city because of my history-mad husband's interest in all things World War Two. Once a mecca for tourists seeking out its excellent ...
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2024-01-17T16:21:50Z
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Unless ghosts have found a way to break the second law of thermodynamics (and have then used this knowledge mainly to spook the hell out of people in spooky old houses), every ghost story has some sort of logical explanation. Be it fakes, sleep paralysis, or just a good old-fashioned case of a hotel manager trying to d...
https://www.iflscience.com/100yearold-haunted-house-mystery-solved-by-professor-and-ophthalmologist-59607
2024-01-17T16:28:01Z
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Once upon a time, half a million people perhaps lived on a vast archipelago that stretched out of Australia’s north coast. Unfortunately, the prehistoric homeland was eventually lost to the ocean waves due to intense sea level rise that hit the globe some 14,000 years ago. Scientists led by Griffith University have rec...
https://www.iflscience.com/500000-people-may-have-once-lived-on-australias-long-lost-landmass-72490
2024-01-17T16:28:07Z
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Men are naturally better navigators than women, right? It’s a pervasive assumption that has become deeply ingrained in Western thinking. But it may not be completely true. According to a new and comprehensive study, there is good reason to doubt that any apparent difference between the wayfinding abilities of males and...
https://www.iflscience.com/are-men-naturally-better-navigators-than-women-study-disproves-old-belief-72495
2024-01-17T16:28:13Z
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When astronauts head to Mars, they will experience time dilation. That's to be expected. In fact, your feet and your head experience time dilation, with your head aging ever so slightly faster than your feet. But how much time dilation will they experience (relative to Earth observers)? First off, let's check we're all...
https://www.iflscience.com/astronauts-heading-to-mars-will-experience-the-effects-of-time-dilation-72481
2024-01-17T16:28:19Z
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“Ugh, nobody has any common sense these days!” We’ve probably all said it at one time or another, even though common sense is supposed to be this universal ability to know and understand something. A new study, however, suggests that there’s nothing universal about it at all – our sense of common sense may actually be ...
https://www.iflscience.com/common-sense-there-may-not-be-anything-common-about-it-72491
2024-01-17T16:28:25Z
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NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 has revealed its secrets very slowly. They’re finally coming together, however, and the results are showing that the outer Solar System in its early days was not the simple place previously thought. How one comet came to have dust from widely separated parts of the early Solar Sy...
https://www.iflscience.com/eighteen-years-after-stardust-mission-the-solar-systems-wild-past-becomes-clearer-72486
2024-01-17T16:28:31Z
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Down in the deep ocean off the coast of Costa Rica scientists have discovered, not one, not two, not three, but four new species of deep-sea octopus in a 259-square-kilometer area (100 square miles). These new species live in seamounts in and around hydrothermal springs that were discovered in 2023. These areas contain...
https://www.iflscience.com/four-new-deep-sea-octopus-species-and-one-skate-park-discovered-off-costa-rican-coast-72499
2024-01-17T16:28:37Z
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A year-long study has found what people have been complaining about on hard-to-find Reddit posts for a while now: Google is getting worse. People have complained online that Google's search results have taken a dive in quality over the last year or so. The new study called it "a troubling sign that a noticeable number ...
https://www.iflscience.com/its-not-just-you-google-really-has-gotten-worse-72487
2024-01-17T16:28:43Z
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The routine of taking a rapid COVID-19 test is one that’s become depressingly familiar to many of us in the years since the beginning of the pandemic. Generally, you need to wait with your fingers crossed for about 15 minutes before reading the result, but what if that timeframe could be shortened to just a minute? A n...
https://www.iflscience.com/new-covid-19-test-prototype-glows-literally-with-accurate-results-in-just-1-minute-72488
2024-01-17T16:28:49Z
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You may recognize Choriaster granulatus from such subreddits as r/mildlypenis, r/intentionallypenis, and r/oddlyarousing. The starfish is famous for its penis-like “arms” – but what you’re really looking at is a whole lot of head. C. granulatus, commonly known as the granulated sea star, is found across the Indo-Pacifi...
https://www.iflscience.com/no-those-arent-penises-the-nsfw-starfish-is-real-72485
2024-01-17T16:28:55Z
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Astronomers have estimated the size and activity of a supermassive black hole discovered in one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen. Because the speed of light is finite, looking farther into the universe is like looking farther back in time. The light from this galaxy comes from just 400 million years after...
https://www.iflscience.com/oldest-black-hole-found-gobbling-gas-just-400-million-years-after-the-big-bang-72497
2024-01-17T16:29:02Z
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You have probably heard of the Fermi Paradox, but if you haven't, here it is in a nutshell: Given the high probability that alien life exists out there in the universe (bearing in mind the vastness of space and that we keep finding planets within habitable zones) why has nobody got in touch yet? If there are so many ot...
https://www.iflscience.com/the-dark-forest-hypothesis-an-unsettling-explanation-for-why-aliens-havent-made-contact--59407
2024-01-17T16:29:08Z
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It’s time to meet The Hulk of the fish world. Well, sort of – one species of medaka fish (Oryzias celebensis), might not have been exposed to lethal levels of gamma radiation, but does change color when they get angry. And you won’t like them when they’re angry. Normally, this species of medaka fish is small and white ...
https://www.iflscience.com/tiny-indonesian-color-changing-fish-turns-black-with-anger-when-provoked-72489
2024-01-17T16:29:14Z
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Salmon is a great source of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and various important nutrients – it also makes a great hat (if you happen to be an orca in the late 80s), but that’s neither here nor there. When buying it in the grocery store you have two options: wild caught or from the farm. But does it really matter which ...
https://www.iflscience.com/whats-the-difference-between-farmed-vs-wild-caught-salmon-72493
2024-01-17T16:29:21Z
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After thousands of years of cohabiting with domesticated dogs, it’s surprising to think that we still don’t fully understand why our furry companions wag their tails. Hoping to finally crack this canine conundrum, the authors of a new opinion piece speculate that the behavior may have arisen to satisfy humans’ intrinsi...
https://www.iflscience.com/why-dogs-really-wag-their-tails-new-theory-could-help-solve-mystery-72494
2024-01-17T16:29:28Z
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For the milestone 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, producers of the show pulled out all the stops, reuniting a handful of former co-stars from beloved shows in the name of television history. First off, the awards kicked off with a tearful, surprise appearance from Christina Applegate, and special reunions from the casts of...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511486/friends-emmys-reunion-matthew-perry-real-reason-it-did-not-happen/
2024-01-17T17:05:02Z
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Coachella 2024 is gearing up to be an epic reunion festival with No Doubt named in the new line-up. Gwen Stefani's band will perform together for the first time in nine years at the music extravaganza in the Southern California desert. This means Gwen, 54, will reunite with her former bandmates, Tom Dumont, Adrian Youn...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511490/what-happened-to-gwen-stefani-ex-boyfriend-tony-kanal-no-double-prepare-reunion/
2024-01-17T17:05:08Z
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Michael Strahan made sure that his beloved mother had a day to remember as he celebrated her birthday this week. The Good Morning America star took to Instagram to share a number of pictures from his mom Louise's special day, which saw the doting son treat her to a spa day. The well-deserved pamper seemed to be a hit w...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511492/gma-michael-strahan-well-deserved-break-new-family-update/
2024-01-17T17:05:15Z
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The 47-year-old Australian actress can pull off any attire, whether she's rocking designer dresses, off-duty jeans and a T-shirt, or a striking swimsuit while soaking up the sun on an idyllic vacation. While we're used to seeing her in her finest attire during awards season or at movie premieres, she will, on occasion,...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511489/isla-fisher-jaw-dropping-bikini-swimsuit-photos/
2024-01-17T17:05:21Z
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Loose Women star Denise Welch blew her fans away on Wednesday when the popular presenter shared an incredibly risque photo as she donned a costume for her upcoming performance in The Gap, a play by Jim Cartwright. In the daring image, the 65-year-old looked gorgeous in a slinky negligee that was paired with a red-hot f...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511494/loose-women-denise-welch-sizzles-risque-corset-see-through-tights/
2024-01-17T17:05:26Z
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Mark Harmon doesn't ascribe to the world of celebrity. A Hollywood heavyweight, the actor, 72, prefers to keep a low profile in California. Notoriously humble, and extremely private, the TV star has become something of an enigma, despite appearing in major blockbusters and becoming an NCIS legend. With that in mind, we...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511460/mark-harmon-life-and-career-ncis-stardom-pam-dawber-marriage-and-more/
2024-01-17T17:05:27Z
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter Chicago turned six on January 15, and had a party to remember! The little girl was treated to a Bratz themed birthday party, and even took part in a fashion show at the family event. In footage shared by her doting mom, Chicago was seen walking down a catwalk with her older cous...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511485/kim-kardashian-daughter-chicago-models-fashion-show/
2024-01-17T17:05:45Z
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Madonna has put her personal life on display more so than usual over the past few months, ever since she embarked on her long-awaited The Celebration Tour. The world arena romp has served as a "celebration" of her four-decade long career, marking its incredible impact on the world of music, particularly women in music....
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511488/madonna-emotional-tribute-rarely-seen-father-while-touring-six-kids-photo/
2024-01-17T17:05:51Z
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Claudia Winkleman is a regular face on our screens thanks to being one half of the presenting duo on Strictly Come Dancing, alongside Tess Daly, and now as host of The Traitors, which recently returned for its second series. But when Claudia isn't busy filming at the huge Ardross Castle in Scotland for the gameshow, or...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/511479/claudia-winklemans-swanky-london-townhouse-with-rarely-pictured-husband-and-three-children/
2024-01-17T17:05:57Z
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The news that the Princess of Wales had been taken into hospital for abdominal surgery came as a surprise to royal watchers on Wednesday. However, in retrospect, there were some hints that Kate might not return to royal duties as early as anticipated, with the Princess not having been seen in public since Christmas at ...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511475/the-telling-signs-that-kate-middleton-was-delaying-her-return-to-royal-duties/
2024-01-17T17:06:03Z
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An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has attracted a lot of views over the last few days, largely because of just how close it appears. The animation, shared by Facebook page Cosmoknowledge on Sunday, shows asteroid 99942 Apophis's path, culminating in its closest approach on April 13, 2029. To be clea...
https://www.iflscience.com/99942-apophis-animation-shows-asteroids-nail-biting-close-approach-to-earth-in-2029-72492
2024-01-17T17:20:03Z
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It’s almost four years since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Although the state of emergency has now passed, and vaccines and treatment advances have helped turn the tide, the virus is very much still out there. The latest variant, JN.1, has brought with it some unexpected new symptoms – but how worried sh...
https://www.iflscience.com/how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-new-covid-19-variant-jn1-72496
2024-01-17T17:20:09Z
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Somebody on the Internet has asked a question that comes up from time to time: "How did the human race survive for thousands of years without vaccines?" Well, the answer, as has been explained to the poster in X's (formerly known as Twitter) community note feature, is that the human race did survive without vaccines (h...
https://www.iflscience.com/people-are-asking-how-did-humans-survive-without-vaccines-72500
2024-01-17T17:20:15Z
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AL KHOR, Qatar - Defending champions Qatar became the first team to advance to the knockout stages of the Asian Cup with a 1-0 win over Tajikistan on Wednesday after Akrim Afif scored to seal top spot for the hosts in Group A with a game to spare. Tajikistan dominated the opening stages but it was Qatar who took the le...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/afif-shines-again-as-qatar-beat-tajikistan-to-move-into-asian-cup-knockouts
2024-01-17T17:24:07Z
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ABIDJAN - Ghana coach Chris Hughton said he was thankful for messages of support received after an angry supporter tried to attack him at the Africa Cup of Nations over the weekend but preferred not to dwell on the incident on Wednesday. Hughton was accosted at the team hotel as Ghana returned from their upset 2-1 defe...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/hughton-thankful-for-support-after-attack-from-fan
2024-01-17T17:24:08Z
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ABIDJAN - Goalkeeper Andre Onana is likely to be included in Cameroon’s line-up for Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations group game against holders Senegal after returning to training with the team on Wednesday. Onana missed Cameroon’s opening match of the tournament in the Ivory Coast on Monday after he was allowed to stay ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/onana-back-training-with-cameroon-and-likely-to-play
2024-01-17T17:24:10Z
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SINGAPORE – The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) will come in a spectrum, with deepfakes placed at the extreme end, likely needing the heavy hand of the law to rein them in, Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo said on Jan 17. Deepfakes, which involve AI tools being used to fraudulently creat...
https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/law-needed-to-rein-in-deepfakes-says-josephine-teo-at-wef-panel
2024-01-17T17:24:10Z
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SARAJEVO - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik took to the stand on Wednesday in a trial in which he is accused of defying the rulings of an international peace envoy, calling the proceedings a "political process" and attacking prosecutors. In an unexpected move towards the end of the day's hearings, following which the ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/bosnian-serb-leader-calls-trial-political-proceedings-adjourned-again
2024-01-17T17:24:12Z
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NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine - Ukrainian artillery forces fighting near the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut say Russian troops are constantly making offensive assaults as fighting intensifies and Kyiv waits for more military aid from the West. Ukrainian forces have taken up a more defensive stance in many areas of the snow-b...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/fighting-intensifies-in-ukraines-east-as-russia-steps-up-offensive-action
2024-01-17T17:24:29Z
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DAVOS, Switzerland - Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Jan 17 said his country’s priority for 2024 is to gain control over its skies as Russia’s full-scale assault enters its third year. His comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos came just hours after Russian drone and missile attacks overnight wounded...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-2024-priority-is-to-gain-control-of-the-skies
2024-01-17T17:24:39Z
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DAVOS, Switzerland - Poland's new government is looking into how it can make more ammunition and military equipment as it works on a new aid package for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in Davos on Jan 17. Warsaw has been a close ally of Kyiv during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but relations were dealt...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraines-ally-poland-looking-into-how-to-make-more-ammunition-foreign-minister
2024-01-17T17:24:49Z
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DOHA - A criminal court in Qatar has sentenced the Gulf Arab state's former finance minister to 20 years in prison for laundering more than $5.6 billion, according to a document outlining the judgment seen by Reuters. The court of first instance also ordered Ali Sherif al-Emadi to pay a fine in excess of 61 billion Qat...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/qatari-court-convicts-ex-finance-minister-of-laundering-56bn-document
2024-01-17T17:25:00Z
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WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, U.S. officials said, in the latest attempt by Washington to stem attacks on international shipping. Officials said the "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" (SDGT) designation, which hits the Iran-...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-relists-houthis-as-terrorists-in-response-to-red-sea-attacks
2024-01-17T17:25:10Z
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LONDON - The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 5,091 sq km (1930 sq miles) of area between 1985 and 2022, according to a study in the journal Nature published on Wednesday, the first full ice-sheet wide estimate of area loss on that scale. This shrinkage reflected the 1,034 gigatonnes (1.034 trillion kg.) of ice that have been ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/scientists-reveal-how-greenland-ice-sheet-has-shrunk-over-past-four-decades
2024-01-17T17:25:21Z
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With not one but two jewellery companies under his belt and numerous appearances on The Repair Shop, it's no wonder that Richard Talman was the first port of call for Will Kirk when he wanted to design his wedding rings. Three months before Will married his wife Polly on 5 August 2021, he visited Richard's workshop to ...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/511496/the-repair-shop-richard-talman-on-pressures-creating-will-kirk-classic-wedding-ring-exclusive/
2024-01-17T17:53:23Z
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Margot Robbie has been married to Tom Ackerley for seven years now, as the couple caused a stir with their iconic engagement photo back in 2016. The cheeky photo, which she shared to her Instagram account before it was deleted, at first appeared to show Margot flipping off the camera. But upon second glance, Margot was...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511504/margot-robbies-engagement-ring-will-be-your-wedding-inspiration-for-2024/
2024-01-17T17:53:29Z
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Almost four months after Holly Willoughby confirmed that she would be stepping down from This Morning, it has been confirmed that the breakfast show’s showbiz reporter, Sian Welby, will be stepping into her shoes as a new presenter on the show. Taking to Instagram Stories to share the exciting news, Sian wrote: “Ok... ...
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511501/this-mornings-replacement-for-holly-willoughby-finally-revealed-meet-the-new-star/
2024-01-17T17:53:35Z
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