North Korea has reported a massive surge in a mysterious “fever” outbreak, including almost two dozen additional deaths and tens of thousands of new cases. Kim Jong-un called the epidemic one of the greatest “turmoils” in the nation’s history. Health officials confirmed 174,440 “new cases of fever” nationwide and 21 …
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Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios raged at an umpire once more as he was knocked out of a third straight US tournament in meltdown fashion on Saturday. The Australian world number 94 had managed to reach the semi-finals of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston where he faced Reilly Opelka. …
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A massive power outage left thousands of people without electricity in Taiwan on Thursday morning, with authorities blaming the grid malfunction on a sudden system failure at Hsinta Power Plant. Taiwan Power Co. confirmed that the blackout was caused by “equipment failure” at the island’s second largest coal-fired power plant …
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Australia has recorded its deadliest ever day of the Covid-19 pandemic as the Omicron variant continues to put a strain on hospitals. Infections were slightly on the decline, however. The latest uptick has seen more Australians admitted to hospitals in the last few days than at any time during the …
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Bitcoin dropped to trading levels not seen in more than three months on Friday, down 40% from its all-time high of $69,000 recorded in November, amid a broader sell-off for cryptocurrencies. The world’s number one digital currency fell at one point by as much as 3.7% to $40,938, its lowest …
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The 30-year-old put loan club Atletico 2-1 up at Valencia on Sunday with a wonderstrike worthy of former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi. Fellow former Barca outcast Luis Suarez had opened the scoring for the defending champions ten minutes before the break. But after the resumption of play, defender Stefan Savic …
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“There was a significant direct drop in gas pressure, which led to the failure at the Deir Ali power station… as a result of an attack on the gas line,” Minister of Electricity Ghassan al-Zamil told the Syria TV channel late on Friday, though added that few details were yet known …
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As confirmed by the German FA, the incident occured after Felix Udokhai equalized for the 2016 finalists. With the score tied at 1-1, Stefan Kuntz’s men then exited five minutes before full-time in solidarity with their team-mate. Thrust in Group D with their Rio conquerers Brazil, the Ivory Coast and Saudi …
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McGregor’s left ankle appeared to snap as he took a step backwards after throwing a punch, with the fight being called off by doctors at the end of the round as the Irishman was down in agony. The contest was awarded to Poirier as a TKO doctor stoppage as the …
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Shocked viewers watched as Minnesota Wild winger Kaprizov copped a whack straight in the nose as he tumbled forward, immediately clutching his injury in pain before receiving urgent treatment to stem the bleeding. There was bafflement as Nicolas Hague, of the Vegas Golden Knights, received no penalty, as well as …
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